page_title: Allahverdi Khan
hierarchical_section_title: Allahverdi Khan
caption_attribution_description: سی و سه پل، اصفهان، ایران
context_page_description: Allahverdi Khan was an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a gholām, rose to high office in the Safavid state.
  Iskandar Beg Munshi, the Safavid court historian at the time, describes him as "one of the most powerful statesman to hold office under this dynasty", and a "man of great forbearance, modest and chaste.” King Abbas I demonstrated his genuine respect and affection for him by personally supervising the funeral arrangements, and by going to his house the day after his death to offer his personal condolences to his family.
context_section_description: Allahverdi Khan (Persian: اللّه وردی خان‎, Georgian: ალავერდი-ხანი) (c. 1560 – June 3, 1613) was an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a  gholām ("military slave"), rose to high office in the Safavid state.
  Iskandar Beg Munshi, the Safavid court historian at the time, describes him as "one of the most powerful statesman to hold office under this dynasty", and a "man of great forbearance, modest and chaste.” King Abbas I demonstrated his genuine respect and affection for him by personally supervising the funeral arrangements, and by going to his house the day after his death to offer his personal condolences to his family.
caption: Allahverdi Khan statue near his bridge (Si-o-se-pol in Isfahan)
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