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Ghazi Beg

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Gazi Beg
Shah of Shirvan
Reign1501
Coronation1501
PredecessorBahram Beg
SuccessorSultan Mahmud
Born?
Baku
Died1501
Baku
IssueSultan Mahmud
Names
Sultan Muhammad Ghazi Beg
HouseHouse of Shirvanshah
FatherFarrukh Yassar

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

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  • Floor, Willem (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, D.C.: Mage Publishers. ISBN 978-1933823232.
Ghazi Beg
Born:  ? Died: 1501
Regnal titles
Preceded by Shirvanshah
1501–1501
Succeeded by