Succession: | Governor of Azerbaijan |
Predecessor: | Ulama soltan Takalu |
Tenure: | 1531 - 1534 |
Noble Family: | Mawsillu |
Successor: | Ulama soltan Takalu |
Father: | Isa Khan Mawsillu |
Musa Soltan Torkaman was one of the Qizilbash leaders of Mawsillu tribe[1] and Safavid governor of Azerbaijan under Tahmasp I.
His father Isa beg was a son of Bakr beg Mawsillu (d. 1491), a governor of Astarabad and a loyal follower of Ya'qub Beg of Aq Qoyunlu. According to some sources, his daughter Sultanum Begum was married to Tahmasp I and hence was a grandfather of Mohammad Khodabanda and Ismail II.[2] [3] However, according to Kioumars Ghereghlou, he was a brother to Sultanum Begum.[4] He was appointed as governor of Azerbaijan following former governor Ulama soltan Takalu's defection to Ottoman Empire. After 3 years of rule he had to flee from Tabriz following Suleiman the Magnificent's campaign and widespread plague among his troops.[5] He was described as an official given into "mirth, play, conversation and wine".[6]