Ali-Qoli Beg of Kartli
Safavid official and governor of Kartli
About Ali-Qoli Beg of Kartli
Lived 1501 – 1615 (aged 113–114).
Ali-Qoli Beg (died 1615) was a Safavid official, who briefly served as governor of Kartli together with his brother Emamqoli Beg, during the reign of king (shah) Abbas I (1588–1629).
He was appointed as governor of Kartli together with his brother when Abbas I launched his punitive campaigns in Georgia.
Ali-Qoli Beg and his brother Emamqoli Beg were the sons of Behbud Agha, a Georgian gholam of Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu, the former governor of the Erivan Province. Behbud Agha hailed from a Kartlian noble family (tavadi), and had converted to Islam during his service to Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq.
In 1615, during the revolt in Georgia against the Safavid rule, Ali-Qoli Beg was killed.
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Who was Ali-Qoli Beg of Kartli?
Safavid official and governor of Kartli
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Ali-Qoli Beg of Kartli was born in 1501.
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Ali-Qoli Beg of Kartli died in 1615.
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