Div Sultan Rumlu Explained

Div Sultan Rumlu (Persian: دیو سلطان روملو) was a Turkmen military commander and politician from the Rumlu clan,^[1] one of the seven chief Qizilbash tribes which provided crack troops for Safavid guard.^{[2] [3] [4]} In 1516-1527, he served as the governor (hakem) of the Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd). From 1524 to 1527, he was a powerful regent to Shah Tahmasp I, who was then underage.^[5] Div Sultan Rumlu had summer quarters at Lar Valley in the Alborz Mountains. He was killed in a power struggle in 1527.^[6]

Sources

• Book: Nasiri. Ali Naqi. Floor. Willem M.. Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration. 2008. Mage Publishers. 978-1933823232.

Notes and References

1. Book: Fisher . William Bayne . Jackson . Peter. Lockhart . Lawrence . 1986 . The Cambridge History of Iran . . 236 . 0521200946 . September 16, 2015.
2. Book: Rayfield, Donald . 2013 . Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia . . 166 . 978-1780230702 . September 16, 2015.
3. Book: Hasan . Rūmlū . Steddon . Charles Norman . 1934 . Chronicle of the Early Safawīs: Being the Ahsanuʼt-Tawārīkh of Hasan-i-Rūmlū, Volume 1 . Oriental Institute . 78–93 . September 16, 2015.
4. Book: Roxburgh, David J. . 2001 . Prefacing the Image: The Writing of Art History in Sixteenth-century Iran . . 21 . 9004113762 . September 16, 2015.
5. Book: Potts, Daniel T. . 2014 . Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity . . 229–230 . 978-0199330799 . September 16, 2015.
6. Book: Mitchell, Colin P. . 2011 . New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society . . 978-1136991936 . September 16, 2015.