Roger M. Savory
Articles by Roger M. Savory
- COURTS AND COURTIERS vi. In the Safavid period
COURTS AND COURTIERS vi. In the Safavid period The organization of the court and its administration. Some ninety years ago…
- ESMĀʿĪL I ṢAFAWĪ
ESMĀʿĪL I ṢAFAWĪ (اسماعیل صفوی ), SHAH ABU’L-MOẒAFFAR b. Shaikh Ḥaydar b. Shaikh Jonayd, founder of the Safavid dynasty, born…
- ESKANDAR BEG TORKAMĀN MONŠĪ
ESKANDAR BEG TORKAMĀN MONŠĪ, author of Tārīḵ-e ʿālamārā-ye ʿabbāsī (q.v.), a history of the reign of Shah ʿAbbās I. Internal…
- EŠĪK-ĀQĀSĪ-BĀŠĪ
EŠĪK-ĀQĀSĪ-BĀŠĪ (or Īšīk-āqāsī-bāšī), the title of two officials in the Safavid central administration, namely ešīk-āqāsī-bāšī-e dīvān, and ešīk-āqāsī-bāšī-e ḥaram. The…
- EMĀMQOLĪ KHAN
EMĀMQOLĪ KHAN, son of the celebrated Georgian ḡolām Allāhverdī Khan (q.v.). Emāmˊqolī Khan is first mentioned as governor of Lār…
- DŪRMEŠ, KHAN
DŪRMEŠ (or Dormeš) KHAN b. ʿAbdī Beg TAVĀČĪ ŠĀMLŪ, powerful Qezelbāš amir, brother-in-law and confidant of Shah Esmāʿīl I (907-30/1501-24;…
- DĪVĀNBEGĪ
DĪVĀNBEGĪ i. The Timurid period. ii. The Safavid period. i. THE TIMURID PERIOD Dīvānbegī was the designation for the…
- DĪV SOLṬĀN
DĪVSOLṬĀN, title of ʿALĪ BEG RŪMLŪ, a qezelbāš officer first mentioned at the battle of Šarūr (907/1501), in which the…
- DĀḠESTĀNĪ, FATḤ ʿALĪ KHAN
DĀḠESTĀNĪ, fatḥ-ʿalǰ khan b. Alqāṣ Mīrzā b. Ildirim Khan Šamḵāl, grand vizier (wazīr-e aʿẓam, eʿtemād-al-dawla) under Shah Solṭān-Ḥosayn I Ṣafawī…
- ČERĀḠ KHAN ZĀHEDĪ
ČERĀḠ KHAN ZĀHEDĪ b. Shaikh Šarīf, a descendant of Shaikh Zāhed Gīlānī (q.v.), the celebrated moršed (spiritual director) of Shaikh…
- ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN
Č(AH)ĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN, the name of a broad avenue (maximum width 48 m/52 yards) which was a key feature of the…
- ḤOSAYN KHAN ŠĀMLU
ḤOSAYN KHAN ŠĀMLU, b. ʿAbdi Beg Šāmlu, Safavid governor (d. 941/1535), brother of Durmeš Khan Šāmlu (q.v.) and a nephew…