Salim Khan Shamsaddinli
Emir Gūna Khan Qājār, the beglerbeg of Čoḵūr-e
Sa’d, was ordered this year to subjugate the fort at Āḵesqa. As I previously
stated, the Āḵesqa region of the Meskhia province of Georgia had been part of
the Safavid empire in the time of Shah Tahmasp, and its governor had owed
allegiance to the Shah and had paid tribute to him. After the death of Shah
Tahmasp, the Ottomans had gained control of the area, and ever since that time Āḵesqa
had been a bone of contention between the two empires. After fighting a number
of battles against Ottoman and Georgian troops, Emir Gūna Khan succeeded in
subjugating the strong fort of Āḵesqa, the seat of the Ottoman governor. Salīm
Khan Šams al-Dīnlū, the governor of Lori, was appointed governor of Āḵesqa, and
given a thousand musketeers of the royal stirrup as part of the garrison of the
fort. The Šams al-Dīnlū ḡāzīs occupied the fort at Āḵesqa and the other
dependent forts in the area, and took charge of the administration of the
region.
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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