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Allahverdi Khan (, ; 1560 - 3 June 1613) was a Safavid general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a gholam ("military slave"), rose to high office in the Safavid Iran.

Iskandar Beg Munshi, the Safavid court historian at the time, describes him as "one of the most powerful statesman to hold office under this dynasty", and a "man of great forbearance,

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