Office: | Governor of Semnan |
Jamshid Khan | |
Termstart: | 1646 |
Termend: | 1656 |
Predecessor: | Manuchehr Beg |
Successor: | Geda Ali Beg Qajar |
Office1: | Governor of Astarabad |
Termend1: | 1664 |
Termstart1: | 1656 |
Predecessor1: | Hajji Manuchehr Khan |
Successor1: | Jafarqoli Khan |
Parents: | Hajji Manuchehr Khan |
Allegiance: | Safavid Iran |
Death Date: | 1667 |
Office2: | Governor of Qandahar |
Termend2: | Unknown |
Termstart2: | <1665 |
Predecessor2: | Mansur Khan |
Successor2: | Zal Khan |
Jamshid Khan was a 17th-century Safavid military commander and official. Of "unclear origins", he was the son of a certain Hajji Manuchehr Khan, a gholam and sometime governor of Shirvan and Astarabad. Jamshid Khan served as the commander of the élite gholam corps (qollar-aghasi) in 1663–1667. He also served as the governor (hakem) of Semnan in 1646–1656, of Astarabad (beglarbeg) in 1656–1664, and of Qandahar (beglarbeg) sometime after 1663.
Especially due to the high office of qollar-aghasi, Jamshid Khan yielded considerable influence in the Safavid state which was evident by the later tenure of grand vizier Mirza Mohammad Karaki (1661-1691), when the latter's power trailed that of Jamshid Khan. He died in 1667.