Mehrab Khan Izzeddinli-Qajar
Meḥrab Khan Qājār, governor of Marv-e Šāhijān. He fell
ill this year at Marv and, the physicians’ treatment proving of no avail, died.
His body was taken to Mašhad for burial within the precincts of the shrine.
Meḥrab Khan came from Qarābāḡ to Iraq early in Shah ‘Abbas’s
reign and enrolled among the court retainers. His first post was that of davātdār
(inkhorn holder), and his excellent service and natural good manners won him a
place among the moqarrabs at court. When the Uzbegs subjugated Khorasan,
the office of davātdār was transferred to his brother, Laṭīf Khan Beg,
and he himself was raised to the emirate and appointed governor of Ṭabas-e Gīlakī.
While holding this post, he stoutly defended the eastern frontier against Uzbeg
attacks, and he subsequently held a variety of posts in Khorasan. He was
governor of Mašhad when Bektāš Khan Ostājlu, the governor of Marv, died, and he
was transferred to Marv. During his term as governor of Marv, he fought a
number of major battles against the Uzbegs, and he became celebrated along that
frontier for his exploits. He retained the Shah’s favor to the end of his days.
After his death, his governorship was given to ‘Āšūr Khan Cheganī.
Eskandar Beg Monshi, Tārikh-e ʿĀlamārā-ye ʿAbbāsi, tr. R. M. Savory as
History of Shah ʿAbbâs the Great, 2 vols., Boulder, Colorado, 1978, p. 1230.
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