Английская Википедия:Fereydun Khan Cherkes
Fereydun Khan CherkesШаблон:Efn (died 1620/21) was a Safavid official and military commander of Circassian origin, who served as the governor (beglarbeg) of Astarabad in 1605/06–1620, during the reign of king Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).
Biography
Fereydun was kidnapped at a young age, and spent more than seven years in captivity.Шаблон:Sfn Finally, he was bought as a gholam by merchants acting on behalf of the Safavid royal court.Шаблон:Sfn Afterwards, he was promoted to the position of the keeper of the king's armor (qurchi-e zereh), and by that became part of the expanding number of gholams within the royal household (Шаблон:Transl).Шаблон:Sfn
In late October 1605, during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1603-1618, amidst a period of heavy fighting in Azerbaijan against the Ottomans, a Kurdish prisoner from the Mokri tribe attempted to murder king Abbas I.Шаблон:Sfn However, Fereydun Khan Cherkes managed to save his life.Шаблон:Sfn As a reward for his bravery, Abbas I appointed him in either December 1605 or November 1606 as the governor of the Astarabad province.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn During a part of the Safavid era, including Fereydun Khan Cherkes' tenure, the Astarabad province encompassed most of today's provinces of Golestan, Semnan, and North Khorasan.Шаблон:Sfn
Fereydun's main task as a governor was to ensure the safety and protection of the Astarabad province from the various Turkmen nomads of Khwarezm, as well as from those indigenous Turkmens of the northern fringes of the Astarabad province.Шаблон:Sfn They were keen on expanding their territory and to carry out raids often — the latter which caused major problems for the rural and urban people who were living close to these border regions of the Safavid realm.Шаблон:Sfn As a result, he had to conduct several wars against these nomads on the northern fringes of the province.Шаблон:Sfn These successful wars led by Fereydun (as well as a brief coverage of his early life) were described by Moḥammad Ṭāher b. Ḥasan (Ḵādem-e Besṭāmi’) in his short history entitled Fotuḥāt-e Fereyduniyeh.Шаблон:Sfn He was succeeded as governor by Behbud Khan Cherkes.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn
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