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The Ustajlu were a powerful Turkmen tribe, with a main presence in Azarbaijan (in the northwest of Persia) and in Khorasan (north central Persia). They were particularly active during the early Safavid period in the 16th century.[2] The Ustajlu were particularly powerful during the reign of Shah Ismail (1504-1524), as they held some of the most important positions in the Safavid state, including the position of qurchibashi (Commander of the Shah's guard regiment).[3] Other powerful tribes (oymaqs) were the Shamlu and the Tekkelu.[3]
Some notable people with the surname include:
- Abdollah Khan Ustajlu (died 1566/67), Iranian dignitary of Turkoman origin
- Badr Khan Ustajlu, Turkoman military officer
- Evaz Beg Ustajlu, Turkoman military officer
- Mohammad Khan Ustajlu (died 1514), Iranian military commander
- Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu, 16th-century Iranian official
- Salman Khan Ustajlu, Turkoman military leader
References
- ^ Papuashvili 2020, p. 55 "The right upper part of the miniature shows the scene of wounding the Iranian commander – Kara Khan by the Ottoman soldier. And below there is the image of Tokmak Khan drawing the bow (Arif,1914)."
- ^ Farrokh, Kaveh (20 December 2011). Iran at War: 1500-1988. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-78096-221-4.
- ^ a b Forbes Mans, Beatrice. Nomads in the Middle East. Cambridge University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-521-81629-8.
Sources
- Papuashvili, Tamar (10 December 2020). "The Childiri Battle According To Şecâ'atnâme" (PDF). 2nd Intertational Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities: 55. doi:10.33422/2nd.icrsh.2020.12.08.
