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Safavid army and administration, Qarachaqay amassed a valuable collection of Chinese porcelain which he presented to Shah Abbas around 1610. Shortly afterwards, Qarachaqay was bestowed with the title of
364:. He began his career in a royal tailoring workshop and was soon distinguished in the Safavid army as an artillery officer. In 1605, Qarachaqay Beg, being in charge of a musketeer regiment, under the command of
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434:(Giorgi Saakadze), captained a punitive expedition against the rebels in Georgia. Murav-Beg conspired with the insurgents, who unexpectedly attacked and destroyed the Iranian camp at
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and head of the shah's library. Manuchihr Khan's son, Qarachaqay Khan (died c. 1668), was also governor of
Mashhad. All of them were known as sponsors of learning and culture.
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in 1618. When Abbas I decided to marry his granddaughter to
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