Vakhushti Khan


Vakhushti Khan was a Safavid official and royal gholam from the Georgian Orbeliani clan, who served as the governor of Shushtar from September 1632 up to his death in 1667 or 1669. His descendants continued to flourish in Shushtar well into Nader Shah's era.
Vakhushti was a son of the Georgian nobleman Aslamaz and had at least two other brothers named Otar and Gorjasbi, who held prominent positions as well. According to Alexander Orbeliani, he had one more brother named Kaykhosrow. He was a close relative of Rodam, the wife of Shah Navaz Khan.
His name Vakhushti derives from Old Iranian vahišta-. Its equivalent in Middle Persian is wahišt and in New Persian behešt.
Vakhusti's second son, Aslamas, served as commander of the élite gholam corps in 1693–1695, and as governor of Qandahar in 1694–95, or 1696–1697.