The office of the governor of Qazvin was a historical office whose holders were tasked with the governance of the city and region of Qazvin. The administrative unit of Qazvin included most of today's Qazvin province, sometimes including or excluding parts such as Taleqan, Alamut, Tarom, Soltaniyeh and Savojbolagh. The office was not hereditary and the governors were assigned directly by the Shah.
The governors of Qazvin were seated in the Safavid royal complex during Safavid dynasty and later governments.
The office was replaced with the Ostandar of Qazvin after the Qajar dynasty.
Note: Data in reference is given in Islamic calendar, and converting to the Gregorian calendar would have been inaccurate as years would correspond to two Gregorian calendar years. Thus, the dates are given in the Islamic calendar and an approximate Gregorian conversion is also given.
| Portrait | Governor | In office(Lunar Hijri) | In office(Gregorian) | Vice governor | Notes | Shah |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200–1209 AH | 1786–1794 | Leader of the Davalu Branch of the Qajar tribe | Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar | |||
| Mahdiqoli Khan Qovanlu Qajar | 1209–? AH | 1794–? | ||||
| Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah | 1213–1221 AH | 1798–1806 | Fath-Ali Shah's eldest son | Fath-Ali Shah Qajar | ||
| 1222–1238 AH | 1807–1822 | Fath-Ali Shah's eighth son | ||||
| Emamverdi Mirza Ilkhani | 1238–1239 AH | 1822–1823 | Fath-Ali Shah's twelfth son | |||
| 1239–1250 AH | 1823–1834 | Second time as governor of Qazvin | ||||
| Shahrokh Khan | 1252–1253 AH | 1836–1837 | Ebrahim Khan Zahir od-Dowleh's son | Mohammad Shah Qajar | ||
| Hamzeh Mirza Heshmat od-Dowleh | 1253–1255 AH | 1837–1839 | Abbas Mirza's twenty first son | |||
| Bahram Mirza | 1256–1264 AH | 1840–1847 | Tahmasp Qoli Khan | Second son of Abbas Mirza | ||
| Naser al-Din Shah Qajar | ||||||
| Bahram Mirza held the office of the governor of Qazvin at the time of Mohammad Shah's death and Naser al-Din Shah's coronation | ||||||
| Eskandar Mirza | 1264–1268 AH | 1847–1851 | Abbas Mirza's sixth son | |||
| 1268–1271 AH | 1851–1854 | Son of | ||||
| Seyfollah Mirza | 1271 AH | 1854 | Forty second child of Fath-Ali Shah | |||
| Abd as-Samad Mirza Ezzoddowleh | 1271–1277 AH | 1854–1860 | Hassanali Khan Khoey Ajudan Bashi | Third son of Mohammad Shah | ||
| 1277–1278 AH | 1860–1861 | Naser al-Din Shah's maternal uncle | ||||
| Mohammad Taqi Mirza Rokn ed-Dowleh | 1278–1282 AH | 1861–1865 | Mohammad Shah's fourth son | |||
| Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod od-Dowleh | 1282–1284 AH | 1865–1867 | Forty eighth son of Fath-Ali Shah | |||
| Firuz Mirza Nosrat ad-Dowleh | 1284-? AH | 1267-? | Sixteenth son of Abbas Mirza | |||
| Mohammad Rahim Khan Ala ad-Dowleh | ?-1288 AH | ?-1271 | ||||
| 1288–1289 AH | 1871–1872 | Son of Yusef Khan-e Gorji | ||||
| Allahqoli Khan Ilkhani | 1289–1292 AH | 1872–1875 | Grandson of Fath-Ali Shah | |||
| Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod ad-Dowleh | 1292–1297 AH | 1875–1879 | Second time as governor of Qazvin | |||
| Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar | 1297–1298 AH | 1879–1880 | ||||
| 1298–1301 AH | 1880–1883 | Son of Mohammad Shah | ||||
| Mirza Reza Moein as-Saltaneh | 1301–1302 AH | 1883–1884 | ||||
| Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 1302–1304 AH | 1884–1886 | Brother of Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar | |||
| Hossein Khan Mo'tamed al-Molk Yahyaiian | 1304–1305 AH | 1886–1887 | Son of Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | |||
| Allahqoli Khan Ilkhani | 1305–1306 AH | 1887–1888 | Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh | Second time as governor of Qazvin | ||
| Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh | 1306–1309 AH | 1888–1891 | Cousin of Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan | |||
| Abunasr Mirza Hesam as-Saltaneh | 1309–1310 AH | 1891–1892 | Son of | |||
| Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh | 1310–1314 AH | 1892–1896 | Second time as governor of Qazvin | |||
| Sa'd as-Saltaneh held the office of the governor of Qazvin at the time of Naser al-Din Shah's death and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah's coronation | Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar | |||||
| Abd as-Samad Mirza Ezzoddowleh | 1314–1315 AH | 1896–1897 | Third time as governor of Qazvin.* | |||
| Sedgh ad-Dowleh | 1315–1316 AH | 1897–1898 | ||||
| 1316–1319 AH | 1898–1901 | Grandson of Dowlatshah | ||||
| 1319–1320 AH | 1901–1902 | Son of Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod od-Dowleh | ||||
| 1320–1324 AH | 1902–1906 | Last governor before the constitutional revolution | ||||
| Sedgh ad-Dowleh | 1324–1325 AH | 1906–1907 | Second time as the governor of Qazvin | Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar | ||
| Amid al-Molk | 1325–1326 AH | 1907–1908 | Son of Amjad ad-Dowleh | |||
| Amjad ad-Dowleh | 1326–1327 AH | 1908–1909 | First governor of Qazvin during the Minor Tyranny | |||
| Abolqasem Nuri | 1327 AH | 1909 | Last governor of Qazvin during the Minor Tyranny | |||
| Sedgh ad-Dowleh | 1327–1328 AH | 1909–1910 | Third time as the governor of Qazvin | Ahmad Shah Qajar | ||
| Mirza Saeed Khan Moshir as-Soltan | 1328 AH | 1910 | Soltan Ahmad Khan Rad | |||
| 1328–1329 AH | 1910–1911 | |||||
| Sardar Homayun Gilani Modir al-Molk | 1329 AH | 1911 | ||||
| Zia ad-Dowleh | 1329–1332 AH | 1911–1913 | ||||
| 1332–1333 AH | 1913–1914 | |||||
| 1333–1337 AH | 1914–1918 | Member of the third parliament | ||||
| 1337–1338 AH | 1918–1919 | |||||
| Moaffagh ad-Dowleh Nuri | 1338–1339 AH | 1919–1921 | Last governor of Qazvin before the 1921 Iranian coup d'état | |||