List of Safavid Viziers

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Vizier of
the Safavid Empire
Appointer The shah
Formation 1501
First holder Mohammad Zakariya Kujuji
Final holder Nader Qoli Beg
Abolished 8 March 1736

This is the list of viziers of the Safavid dynasty.

List of Viziers

Name Entered office Left office Ethnicity
Mohammad Zakariya Kujuji 1501  ? Iranian[1]
Mahmud Daylami 1502/3  ? Iranian[2]
Mirza Shah Husayn 1514 1523 Iranian[3]
Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi 1523 1524 Iranian[4]
Jafar Savji 1524 1531 Unknown
Nur Kamal 1523 1533/4 Iranian[5]
Qadi Jahan Qazvini 1533/4 1550/1 Iranian[6][5]
Mir Iniyat Allah Khuzani 1533 1535 Iranian
Ma'sum Beg Safavi  ? 1568 Iranian
Jamal al-Din Ali Tabrizi 1568  ? Unknown
Sayyid Hasan Farahani  ? 1576 Unknown
Mirza Shukr Allah Isfahani 1576 June 1577 Iranian[7]
Mirza Salman Jabiri June 1577 1583 Iranian[8]
Mirza Hidayat Allah 1583 1586 Iranian[2]
Mırza Mohammad Munshi 1586 1589/90 Unknown
Hatim Beg Urdubadi 1591 1610/1 Iranian[9]
Salman Khan Ustajlu 1621 1623/4 Turkoman
Khalifa Sultan 1623/4 1632 Iranian[10]
Mirza Talib Khan 1632 1633 Iranian[9]
Saru Taqi 1633 1645 Unknown
Khalifa Sultan 1645 1654 Iranian[10]
Mohammad Beg 1654 1661 Armenian[11]
Mirza Mohammad Mahdi Karaki 1661 1669 Arab
Shaykh Ali Khan Zangana 1669 1689 Kurdish[12]
Mohammad Tahir Qazvini March 1691a[›] 1699 Iranian[13]
Mohammad Mu'min Khan Shamlu 1699 1707 Turkoman
Shah Quli Khan Zangana 1707 1716 Kurdish
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani 1716 1720 Lezgian
Mohammad Quli Khan Bigdili Shamlu January 1721 1722 Turkoman
Fath-Ali Khan Qajar 10 November 1722 11 October 1726 Turkoman
Mohammad Ali Khan Qulir Aqassi 12 October 1726 13 November 1729 Unknown
Nader Qoli Beg 1729 8 March 1736 Turkoman

Notes

^ a: After the death of Shaykh Ali Khan Zangana, it took shah Suleiman I almost two years to appoint a new vizier.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Newman 2008, p. 16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Newman 2008, p. 17.
  3. ↑ Savory 2007, p. 38.
  4. ↑ Newman 2008, p. 22.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Newman 2008, p. 27.
  6. ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 88.
  7. ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 155.
  8. ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 162.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Babaie 2004, pp. 42-43.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Newman 2008, p. 82.
  11. ↑ Matthee 2011, p. 46.
  12. ↑ Newman 2008, p. 132.
  13. ↑ Newman 2008, p. 95.
  14. ↑ Matthee 2011, p. 72.

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