List of Safavid commanders-in-chief
List of commanders-in-chief

List of Safavid commanders-in-chief

Section Title: List of commanders-in-chief
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Name	Entered office	Left office	Ethnicity	Family/tribe	Monarch

Hosein Beg Laleh Shamlu	1501	1502	Turkoman	Shamlu tribe	Ismail I

Mir Najm Zargar Gilani	1509	1509	Gilaki

Najm-e Sani	1509	1510	Persian	Khuzani family

Sayyed Mir 'Abdol-Baqi Nematollahi	1513	1514	Unknown

Mohammad Beg Sofreji Ustajlu	1514	1515	Turkoman	Ustajlu tribe

Bayazid Soltan Ustajlu	1523	1524	Turkoman	Ustajlu tribe	Ismail I, Tahmasp I

Div Soltan Rumlu	1523	1524	Turkoman	Rumlu tribe

Div Soltan Rumlu + Mostafa Soltan Ustajlu	1524	1524	Turkoman	Rumlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively

Div Soltan Rumlu + Choqa Soltan Tekkelu	1526	1526	Turkoman	Rumlu and Tekkelu tribes, respectively	Tahmasp I

Choqa Soltan Tekkelu	1527	1527	Turkoman	Tekkelu tribe

Hosein Beg Shamlu and Abdollah Khan Ustajlu	1531	1534	Turkoman	Shamlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively

Shahqoli Soltan Ustajlu	1567	1568	Turkoman	Ustajlu tribe

Qarachaqay Khan	1616	1626	Armenian	Abbas I

Zeinal Khan Shamlu	1629	1630	Turkoman	Shamlu tribe	Abbas I, Safi

Rostam Khan	1631	1643	Georgian	Saakadze family	Safi, Abbas II

Mortezaqoli Khan Qajar	1649	1649	Turkoman	Qajar tribe	Abbas II

Aliqoli Khan	1650	1654	Georgian	Saakadze family

Hamzeh Khan	?	till 1690	Unknown	At least Suleiman I

Aliqoli Khan Zanganeh	1666	1691	Kurdish	Zanganeh tribe	Abbas II, Suleiman I

Rostam Khan	1692	1692	Georgian	Saakadze family	Suleiman I

Shahnavaz II, Gorgin Khan	1703	1703	Georgian	Bagrationi dynasty	Sultan Husayn

Kaykhosrow Khan	1709	1709	Georgian	Bagrationi dynasty

Mohammad Zaman Khan Shamlu	1712	1712	Turkoman	Shamlu tribe

Mansur Khan	?	February 1715	Unknown

Safiqoli Khan	February 1715	?	Unknown

Mohammad-Ali Khan	?	June 1716	Lezgian	Shamkhal of Kumukh

Fath-Ali Khan Turkoman	October 1716	October 1716	Turkoman

Hosaynqoli Khan	End 1716	End 1716	Georgian	Bagrationi dynasty

Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani	1718	1720	Lezgian	Shamkhal of Kumukh

Esmail Khan	December 1720	December 1720	Unknown

Shamir 'Ali	April 1721	April 1721	Unknown

Mohammad Beg Shamlu	September 1721	September 1721	Turkoman	Shamlu tribe

Hosaynqoli Khan	June 1722	June 1722	Georgian	Bagrationi dynasty

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In 1616, Qarachaqay Khan was appointed as the Safavid commander-in-chief.

final_sentence: In 1616, Qarachaqay Khan was appointed as the Safavid commander-in-chief.