Eshik-aqasi-bashi

Eshik-aqasi-bashi or Ishik-aqasi-bashi was a title held by two officials in the central administration of Safavid Iran, the eshik-aqasi-bashi-e divan and the eshik-aqasi-bashi-e haram.^[1]

One of the four pillars of the state was the eshik-aqasi-bashi-e divan. He held significant power in both political and economic matters and was part of the council of powerful amirs. The administrative powers of the eshik-aqasi-bashi-e haram was limited to the harem, and he was also of lower status and under the authority of the eshik-aqasi-bashi-e divan.^[1]

References

^ a b Savory 1998, pp. 600–601.

Sources

Savory, Roger M. (1998). "Ešīk-āqāsī-bāšī". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume VIII/6: Eršād al-zerāʿa–Eʿteżād-al-Salṭana. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 600–601. ISBN 978-1-56859-055-4.