P'arsadan Gorgijanidze (; or Giorgijanidze, გიორგიჯანიძე) (1626 – ) was a Georgian factotum and historian in the service of the Safavids. Early in his career he served at the residence of the viceroy (vali) of Kartli, and later at the Safavid court in Isfahan. He is principally known for his informative chronicles The History of Georgia (საქართველოს ისტორია, sak’art’velos istoria). Career Born in the town of Gori, Gorgijanidze was brought up at the local court of the Safavid viceroy (vali) of Kartli, Rostom (Rostam), in Tbilisi. He engaged in Georgian-Iranian diplomacy early in his career. In 1656, he was appointed, through the recommendation of Rostom, as a darugha (prefect) of the Safavid capital, Isfahan. Gorgijanidze converted to Islam on the occasion, entered the gholam corps, and was to spend four decades in the service of the kings (shahs) Abbas II (1642–1666) and Suleiman I (1666–1694). For thirty years, Rostom had held the function of prefect of Isfahan himself; however, during this period, the actual administration was maintained by the deputy prefect, Mir Qasem Beg. Mir Qasem Beg fell eventually victim to a plot devised by grand vizier Mohammad Beg (1654–1661), and was executed. Mir Qasem Beg and Mohammad Beg had a long history of enmity between them. However, Mohammad Beg's thirst for revenge did not end with Mir Qasem Beg's death. Angered by the fact that king Abbas II had not ordered for the confiscation of Mir Qasem's property, Mohammad Beg now tried to pursue his grudge by using Gorgijanidze (the new prefect) and the incumbent divanbegi (chancellor, chief justice), Ughurlu Beg, in his scheme. He reportedly encouraged Gorgijanidze to accept bribes and use extortion. Mohammad Beg wanted to show, that if a newly appointed prefect could amass such amounts of wealth in a short period of time, then Mir Qasem Beg must have had "pocketed fantastic amounts of money" in his thirty years of holding the office as deputy. Gorgijanidze soon followed the grand vizier's advice. Shortly after his appointment as prefect of the capital, Parsadan's harsh administrative rearrangements and new laws generated opposition from the Isfahanians, as well as his superior Ughurlu Beg, the divanbegi, who received complaints about Gorgijanidze's misgovernance. The divanbegi, apparently an enemy of the prefect, took the side of the citizens, and had a part in the rioting that ensued. Mohammad Beg, realizing that his scheme was getting thwarted by Ughurlu Beg, further molded