Mansur Khan (qollar-aghasi)

Gorjasbi Beg,[a] better known as Mansur Khan, was a Safavid military commander, royal gholam, and official from the Georgian Orbeliani clan. He served as the commander of the empire's élite gholam corps (qollar-aghasi) sometime before 1693, and as the governor (beglarbeg) of Qandahar in 1663.

Mansur Khan
Commander of the Gholam
In office
1663–1663
Preceded byKaykhosrow Khan
Succeeded byIsa Beg
Governor of Qandahar
In office
>1693–Unknown
Preceded byOtar Beg Orbeliani
Succeeded byJamshid Khan
Military service
Allegiance Safavid Iran

He was a son of the Georgian nobleman Aslamaz, and had at least two brothers, Otar (Zu al-Faqār) and Vakhushti, who held prominent positions like him. According to Alexander Orbeliani (1802–1869), he had one more brother named Kaykhosrow.

Notes

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  1. ^ Also spelled as "Garjasb", "Karjasi", or "Garjasi".

Sources

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  • Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. p. 173. ISBN 978-1568591353.
  • Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. p. 257. ISBN 978-1933823232.
  • Maeda, Hirotake (2003). "On the Ethno-Social Background of Four Gholām Families from Georgia in Safavid Iran". Studia Iranica (32): 247–249, 253, 270.
  • Matthee, Rudi; Mashita, Hiroyuki (2010). "KANDAHAR iv. From The Mongol Invasion Through the Safavid Era". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. XV, Fasc. 5. pp. 478–484.
Preceded by Commander of the gholam corps (qollar-aghasi)
before 1693
Succeeded by
Isa Beg
Preceded by Governor of Qandahar
1663–?
Succeeded by