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List of Safavid Grand Viziers

Index List of Safavid Grand Viziers

This is the list of Grand Viziers (vazīr-e azam) of the Safavid dynasty. [1]

46 relations: Abbas I of Persia, Abbas II of Persia, Armenians, Daylamites, Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani, Grand vizier, Hatem Beg Ordubadi, Ismail I, Ismail II, Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi, Khalifeh family, Khalifeh Soltan, Kujuji family, Kumukh, Kurds, Lezgins, Mazanderani people, Mirza Mohammad Karaki, Mirza Salman Jaberi, Mirza Shah Hossein, Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani, Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi, Mohammad Beg, Mohammad Khodabanda, Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu, Mohammad Qoli Khan Shamlu, Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini, Nader Shah, Najm-e Sani, Ordubadi family, Persian people, Safavid dynasty, Safi of Persia, Salman Khan Ustajlu, Saru Taqi, Shah, Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh, Shamkhal (title), Shamlu, Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh, Suleiman of Persia, Sultan Husayn, Tahmasp I, Tahmasp II, Turkmens, Zanganeh (tribe).

Abbas I of Persia

Shāh Abbās the Great or Shāh Abbās I of Persia (شاه عباس بزرگ; 27 January 157119 January 1629) was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered the strongest ruler of the Safavid dynasty.

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Abbas II of Persia

Shah Abbas II (Shāh Abbās) (30 August 1632 – 26 October 1666), was the seventh Safavid king (shah) of Iran, ruling from 1642 to 1666.

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Armenians

Armenians (հայեր, hayer) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian Highlands.

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Daylamites

The Daylamites or Dailamites (Middle Persian: Daylamīgān; دیلمیان Deylamiyān) were an Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam—the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.

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Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani

Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (فتحعلی خان داغستانی), was a Lezgian nobleman, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1716 to 1720.

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Grand vizier

In the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Vizier (Sadrazam) was the prime minister of the Ottoman sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissible only by the sultan himself.

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Hatem Beg Ordubadi

Hatem "Beg" Ordubadi (حاتم بیگ اردوبادی), was an Iranian aristocrat from the Ordubadi family, who served as the grand vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629) from 1591 to 1610/1.

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Ismail I

Ismail I (Esmāʿīl,; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail I (شاه اسماعیل), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty, ruling from 1501 to 23 May 1524 as Shah of Iran (Persia).

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Ismail II

Ismail Mirza (اسماعیل میرزا) later known by his first dynastic name of Ismail II (شاه اسماعیل دوم) (31 May 1537– 24 November 1577) was the third Safavid Shah of Iran, ruling from 1576 to 1577.

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Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi

Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi (جلال الدین محمد تبریزی), was an Iranian aristocrat, who served as the vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Ismail I (r. 1501–1524) from 1523 to 1524.

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Khalifeh family

The Khalifeh family, also known as the Khalifeh sayyids, were a branch of the Marashi dynasty of Mazandaran, whose ancestor, Amir Nezam al-Din, had settled in the Golbar quarter of Isfahan in the 15th-century.

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Khalifeh Soltan

Sayyed Ala al-Din Hoseyn (سید علاء الدین حسین), better known as Khalifeh Soltan (خلیفه سلطان), and also known as Sultan al-Ulama (سلطان‌العلماء), was an Iranian statesman and cleric, who served as the grand vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629), the latter's grandson Safi (r. 1629–1642), and Abbas II (r. 1642–1666).

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Kujuji family

The Kujuji family (also spelled Kujaji and Kukaji) was an Iranian noble-family native to Tabriz in Iran, and was present from the 15th century to the 18th-century.

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Kumukh

Kumukh (Lak: Gumuk) is a village and the administrative center of Laksky District in Dagestan.

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Kurds

The Kurds (rtl, Kurd) or the Kurdish people (rtl, Gelî kurd), are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a contiguous area spanning adjacent parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), and northern Syria (Western Kurdistan).

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Lezgins

Lezgins (лезгияр, lezgiyar, Russian: лезгины, lezginy; Azerbaijani: "Ləzgilər"; also called Lezgins, Lezgi, Lezgis, Lezgs, Lezgin) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.

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Mazanderani people

The Mazanderani people (مازرون; مردم مازندرانی) or Tabari people (تپورون; مردم تبری) are an Iranian peopleAcademic American Encyclopedia By Grolier Incorporated, page 294 whose homeland is the North of Iran (Tabaristan).

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Mirza Mohammad Karaki

Mirza Mohammad Mahdi Karaki (میرزا محمد مهدی کرکی) was an Iranian cleric and statesman, who served as the grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II (r. 1642-1666), and the latters son and successor Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694).

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Mirza Salman Jaberi

Mirza Salman Jaberi Isfahani (میرزا سلمان جابری اصفهانی; also spelled Jabiri) was a prominent Persian statesman in Safavid Iran, who served as the grand vizier of Ismail II (r. 1576-77) and Mohammad Khodabanda (r. 1577-1588).

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Mirza Shah Hossein

Mirza Kamal al-Din Shah Hossein Isfahani (میرزا کمال الدین شاه حسین اصفهانی), better simply known as Mirza Shah Hossein (میرزا شاه حسین), was an Iranian nobleman, who served as the vakil (vicegerent) and vizier of the Safavid Empire.

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Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani

Mirza Shokr Allah Isfahani (میرزا شکرالله اصفهانی) was a Persian statesman, who served as the chief accountant of the Safavid shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576), and later as the grand vizier of shah Ismail II (r. 1576–77) briefly from August 1576 to June 1577, until he was replaced by the influential statesman Mirza Salman Jaberi.

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Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi

Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi (میرزا طالب خان اردوبادی) was an Iranian aristocrat from the Ordubadi family, who served as the grand vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629) from to 1610/1 to 1621, and later as grand vizier of his grandson and successor Safi (r. 1629–1642) from 1632 to 1633.

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Mohammad Beg

Mohammad Beg (محمد بیگ; died 1672), was a Muslim of Armenian origin, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II (r. 1642–1666) from 1654 to 1661.

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Mohammad Khodabanda

Mohammad Khodābandeh or Khudābanda, also known as Mohammad Shah or Sultan Mohammad (شاه محمد خدابنده, born 1532; died 1595 or 1596), was Shah of Persia from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587 by his son Abbas I. He was the fourth Safavid Shah of Iran and succeeded his brother, Ismail II.

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Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu

Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu (محمدمؤمن خان شاملو), was a Turkoman nobleman from the Shamlu tribe, who served as the vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1699 to 1707.

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Mohammad Qoli Khan Shamlu

Mohammad Qoli Khan Shamlu (محمد قلی خان شاملو) was a Turkoman nobleman from the Shamlu tribe, who briefly served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1721 to 1722.

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Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini

Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (محمد طاهر وحید قزوینی, died 1699), was an Iranian nobleman, who served as the vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694) and the latter's son Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1691 to 1699.

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Nader Shah

Nader Shah Afshar (نادر شاه افشار; also known as Nader Qoli Beyg نادر قلی بیگ or Tahmāsp Qoli Khan تهماسپ قلی خان) (August 1688 – 19 June 1747) was one of the most powerful Iranian rulers in the history of the nation, ruling as Shah of Persia (Iran) from 1736 to 1747 when he was assassinated during a rebellion.

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Najm-e Sani

Mir Yar-Ahmad Khuzani Isfahani (امیر یاراحمد خوزانی اصفهانی), better known by his honorific title of Najm-e Sani ("The Second Star") was a Persian nobleman from the Khuzani family, who was the third person to serve as the vakil (vicegerent) of the Safavid Empire.

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Ordubadi family

The Ordubadi family (also spelled Urdubadi), otherwise known as the Nasiri family, was an Iranian noble-family, which was descended from the medieval philosopher and polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.

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Persian people

The Persians--> are an Iranian ethnic group that make up over half the population of Iran.

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Safavid dynasty

The Safavid dynasty (دودمان صفوی Dudmān e Safavi) was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history.

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Safi of Persia

Sam Mirza (سام میرزا), better known by his dynastic name of Shah Safi (شاه صفی) was the sixth Safavid shah (king) of Iran, ruling from 1629 to 1642.

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Salman Khan Ustajlu

Salman Khan Ustajlu (سلمان خان) was a Turkoman military leader from the Ustajlu tribe, who became a powerful and rich figure during his service in Safavid Iran.

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Saru Taqi

Mirza Mohammad Taqi (c. 1579 – 11 October, 1645) (میرزا محمد تقی), better known as Saru Taqi (سارو تقی, meaning "Taqi the blond") was a eunuch of Safavid Empire, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Safi (r. 1629–1642) and the latter's son Abbas II (r. 1642–1666) until he was assassinated on 11 October 1645.

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Shah

Shah (Šāh, pronounced, "king") is a title given to the emperors, kings, princes and lords of Iran (historically also known as Persia).

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Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh

Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (شاه قلی خان زنگنه, died 1716), was a Kurdish nobleman, who served as the vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Sultan Husayn (r. 1694–1722) from 1707 to 1716.

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Shamkhal (title)

Shamkhal is the title for the rulers of Kumukh in Dagestan during the 8th-17th centuries.

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Shamlu

The Shamlu (also: Shamloo, Shomloo, Chamlou) tribe was one of the seven original and the most powerful Qizilbash tribes of Turcoman origin in Iran.

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Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh

Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (شیخ علی خان زنگنه, died 1689), was an Iranian statesman of Kurdish origin, who served as the grand vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694) from 1669 to 1689.

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Suleiman of Persia

Sam Mirza (سام میرزا), later known by his first dynastic name of Safi II (شاه صفی), and thereafter known by his more famous second dynastic name of Suleiman I (شاه سلیمان), was the eighth Safavid shah (king) of Iran, ruling from 1 November 1666 to 29 July 1694.

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Sultan Husayn

Sultan Husayn (also known as Soltan Hosayn and Soltan Hosein), (October 1668 – November 1726) (شاه سلطان حسین) reigned 1694–1722; was a Safavid Shah of Iran (Persia).

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Tahmasp I

Tahmasp I (شاه تهماسب یکم) (22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was an influential Shah of Iran, who enjoyed the longest reign of any member of the Safavid dynasty.

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Tahmasp II

Tahmasp II (1704? – 11 February 1740) was one of the last Safavid rulers of Persia (Iran).

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Turkmens

The Turkmens (Türkmenler, Түркменлер, IPA) are a nation and Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, primarily the Turkmen nation state of Turkmenistan.

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Zanganeh (tribe)

The Zanganeh (Kurdish: Zangana) is a Kurdish tribe in Kermanshah province and some parts of Iraqi Kurdistan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Safavid_Grand_Viziers

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