Shahverdi Khan (Georgian)

Shahverdi Khan (fl. 17th-century) was a Safavid official of Georgian origin, who served as a governor (wāli) of the Lorestan province during the reign of king Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694). In 1674, the people of the province revolted against him.^[1][2]

References

1. Matthee 2012, pp. 67-68.
2. Blake 1999, p. 85.

Sources

• Blake, Stephen P. (1999). Half the world: the social architecture of Safavid Isfahan, 1590-1722. Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568590875.
• Matthee, Rudi (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845117450.