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Shahverdi Khan (Khorshidi atabeg)
Shahverdi Khan was the last atabeg of the Khorshidi dynasty, which ruled Lesser Luristan in western Iran from the fortress of Falak-ol-Aflak at Khorramabad. After he rebelled against the Safavid shah Abbas I, he was captured and executed in 1597, and Luristan was given to Safavid-appointed governors.
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