Cheragh Khan Zahedi
{{Short description|Iranian officer in Safavid Iran}}
Cheragh Khan Zahedi ({{langx|fa|چراغ خان زاهدی}}), also known as Pirzadeh (Persian: {{lang|fa|پیرزاده}}), was an Iranian officer in Safavid Iran, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (qurchi-bashi) from 1631 until his death in 1632.
Biography
Cheragh Khan was the son of a certain Shaikh Sharif and a descendant of Zahed Gilani, the prominent Iranian grandmaster (murshid), and the teacher of Safi-ad-din Ardabili, who was the eponymous ancestor of the Safavid dynasty.{{sfn|Savory|1991|p=263}} Cheragh Khan was a supporter of the family of the qurchi-bashi Isa Khan Safavi, which was a cousin family to the ruling Safavid dynasty. However, in 1632/1633, he accused the sons of Isa Khan Safavi planning to stage a coup against Safi and then usurp the throne. Safi then had them executed, including Isa Khan Safavi himself.{{sfn|Savory|1991|p=263}} Cheragh Khan was then given the qurchi-bashi post as a reward.{{sfn|Savory|1991|p=263}}{{sfn|Babaie|2004|p=140}}
However, Cheragh Khan was one year later accused of hiding his empathy for the family of Isa Khan Safavi, and was executed in July 1632.{{sfn|Savory|1991|p=263}} He was succeeded by Amir Khan Zulqadr.
References
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Sources
- {{cite book | title = Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan | year = 2011 | publisher = I.B.Tauris | location = | editor-last = | editor-first = | last = Matthee | first = Rudi | isbn = 978-0857731814 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fFaw4od7nfUC }}
- {{cite book | title = Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran | year = 2004 | publisher = I.B.Tauris | location = | editor-last = | editor-first = | last = Babaie | first = Sussan | chapter = | pages = 1–218 | isbn = 9781860647215 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=2BMVnw9JQh8C}}
- {{cite encyclopedia | article = ČERĀḠ KHAN ZĀHEDĪ | last = Savory | first = Roger M. | author-link = Roger Savory | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cerag-khan-zahedi-b | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. V, Fasc. 3 | pages = 263 | location = | publisher = | year = 1991 | isbn = }}
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{{S-bef| before=Isa Khan Safavi}}
{{S-ttl| title=Qurchi-bashi| years=1631-1632}}
{{S-aft| after=Amir Khan Zulqadr}}
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Category:Safavid military officers
Category:17th-century Iranian military personnel
Category:Year of birth unknown