Name Mirman Mirimanidze | ||
Mirman Mirimanidze, better known as Safiqoli Khan (d. 1631), was a Safavid official and gholam who served during the reign of the kings Abbas I (1588-1629) and Safi (1629-1642).
Biography
Safiqoli's original name was Mirman, and he was a member of the Mirimanidze clan. His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek (Atabegi). One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.
Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi (officer) early on in his career. Later on, in 1618-1619, he became prefect (darugha) of New Julfa in Isfahan, and was made governor (beglarbeg) of Hamadan shortly after, in 1619-1620. Following king Abbas I's recapture of Baghdad in 1624 during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623-1639, after many decades of Ottoman rule, Safiqoli was appointed by him as its new beglarbeg. Then, he also became the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.
His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan (d. 1648/49) and Manuchehr (sometime beglarbeg of Shirvan).