Vali dynasty

The Solvizi family, also known as the Vali dynasty, and the Valis of Luristan (later Valis of Posht-e-Kuh), was a semi-autonomous dynasty of Luri origin which ruled Lorestan from 1597 to 1928.

They were related to their predecessors, the Khorshidi dynasty. Its last governor, Shahverdi Abbasi, was executed in 1598 by the Safavid ruler Shah Abbas I for rebelling against him. The latter subsequently had all male members of the Khorshidi family either blinded or jailed, thus marking their end. Hoseyn Khan Solvizi, a cousin of Hoseyn Khan through his mother, was installed as the new governor in 1597/98. From 1603 and onwards, the Solvizi family became the hereditary governors of Lorestan. In 1928, amid campaigns against Lur tribes, Reza Shah captured the remaining territory of the Vali dynasty in Posht-e-Kuh and ended their rule.

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