List of Safavid grand viziers explained

Post:grand vizier
Body:Safavid Iran
Insigniasize:150px
Appointer:The Shah
Formation:1501
First:Amir Zakariya
Last:Rajab-Ali Khan
Abolished:8 March 1736

This is the list of grand viziers (vazīr-e azam) of Safavid Iran.

List of grand viziers

NameEntered officeLeft officeEthnicityFamily/tribeMonarch
Amir Zakariya15011507PersianKujuji familyIsmail I
Mahmud Jan Daylami1502/31507PersianDaylami family
Najm-e Sani15071510PersianKhuzani family
Hossein Monshi Qomi15101514Persian
Mirza Shah Hossein15141523Persian
Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi15231524PersianKujuji familyIsmail I, Tahmasp I
Mirza Jafar Savaji15241531PersianSavaji familyTahmasp I
Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal15231534Persian
Mir Enayat Allah Khuzani15341535PersianKhuzani family
Kvajeh Mo'en Yazdi15341535Persian
Qadi Jahan Qazvini15341551Persian
Mir Sharif Shirazi15621566Persian
Ma'sum Beg Safavi15531568PersianShaykhavand family
Jamal al-Din Ali Tabrizi1568?Unknown
Sayyed Hasan Farahani?1576Unknown
Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani1576June 1577PersianIsmail II
Mirza Salman JaberiJune 13, 15771583PersianJaberi familyIsmail II, Mohammad Khodabanda
Mirza Hedayatollah15831586PersianKhuzani familyMohammad Khodabanda
Mirza Mohammad Monshi15861587Persian
Mirza Shah Vali Isfahani15871587PersianAbbas I
Mirza Lotfi15871588Persian
Mirza Mohammad Monshi15881589Persian
Mirza Lotfollah Shirazi15891591Persian
Hatem Beg Ordubadi15911610/1PersianOrdubadi family
Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi1610/11621PersianOrdubadi family
Salman Khan Ustajlu16211623/4TurkomanUstajlu tribe
Khalifeh Soltan1623/41632Persian-MazandaraniKhalifeh familyAbbas I, Safi
Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi16321633PersianOrdubadi familySafi
Saru Taqi163311 October 1645UnknownSafi, Abbas II
Khalifeh Soltan14 October 16455 March 1654Persian-MazandaraniKhalifeh familyAbbas II
Mohammad Beg1654January 25, 1661Armenian
Mirza Mohammad KarakiMarch 11, 16611669PersianKaraki familyAbbas II, Suleiman I
Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh166925 October 1689KurdishZanganeh tribeSuleiman I
Mohammad Taher QazviniMarch 16911699PersianSuleiman I, Sultan Husayn
Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu16991707TurkomanShamlu tribeSultan Husayn
Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh17071716KurdishZanganeh tribe
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani17161720LezgianShamkhal of Kumukh
Mohammad Qoli Khan ShamluJanuary 17211722TurkomanShamlu tribe
Rajab Ali Beg17221722UnknownTahmasp II
Mohammad Ali Khan Mokri17221723KurdishMukri tribe
Mortezaqoli Khan17221723Unknown
Mirza Abdol-Karim17231724Unknown
Farajollah Khan Abdollah??Unknown
Mirza Mohammad Hossein??Unknown
Mirza Abdollah17241725Unknown
Mirza Mo'men Qazvini17251728Unknown
Mirza Mohammad Rahim17281730Unknown
Rajab Ali Khan17311731Unknown

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