Div Sultan Rumlu

Div Sultan Rumlu (Persian: دیو سلطان روملو) was a Turkmen military commander and politician from the Rumlu clan,[1] one of the seven chief Qizilbash tribes which provided crack troops for Safavid guard.

[2][3][4] In 1516-1527, he served as the governor (hakem) of the Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd).

[5] From 1524 to 1527, he was a powerful regent to Shah Tahmasp I, who was then underage.

[6] Div Sultan Rumlu had summer quarters at Lar Valley in the Alborz Mountains.

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Persian letter by Div Sultan, wherein he informs Shah Ismail I about the Uzbeks and corrects the report that the Kazakhs had arrived at Samarkand and that 'Ubayd has died. Jani Bayg has escaped from Balkh , crossed the river, sacked Karki and is in Qarshi at present. The writer of the document performs his duty in Khorasan . Dated 1510-1511