Mihrab Khan

Mihrab
Khan
Surrender of Mihrab Khan (detail) to the Mughal general Qulij Khan Turani at the Siege of Bost (1638). Musée Guimet (MA 3318)
Governor of Bost
In office
1638–1641
MonarchSafi
Preceded byRezaqoli Soltan Siyah-Mansur
Succeeded byDust 'Ali Khan Zanganeh
Governor of Astarabad
In office
1642–1648
MonarchAbbas II
Preceded byHosayn Khan b. Zaman Beg Mazandarani
Succeeded byAllahverdi Khan (Armenian)
Governor of Kandahar
In office
1649
Preceded byMughal rule
Succeeded byOtar Beg
Personal details
Died1649 (1650)
Kandahar, Safavid Iran
Clan
Mirimanidze
Military service
Allegiance Safavid Iran

Mihrab Khan (died 1649) was a military commander in Safavid Iran. A member of the Mirimanidze clan, he is first mentioned as serving as the governor of Bost at an unknown date. Later, he was appointed as the governor of Astarabad, and in 1649 was appointed as the governor of the newly captured city of Kandahar, where he died later that year. In Kandahar, he was succeeded by his Georgian kinsman Otar Beg.

References

  1. ↑ Welch, Stuart Cary (1985). India: art and culture, 1300-1900. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. pp. 247–248. ISBN 978-0030061141. "In the miniature, Qulij Khan accepts the keys of a conquered city, probably Bust, which was captured in the eleventh year of the reign from Mihrab Khan, one of the Iranian shah's abler generals. (...) . In the foreground, the Mughal general accepts his enemy's submission, while the background itemizes incidents of the siege"

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