Abu al-Fath Manuchihr Khan

Abu al-Fatḥ Manuchihr Khan (Persian: ابوالفتح منوچهر خان; died 1636), was a Safavid official and gholam of Armenian origin. Like his father Qarachaqay Khan, Manuchihr was established at Mashhad as the general and governor of Khorasan under the shahs (kings) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629) and Ṣāfi (r. 1629–1642). His brother Ali Quli Khan became prefect of Qom and head of Abbas I's library. Manuchihr Khan's son, Qarachaqay Khan II (d. 1668), also became a governor of Mashhad. All of them were among the Safavid cultural and intellectual elite, known as “men of knowledge and integrity’ (ahl-e fazl o kamāl) and “of illustrious acts and deeds” (ṣāheb-e mu'āṣir o asrār).

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