Amir Zakariya
Amir Zakariya | |
|---|---|
| امیر زکریا | |
| Grand Vizier of the Aq Qoyunlu Grand Vizier of the Safavid Empire | |
| In office 1501–1507 | |
| Monarchs | Alvand Beg (r. 1497–1504/5) Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) |
| Preceded by | Safavid Empire established |
| Succeeded by | Najm-e Sani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | Tabriz, Safavid Iran |
Khvajeh Mohammad Kujuji Tabrizi (Persian: خواجه محمد کججی تبریزی), better known by his later title of Amir Zakariya, was a Persian bureaucrat from the Kujuji family, who initially served as the vizier under the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Alvand Beg,[1] and then under the Safavid shah (king) Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) from 1501 to 1507.[2]
References
- ↑ Jackson 1986, pp. 338–339.
- ↑ Mitchell 2009, pp. 28–29, 46.
Sources
- Jackson, Peter (1986). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6. Cambridge University Press.
- Markiewicz, Christopher (2019). The Crisis of Kingship in Late Medieval Islam: Persian Emigres and the Making of Ottoman Sovereignty. Cambridge University Press.
- Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–304. ISBN 978-0857715883.
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–296. ISBN 978-0857716613.