Mohammad-Ali Khan (sepahsalar)

For the 18th-century Safavid governor of the Azerbaijan Province, see Mohammad-Ali Khan of Tabriz.

Mohammad-Ali Khan was a Safavid official and military commander of Lezgian origin. He served as a commander-in-chief of the army ( sepahsalar ) and as a governor (hakem) of the Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd), during the reign of king Sultan Husayn (1694-1722).

A nephew of grand vizier Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716-1720), Mohammad-Ali Khan served during the chaotic years in which the Safavid state was crumbling and in a state of heavy decline. ^[1] He was killed in 1716 following a revolt by the people of his province, and was succeeded by his twelve-year old (unnamed) son, who was also appointed governor ( vali ) of Georgia and of Tabriz. ^[2]

References

1. Matthee 2012, pp. 209, 223.
2. Matthee 2012, pp. 209–210, 223.

Sources

• 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. 173. ISBN   978-1933823232.
• Matthee, Rudi (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN   978-1845117450.

Preceded by Safiqoli Khan	Commander-in-chief ( sepahsalar ) ?–June 1716	Succeeded by Fath-Ali Khan Turkoman
Preceded by Abd al-Masud Khan	Governor of Erivan Province (Chokhur-e Sa'd) ?–1716	Succeeded by His son (unknown name)