1994/02/01 by Rudi Matthee · 69 citations
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Ancient history #Art #Byzantine Studies and History #Eurasian Exchange Networks #History #Islamic Studies and History #Mathematics #Period (music) #Physics #Ruler #Successor cardinal
paper · doi:10.1017/s0020743800059778
published in International Journal Middle East Studies 26(1), 77-98 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 1994/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
In June 1669 the Safavid ruler Shah Sulayman dismissed his grand vizier Mirza Muhammad Mahdi and appointed Shaykh ʿAli Khan Zanganah as his successor. Shaykh ʿAli Khan served in the exalted function of grand vizier or iʿtimad aldawla for a full twenty years and in this period grew into perhaps the most remarkable administrator of Safavid times.