Qaraja Ilyas

Qaraja Ilyas
Ismail I (r. 1501–24) hunting bear with Qaraja Ilyas, in a c. 1650 miniature by Mo'en Mosavver.
Beglarbeg of Erivan
SuccessorAmir Beg Mawsillu

Qaraja Ilyas Bayburdlu was Beglarbeg (governor) of the Erivan Province of Safavid Iran from 1502.[1] Qaraja Ilyas was a member of the Turkoman Bayburdlu tribe. He was one of Ismail I's (r. 1501–24) commanders at the Battle of Sharur in 1501.[2]

  1. ^ Floor 2008, p. 171.
  2. ^ Tapper 1997, p. 83.