Safavid Kandahar Ostān-e Qandahar | |||||||
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| 1537–1538 1545 1558–1592 1622–1638 1649–1709 | |||||||
| Status | Province of Safavid Iran | ||||||
| Capital | Kandahar | ||||||
| Government | Province | ||||||
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The province of Kandahar (Persian: استان قندهار, romanized: Ostān-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]
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 265.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 128.
- ^ Floor 2008, p. 129.