Ghazi Beg Explained

Gazi Beg
Shah of Shirvan
Reign:1501
Coronation:1501
Full Name:Sultan Muhammad Ghazi Beg
Issue:Sultan Mahmud
Predecessor:Bahram Beg
Successor:Sultan Mahmud
Royal House:House of Shirvanshah
Father:Farrukh Yassar
Birth Date:?
Birth Place:Baku
Death Date:1501
Death Place:Baku

Ghazi Beg, 38th Shirvanshah, succeeded his brother in 1501. His entire reign was during a 6-month siege of Baku by the Safavid Shah Ismail I. He was a weak ruler, who ruled briefly only Baku, Salyan and Mahmudabad. Although he resisted the Safavid siege for 6 months, he executed envoys of Ismail and a dargha who advised to him to make peace. He was forced to give up city after the Storming of Baku by the Safavid army. He was killed by his son, Sultan Mahmud, in the same year.

Sources

. Floor. Willem. Willem Floor. Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. 2008. Mage Publishers. Washington, D.C.. 978-1933823232.