In the Safavid Empire, a beylerbeylik was a large administrative entity. Each beylerbeylik was governed by a beylerbey ("bey of bey", that is, commander-in-chief)...

commanders-in-chief). For Ottoman Beyerbeyliks, see Eyalet For Safavid Beylerbeyliks, see Beylerbeylik (Safavid Persia) Özbaran, Salih; Lyma, Dom Manuell de (1972). "The...

regarded as hereditary governor-generals titled Vāli equal to the Beylerbeylik (Safavid Persia). These "lords of the marches" should protect Iran's western...

"The Safavid court and government". In Matthee, Rudi (ed.). The Safavid World. Routledge. pp. 203–224. Matthee, Rudi (2011). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline...

ending the hostilities, as he had a campaign going on in Persia as well, the Ottoman–Safavid War (1532–1555). Two years later, Ferdinand and Charles V...

Empire was the first of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, followed by Safavid Persia and Mughal India. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder...

crushing defeats. The only exceptions were campaigns against the Safavid dynasty of Persia, where many of the Ottoman eastern provinces were lost, some permanently...

khamsa, which means "five" in Arabic. While subordinate to Safavid Persia's Karabakh beylerbeylik, ruled by Ziyad-oglu Qajars, the Armenian meliks were granted...