Safavid Kandahar

Safavid Kandahar
Ostān-e Qandahar
1537–1538
1545
1558–1592
1622–1638
1649–1709
StatusProvince of Safavid Iran
CapitalKandahar
GovernmentProvince
Succeeded by
Hotaki dynasty

The province of Kandahar (Persian: استان قندهار, romanizedOstān-e Qandahar) was an eastern province of Safavid Iran centered around the city of Kandahar,[1] and one of the four provinces of the Khorasan administrative region.[2] It was composed of eight lower-ranking dependencies, Bost-Gereskh, Zamindavar, K.ri (Duki?), Y.ki (Chutiyali?), Garmsir-e Qandahar, Ghuriyan and the tribal district of the Hazaras, which included Qalat.[3]

  1. ^ Floor 2008, p. 265.
  2. ^ Floor 2008, p. 128.
  3. ^ Floor 2008, p. 129.