Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhori was raised at the Safavid court in Isfahan and was a "typical member of the new Georgian converted elite".
[2] When in 1624, Abbas I married off his granddaughter to the ruler of Kartli, Semayun Khan (Simon II), Abd-ol-Ghaffar's wife was a companion to the bride.
Amilakhori 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 Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhori to a daughter of Imam-Quli Khan, a prominent Safavid military and political leader of Georgian descent.
[4] He further expanded his estates at the expense of the neighbouring noble families, exterminated the Ghazneli and had the area around Mtskheta ravaged.