ABSTRACT

To control the unruly Kurdish tribal confederates on the western frontier of their kingdom, successive Safavid shahs of Iran tried strengthening their personal ties with the Kurdish emirs by various measures, such as educating young members of the Kurdish ruling families in the Safavid court and recruiting some into their royal guard. The formation and maintenance of such close lord–vassal relationships definitely necessitated various levels of negotiations and mediations. This paper highlights the importance of intermediaries in the political integration of peripheral areas, focusing on the brokering role of the Zangana family, an influential elite family of Kurdish origin, who mediated between the royal court and the Ardalan emirate, one of the largest Kurdish tribal confederations that accepted Safavid rule.

摘要

为了控制王国西部边境上不守规矩的库尔德部落联盟，伊朗的历代萨法维王朝试图通过各种措施加强他们与库尔德埃米尔的私人关系，例如在萨法维宫廷教育库尔德统治家族的年轻成员，并招募一些进入他们的皇家卫队。这种亲密的君臣关系的形成和维持，必然需要多层次的谈判和斡旋。本文强调了中介机构在周边地区政治整合中的重要性，重点介绍了库尔德血统的有影响力的精英家族赞加纳家族在王室和最大的库尔德部落之一阿达兰酋长国之间的斡旋作用。接受萨法维统治的联盟。