Shamlu

A tribe of Oghuz that branched to Avshar

For other uses, see Shamlu (disambiguation).

The Shamlu tribe (Persian: ایل شاملو; Azerbaijani: Şamlı, Şamlu), also known as the Shamli tribe, was one of the seven original and the most powerful Qizilbash tribes of Turcoman origin in Iran.

Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou I Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou II

## List of the Khans of Shamlu

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* Ahmad Sultan Shamlu
* Abdu Beg Shamlu ( Father in law of Ismail I )
* Husein Khan Shamlu ( The most powerful qizilbash Khan, executed by Shah Tahmasp in 1534)
* Hossein Khan Shamlu ( Governor of Lors Pushtkuh- Province of Lorestan )
* Hasan Khan Shamlu
* Mirza Vali Khan Shamlu (Governor)
* Ali Gholi Khan Shamlu (aka Haji Ali Qizilbash Mazandarani Governor of Khorassan in 1576 and chief of the armies under Shah Abbas I en 1588 )[1]
* JĀNI BEG KHAN BIGDELI SHĀMLU(d. 1645), ishik-āqāsi-bāshi (master of ceremony) and qurchi-bāshi (head of the tribal guards) under the Safavid Shah Ṣafi I (r. 1629–42) and Shah ʿAbbās II (r. 1642–66).[2]
* Sinan Khan Shamlu (Ambassador of Shah AbbasI to Emperor Rudolph II of Habsburg)
* Muhamad Gholi Khan Bigdili-e Shamlu
* Dormish Khan Shamlu (Brother in law of Shah Ismail I and Governor of Isfahan )
* Murteza Gulu Khan Shamlu-Ardabili (invented a style of calligraphy called "Shikasta Nastaʿlīq")
* Abbas Gholi Khan Shamlu-Shahsevan (Governor of Herat, 1812)
* Mu'min Khan Shamlu (1699–1707, Grand Vizier )[3]
* Mohammed Zaman Khan Shamlu (1711)
* Muhamad Ali Khan Bigdili-e Shamlu (c.1722, Grand Vizier )[2]
* Zaynal Khan Shamlu
* Murshid Gholi Khan Ustajlu-e Shamlu
* Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou I
* Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou
* Manouchehr Ghiaie-e Shamloo (Governor of Tehran)
* Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou II (Architect and Aide de Camp of the Impériale Court of Iran under Emperor Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)[4]
* Farhad Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou( 1957 )[4]

## Bibliography

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* Yves Bomati and Houchang Nahavandi,Shah Abbas, Emperor of Persia,1587-1629, 2017, ed. Ketab Corporation, Los Angeles, ISBN 978-1595845672, English translation by Azizeh Azodi.
* Roman Ghirshman, Persia El reino immortal, Londres, 1971, p. 141
* J.P. Roux, " Histoire des Turcs", Paris, 1984, pp. 253–54
* David Morgan. "Shah Isma'il and the Establishment of Shi'ism"chpt. 12 of his Medieval Persia: 1040–1797, Longman, New York, 1988, pp. 112–123.

## See also

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* Qizilbash
* Safavid dynasty
* Farhad Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou (in French)
* Ahmad Shamlou

## References

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1. ^ "Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400–1800, Muzaffar Alam, University of Chicago Mars 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-78041-4
2. ^ a b Matthee, Rudi. "JĀNI BEG KHAN BIGDELI ŠĀMLU". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
3. ^ "Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire", Andrew J. Newman,Edt. I. B. Tauris 30 Mars, 2006, p.105 ISBN 1-86064-667-0
4. ^ a b Architecture Mediterraneenne, No 55, "From father to son, a dynasty of builders", Marseille, 2001, pp. 130-60

## External links

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* Doerfer, Gerhard. "BĪGDELĪ". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
* History of the Khans of Ghiaī-e Chamlou