Allahverdi Khan

Allahverdi Khan
Allahverdi Khan (seated center right) with his son Emamqoli Khan (seated center left). From a Jarunnameh of Qadri. Isfahan style, dated 1697
Governor of Fars
In office 1595-6 – 1613
Monarchs	Abbas I, Safi
Preceded by	Farhad Khan Qaramanlu
Succeeded by	Imam Quli Khan (Safavid governor)
Personal details
Born	ca. 1560
Died	3 June 1613
Relatives	Daud Khan Undiladze (son) Imam-Quli Khan (son) Safiqoli Khan Undiladze (grandson) Jafarqoli Khan (great-grandson)
Clan	Undiladze
Military service
Allegiance	Safavid Iran
Years of service	1570s(?)–1613
Battles/wars	Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)

Allahverdi Khan (Persian: الله‌وردی 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.”^[1] Shah 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.^[1]