Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani

Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani
Sepahsalar of Safavid Iran
In office
1718–1720
MonarchSultan Husayn
Preceded byHosaynqoli Khan
Succeeded byEsmail Khan
Beglarbeg of Fars
In office
22 October 1717 – December 1720
MonarchSultan Husayn
Personal details
BornDaghestan (?)
RelativesFath-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.[1]

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.[2]

Lotf-Ali Khan was a nephew as well as brother-in-law of the Safavid grand vizier, Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716–1720).[3][4] At the time of Fath-Ali Khan's downfall, Lotf-Ali Khan was arrested and thrown into jail.[3]

  1. ^ Floor 2008, p. 283.
  2. ^ Floor 2008, p. 281.
  3. ^ a b Savory 1993, pp. 576–577.
  4. ^ Matthee 2012, p. 210, 214, 230.