| Body: | Safavid Iran |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Appointer: | The Shah |
| Formation: | 1501 |
| First: | Hosein Beg Laleh Shamlu |
| Last: | Hosaynqoli Khan |
| Abolished: | June 1722 |
This is the list of commanders-in-chief of Safavid Iran. The amount of power the holder of the post had, fluctuated quite significantly throughout the centuries.
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Ethnicity | Family/tribe | Monarch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosein Beg Laleh Shamlu | 1501 | 1502 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | Ismail I |
| Mir Najm Zargar Gilani | 1509 | 1509 | Gilaki | ||
| Najm-e Sani | 1509 | 1510 | Persian | Khuzani family | |
| Sayyed Mir 'Abdol-Baqi Nematollahi | 1513 | 1514 | Unknown | ||
| Mohammad Beg Sofreji Ustajlu | 1514 | 1515 | Turkoman | Ustajlu tribe | |
| Bayazid Soltan Ustajlu | 1523 | 1524 | Turkoman | Ustajlu tribe | Ismail I, Tahmasp I |
| Div Soltan Rumlu | 1523 | 1524 | Turkoman | Rumlu tribe | |
| Div Soltan Rumlu + Mostafa Soltan Ustajlu | 1524 | 1524 | Turkoman | Rumlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively | |
| Div Soltan Rumlu + Choqa Soltan Tekkelu | 1526 | 1526 | Turkoman | Rumlu and Tekkelu tribes, respectively | Tahmasp I |
| Choqa Soltan Tekkelu | 1527 | 1527 | Turkoman | Tekkelu tribe | |
| Hosein Beg Shamlu and Abdollah Khan Ustajlu | 1531 | 1534 | Turkoman | Shamlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively | |
| Shahqoli Soltan Ustajlu | 1567 | 1568 | Turkoman | Ustajlu tribe | |
| Qarachaqay Khan | 1616 | 1626 | Armenian | Abbas I | |
| Zeinal Khan Shamlu | 1629 | 1630 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | Abbas I, Safi |
| Rostam Khan | 1631 | 1643 | Georgian | Saakadze family | Safi, Abbas II |
| Mortezaqoli Khan Qajar | 1649 | 1649 | Turkoman | Qajar tribe | Abbas II |
| Aliqoli Khan | 1650 | 1654 | Georgian | Saakadze family | |
| Hamzeh Khan | ? | till 1690 | Unknown | At least Suleiman I | |
| Aliqoli Khan Zanganeh | 1666 | 1691 | Kurdish | Zanganeh tribe | Abbas II, Suleiman I |
| Rostam Khan | 1692 | 1692 | Georgian | Saakadze family | Suleiman I |
| Shahnavaz II, Gorgin Khan | 1703 | 1703 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | Sultan Husayn |
| Kaykhosrow Khan | 1709 | 1709 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | |
| Mohammad Zaman Khan Shamlu | 1712 | 1712 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | |
| Mansur Khan | ? | February 1715 | Unknown | ||
| Safiqoli Khan | February 1715 | ? | Unknown | ||
| Mohammad-Ali Khan | ? | June 1716 | Lezgian | Shamkhal of Kumukh | |
| Fath-Ali Khan Turkoman | October 1716 | October 1716 | Turkoman | ||
| Hosaynqoli Khan | End 1716 | End 1716 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | |
| Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani | 1718 | 1720 | Lezgian | Shamkhal of Kumukh | |
| Esmail Khan | December 1720 | December 1720 | Unknown | ||
| Shamir 'Ali | April 1721 | April 1721 | Unknown | ||
| Mohammad Beg Shamlu | September 1721 | September 1721 | Turkoman | Shamlu tribe | |
| Hosaynqoli Khan | June 1722 | June 1722 | Georgian | Bagrationi dynasty | |