Arabgirlu tribe

The Arabgirlu was a Kurdish tribe in Safavid Iran that joined the Shamlu tribe of the Qizilbash confederacy during the reign of Shah Abbas I (r. 1587–1629). Their incorporation into the tribe took place when they were sent to Khorasan to defend the Safavid border against the Khanate of Bukhara.[1] The Arabgirlu were in close proximity to the Safavid shah, as they held a number of important, often hereditary, positions in the palace (ilchi, rekabdar, vazir-e qurchiyan-e khassa, eshik-aqasi-bashi, and evji-bashi). They served the Safavids until their downfall.[2]

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Sources

  • Dehqan, Mustafa; Genç, Vural (2024). "The Qizilbash Reconsidered: The Role of the Kurdish Arabgirlu Tribe in the Early Safavid State". In Winter, Stéfan; HajHasan, Zainab (eds.). Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1487554408.
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