Safiqoli Khan

Mirman Mirimanidze, better known as Safiqoli Khan, was a Safavid official and gholam who served during the reigns of Abbas I and Safi.

Biography

Safiqoli's original name was Mirman, and he was a member of the Mirimanidze clan. His father was named Malek Qorkhmaz, and he had a brother named Malek Atabek. One of his uncles, Tahmaspqoli, who was bestowed with the title Anīs ol-Dowleh, was the first influential gholam from the family.
Safiqoli rose steadily through the Safavid ranks to become a yuzbashi early on in his career. Later on, in 1618–1619, he became prefect of New Julfa in Isfahan, and was made governor of Hamadan shortly after, in 1619–1620. Following king Abbas I's recapture of Baghdad in 1624 during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1623–1639, which ended many decades of Ottoman rule, Safiqoli was appointed as its new beglarbeg. In addition, he was made the local qurchi-bashi of the shrine city of Najaf.
His two close relatives included Mihrab Khan and Manuchehr.