Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani Explained

Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani
Office1:Sepahsalar of Safavid Iran
Term Start1:1718
Term End1:1720
Monarch1:Sultan Husayn
Predecessor1:Hosaynqoli Khan
Successor1:Esmail Khan
Office2:Beglarbeg of Fars
Term Start2:22 October 1717
Term End2:December 1720
Monarch2:Sultan Husayn
Birth Place:Daghestan (?)
Relatives:Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (uncle & brother-in-law)

Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani (Persian: لطفعلی خان داغستانی) was a high-ranking Safavid military commander and official of Lezgian origin. He served as commander-in-chief (sepahsalar) from 1718 to 1720, and as the governor (beglarbeg) of Fars from 22 October 1717 to December 1720.

The appointment of Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani in 1717 as beglarbeg of Fars brought the reach of the jurisdiction of the latter province, for the first time, close to that what it had been during the tenure of Allahverdi Khan, more than a century earlier.

Lotf-Ali Khan was a nephew as well as brother-in-law of the Safavid grand vizier, Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716–1720). At the time of Fath-Ali Khan's downfall, Lotf-Ali Khan was arrested and thrown into jail.

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