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Shamlu

Oghuz tribe in Iran

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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.

01List of the Khans of Shamlu

  • Ahmad Sultan Shamlu
  • Abdu Beg Shamlu ( Father in law of Ismail I )
  • Hossein Beg Laleh Shamlu
  • 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 (Governor of Herat, circa 1600)
  • 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 )
  • 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).
  • Sinan Khan Shamlu (Zaynal Khan Shamlu, Ambassador of Shah Abbas I 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 )
  • Mohammed Zaman Khan Shamlu (1711)
  • Muhamad Ali Khan Bigdili-e Shamlu (c.1722, Grand Vizier )
  • 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)
  • Farhad Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou( 1957 )
Portrait of Ali-Qoli Khan Shamlu (aka Haji Ali Qizilbash Mazandarani) Governor of Khorassan in 1576 and chief of the armies under Shah Abbas I in 1588.
Portrait of Ali-Qoli Khan Shamlu (aka Haji Ali Qizilbash Mazandarani) Governor of Khorassan in 1576 and chief of the armies under Shah Abbas I in 1588.
Portrait of Zeynal Khan Shamlu, Ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II
Portrait of Zeynal Khan Shamlu, Ambassador of Shah Abbas I to the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II
Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou II, architect, dressed as Imperial Aide de Camp (Tehran, 1973)
Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-e Chamlou II, architect, dressed as Imperial Aide de Camp (Tehran, 1973)
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