Afshars of Urmia

Afshars of Urmia is located in Iran
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Urmia
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Location of Urmia in present-day Iran

The Afshars of Urmia (also spelled Urmiya; Persian: افشارهای ارومیه) are a branch of the Afshar tribe centered in the Iranian city of Urmia. From 1624/25 to 1820/21, the governorship of Urmia was mainly in the hands of the Urmia Afshars. After that, only a few them served as its governor, the last one being Imam Quli Khan, who became governor in 1879/80.[1]

Many of the Afshar governors of Urmia bore the prominent title of beglarbegi,[2] i.e. governor-general.[3]

  1. ^ Kondo 1999, pp. 550–553.
  2. ^ Oberling 1984, pp. 582–586.
  3. ^ Bournoutian 2021, p. 4.