Yusuf Khan
Yusuf Khan, also spelled Yusof Khan, was a Safavid gholam and official of Armenian origin who was governor of Astarabad (1604), Shamakhi (1610-?), and Shirvan (1610–1624) during the reign of Shah Abbas I (r. Originally a Christian, Yusuf was first employed in the royal mews, and because of his skill in handling and hunting birds and animals, he was soon given the rank of "master of the hunt" (mīr shekār-bāshi). Thereafter, he became governor of Shirvan and Shamakhi.
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Yusuf Khan, also spelled Yusof Khan, was a Safavid gholam and official of Armenian origin who was governor of Astarabad (1604), Shamakhi (1610-?), and Shirvan (1610–1624) during the reign of Shah Abbas I (r. Originally a Christian, Yusuf was first employed in the royal mews, and because of his skill in handling and hunting birds and animals, he was soon given the rank of "master of the hunt" (mīr shekār-bāshi). Thereafter, he became governor of Shirvan and Shamakhi.
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When Abbas I decided to marry his granddaughter to Simon II of Kartli (Semayun Khan) in 1624, Yusuf Khan was ordered by Qarachaqay Khan, likewise of Christian Armenian origin and a childhood friend, to host the banquet in the first term of the wedding party. Murdered on the orders of Murav Beg (Giorgi Saakadze), after the latter decided to conspire with the Georgian rebel leaders.
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• Name — Yusuf Khan • Office — Governor of Astarabad • Office1 — Master of the hunt (mīr shekār-bāshi) • Office2 — Governor of Shamakhi • Office3 — Governor of Shirvan • Predecessor2 — Zu'l Fiqar Qaramanlu • Predecessor1 — Ali Beg Ustajlu • Predecessor — Hoseyn Khan Ziyadoghlu Qajar • Successor — Fereydun Khan Cherkes • Successor1 — Farhad Beg Cherkes • Successor2 — Allahverdi Khan (1704) • Predecessor3 — Zu'l Fiqar Qaramanlu • Successor3 — Qazaq Khan Cherkes • Term Start — 1604 • Term End — 1604 • Term End1 — 1610 • Term Start1 — 1609 • Term Start2 — 1610 • Term End2 —? • Term Start3 — 1610 • Term End3 — 1624 • Occupation — Official • Monarch — Abbas the Great • Monarch1 — Abbas the Great • Monarch2 — Abbas the Great • Monarch3 — Abbas the Great • Allegiance — Safavid Iran
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