Hoseyn Khan Shamlu

Hoseyn Khan Shamlu, also Husain Khan Shamlu (Persian: حسین‌خان شاملو; died 1535), son of ʿAbdi Beg Šāmlu, was a member of the Turkoman Shamlu tribe, and a Safavid governor of Herat from 1524–25.^[3] He was nephew of Shah Ismail I, his father Abdi Beg Shamlu having married a sister of the Shah.^[4] He was also a brother of Durmeš Khan Šāmlu, whom he replaced as Governor of Herat upon his death.^[4]

Hoseyn Khan Shamlu was the Lala (guardian) of the young prince Sam Mirza.^[4] He married one of his daughters to him.^[5] They had a daughter who was married to the Georgian ruler Prince Jesse of Kakheti.^[5]

In 1525–26 and in 1526–27, Hoseyn Khan Shamlu resisted the offensive of the Uzbeks against Herat, standing a siege of seven months, before he was relieved by Imperial troops.^[4] However, in 1529, he was forced to surrender Herat to the Uzbek Obayd Khan.^[4] Both Hoseyn Khan Shamlu and Sam Mirza fled Herat at that time.

In 1533, Shah Tahmasp I executed Hoseyn Khan Shamlu on suspicions that he was trying to put Sam Mirza on the throne.^[4]

Hoseyn Khan Shamlu was likely portraited in two miniatures of the Cartier Hafiz painted by Shaykhzada in Herat circa 1527: the Sermon in a mosque, and the now-lost Polo scene. Hoseyn Khan Shamlu was Shaykhzada' patron, and he is depicted in these two miniatures as a mature man with a full mustache.^[6]

Sources

Blair, Sheila (2014). Text and image in medieval Persian art. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0748655786.
Roemer, Hans Robert (1986). Jackson, Peter; Lockhart, Laurence (eds.). The Safavid Period. The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 66: The Timurid and Safavid Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20094-6.
Soucek, Priscilla (1990). "Sultan Muhammad Tabrizi: Painter at the Safavid Court". Persian masters: five centuries of paintings. Bombay: Marg Publications. pp. 55–58. ISBN 978-8185026107.

References

^ ^a ^b "Shaykhzada, a painter from Herat, added two of these paintings, probably in the late 1520s. A small graffito at the bottom of the painting often dubbed “Sermon in a mosque” says that it is his work; he probably also painted the polo scene, which is executed in a similar style. Priscilla Soucek suggested that the main figure in Shaykhzada’s two paintings may represent his patron, perhaps Husayn Khan Shamlu, depicted in both as a mature man with a full mustache." in Blair 2014, p. 239
^ ^a ^b Soucek 1990, pp. 55–58.
^ Roemer 1986, p. 234.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Savory, Roger M. (2012). ḤOSAYN KHAN ŠĀMLU. Encyclopedia Iranica.
^ ^a ^b Montgomery, Hugh, ed. (1980). Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 2. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 139. ISBN 0850110297.
^ Blair 2014, p. 239.

[Blair-1] "Shaykhzada, a painter from Herat, added two of these paintings, probably in the late 1520s. A small graffito at the bottom of the painting often dubbed “Sermon in a mosque” says that it is his work; he probably also painted the polo scene, which is executed in a similar style. Priscilla Soucek suggested that the main figure in Shaykhzada’s two paintings may represent his patron, perhaps Husayn Khan Shamlu, depicted in both as a mature man with a full mustache." in Blair 2014, p. 239

[FOOTNOTESoucek199055–58-2] Soucek 1990, pp. 55–58.

[FOOTNOTERoemer1986234-3] Roemer 1986, p. 234.

[RMS-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Savory, Roger M. (2012). ḤOSAYN KHAN ŠĀMLU. Encyclopedia Iranica.

[BU-5] Montgomery, Hugh, ed. (1980). Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 2. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 139. ISBN 0850110297.

[FOOTNOTEBlair2014239-6] Blair 2014, p. 239.

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