[1] Bijan belonged to the gentry (aznauri) of Kartli, whose king Luarsab I he served early in his career.
Afterwards, he appears to have accompanied David XI of Kartli (Davud Khan) when the latter moved to the Safavid court at Qazvin in 1562 to tender his submission to king Tahmasp I (r.
[2] After the Ottoman conquest of northwestern Iran and the Caucasus through the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1578–1690, Bijan followed a son of Davud Khan (either Bagrat or Khosrow) and other nobles to the Safavid court, and settled there decisively.
[1] In the Tarikh-e-Rostam (literally, "On the history of Rostam") it is mentioned that Abbas ordered Bijan to guard the royal palace after suppressing the revolt of Yaqub Khan in Fars.
[7] Iskandar Beg Munshi, a court historian at that time, also mentions Bijan and writes in particular about one of his duties whereby he was to guard an important captive.