Imam Quli Khan (çàçàÃÂÃÂÃÂàîçÃÂ), also Imam Qoli Khan or Imam Kulu Khan, was a governor of Safavid Gence (Ganja, Azerbaijan) and a Safavid general during the OttomanâÂÂSafavid War (1578âÂÂ1590).
Imam Kulu Khan was one of the Safavid commanders in the Battle of ÃÂñldñr in 1578, a Safavid defeat against the Ottomans.
Following the defeats of the Crimean forces of Gazi Giray and the Ottoman forces of Dal Mehmed ÃÂelebi against the Safavids in the spring of 1581, Osman Pasha only left a garrison at Baku and withdrew his main troops to Derbent. The Safavids under Piri Muhammed Beg and ðmam Kulu Khan harassed the retreating Ottoman troops as far as Derbent. In these actions, Gazi Giray was captured by the Safavids and then spent the next four years in imprisonment at the castle of Alamut.
ðmam Kulu Khan again confronted the Ottoman general Osman Pasha in 1583. The Battle of Torches on the plain of Bilasa lasted three days and three nights. Imam Qoli Khan was defeated.