Ali-Qoli Beg of Kartli

Ali-Qoli Beg (died 1615) was a Safavid official, who briefly served as governor of Kartli together with his brother Emamqoli Beg, during the reign of king (shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629).

[1] He was appointed as governor of Kartli together with his brother when Abbas I launched his punitive campaigns in Georgia.

[1] Ali-Qoli Beg and his brother Emamqoli Beg were the sons of Behbud Agha, a Georgian gholam of Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq Ustajlu, the former governor of the Erivan Province.

[1] Behbud Agha hailed from a Kartlian noble family (tavadi), and had converted to Islam during his service to Mohammad Khan Tokhmaq.

[1] In 1615, during the revolt in Georgia against the Safavid rule, Ali-Qoli Beg was killed.