Anduqapar Amilakhvari
Georgian Amilakhvari noble from Kartli (died c.1626)
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Anduqapar Amilakhvari (Georgian: ანდუყაფარ ამილახვარი, romanized: anduq'apar amilakhvari;[a] died c. 1626), also known as Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhori[b] (Persian: عبدالقفار, romanized: Abd-ol-Qaffār), was an early 17th-century noble from the Georgian Amilakhvari family of Kartli, prominent in the Safavid Iranian service.
Biography
Anduqapar Amilakhvari was raised at the Safavid court in Isfahan and was a "typical member of the new Georgian converted elite".[1] Anduqapar was a son of Faramarz Amilakhvari by his wife Tamar, a great-grandson of King Luarsab I of Kartli. His sister Tamar was a favourite concubine of the Safavid shah Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).[2]
When in 1624, Abbas I married off his granddaughter to the ruler of Kartli, Semayun Khan (Simon II), Anduqapar's wife was a companion to the bride. Anduqapar and another leading Georgian noble, Zurab, eristavi of Aragvi, entertained the guests of the wedding party on the orders of the Safavid-Georgian officer Murav Beg (Giorgi Saakadze).[1] Around the same time, the Shah arranged the marriage of Anduqapar Amilakhori to a daughter of Emamqoli Khan, a prominent Safavid military and political leader of Georgian descent.[1] According to the contemporary Safavid historian Fazli Khuzani, Amilakhori was 22-years old at the time of his marriage.[3]
While in Kartli, Anduqapar was known as a champion of the Safavid interests in the country.[4] He further expanded his estates at the expense of the neighbouring noble families, exterminated the Ghazneli and had the area around Mtskheta ravaged. In 1625/26, Anduqapar and his wife were captured by the rebellious Georgians and imprisoned in the fortress of Arshi. After the rebels' defeat at the battle of Marabda, Abbas I sent a force to rescue them.[5] According to Fazli Khuzani, upon being informed of this, the rebels sent Anduqapar and his wife to Anduqapar's relatives, as well as those of Allahverdi Khan (the father of Imam-Quli Khan).[5] Anduqapar, thereafter, disappears from historical records.[4]