Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal
Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Safavid Empire | |
| In office 1531–1533/34 | |
| Monarch | Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576) |
| Preceded by | Mirza Jafar Savaji |
| Succeeded by | Khvajeh Sa'd al-Din Enayat Khuzani Khvajeh Mo'en Yazdi |
| Personal details | |
| Relations | Nur Kamaliya family |
Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal (Persian: احمد بیگ نور کمال) was a bureaucrat in Safavid Iran, who served as the grand vizier of Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576) from 1531 to 1533/34.
A native of Isfahan,[1] Nur Kamal was of Persian origin.[2] He is the only known member of the Nur Kamaliya, an important family in Isfahan.[3] Prior to becoming the grand vizier, he had served as the personal vizier of Hoseyn Khan Shamlu in Khorasan.[1] In the fall of 1531,[2] Hoseyn Khan Shamlu initiated a purge in the administration and appointed Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal as the grand vizier, thus replacing Mirza Jafar Savaji.[1] During the downfall of Hoseyn Khan Shamlu in 1533/34, Nur Kamal was arrested, tortured and lost all his property. He was later freed.[1] The vizierate was given jointly to Khvajeh Sa'd al-Din Enayat Khuzani and Khvajeh Mo'en Yazdi.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Mitchell 2009, p. 61.
- 1 2 Newman 2008, p. 27.
- ↑ Quiring-Zoche 1980, p. 248.
- ↑ Floor 2001, p. 36.
Sources
- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.
- Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857715883.
- Quiring-Zoche, Rosemarie (1980). Isfahan im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert: Ein Beitrag zur persischen Stadtgeschichte. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen (in German). Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag.