List of Safavid Viziers

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 1691^a[›]	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. Newman 2008, p. 17.
3. Savory 2007, p. 38.
4. Newman 2008, p. 22.
5. Newman 2008, p. 27.
6. Mitchell 2009, p. 88.
7. Mitchell 2009, p. 155.
8. Mitchell 2009, p. 162.
9. Babaie 2004, pp. 42-43.
10. Newman 2008, p. 82.
11. Matthee 2011, p. 46.
12. Newman 2008, p. 132.
13. Newman 2008, p. 95.
14. Matthee 2011, p. 72.

Sources

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