Allahverdi Khan
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Allahverdi Khan was a Safavid general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a gholam, rose to high office in the Safavid Iran. The Safavid court historian Iskandar Beg Munshi describes him a
Allahverdi Khan (seated center right), from a Jarunnameh of Qadri, Isfahan style, dated 1697.
Inside the Allahverdi Khan dome at the Imam Reza Shrine, where he is buried.
Si-o-se-pol, also known as the "Allahverdi Khan Bridge"
Madrasa Khan, in Shiraz
Emamqoli Khan
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Emamqoli Khan was a Safavid military and political leader of Georgian origin who served as a governor of Fars, Lar and Bahrain for the shahs Abbas the Great and Safi.
Allahverdi Khan
…Abbas I also visited the house of Allahverdi Khan's family in Isfahan, where he offered his condolences. He thereafter appointed Allahverdi Khan's son Emamqoli Khan as the governor of Fars, thus succeeding his deceased father. Allahverdi Khan was buried at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, under an exquisite dome…
Emamqoli Khan (white horse) leading the Safavid siege of Hormuz against the Portuguese. Jarunnameh, 1697. British Library (Add MS 7801).
Emamqoli Khan with his soldiers in boats repulsed by the Portuguese at the Siege of Hormuz.
Emamqoli Khan in Jarunnameh by Qadri, Isfahan (1697)