List of grand viziers of Persia
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The following is a list of Premiers of Iran from the creation of the office in 1699[citation needed] until 1907, when the office of Prime Minister of Iran was created during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.
Chief Ministers (1699–1747)
- Muhammad Mu'min Khan Shamlu (1699–1707) (for Shah Husayn I)
- Shah Quli Khan Zangana (1707–1716) (for Shah Husayn I)
- Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716 – December 1720) (for Shah Husayn I)
- Mohammad Qoli Khan Shamlu (1721 – 23 October 1722) (for Shah Husayn I)
- Amanollah Khan of Iran (23 October 1722 – 25 April 1725) (for Shah Mahmud Hotaki)
- Fath-Ali Khan Qajar (10 November 1722 – 11 October 1726) (for Shah Tahmasp II)
- Mohammad Ali Khan Qouler Aqassi (12 October 1726 – 13 November 1729) (for Shah Tahmasp II)
- Nader Khan Afshar (1729 – 8 March 1736) (later Nader Shah) (for Shah Tahmasp II)
- Mirza Ali Akbar Shirazi (1736–1747) (for Nader Shah)
Viceroys, Nayeb-os-Saltaneh (1747–1754)
- Mir Sayyed Mohammad Marashi (1747–1748) (later Shah Sulaiman II) (for Adil Shah)
- Mir Alam Khan Khuzaima (31 December 1749 – 9 January 1750) (1st time, for Shah Sulaiman II)
- Yusef Ali Khan Jalayir (10 January 1750 – March 1750) (for Shahrokh)
- Mir Alam Khan Khuzaima (March 1750 – 2 December 1754) (2nd time, for Shahrokh)
Chancellor, Sadr-e-A'zam (1750–1871)
- Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari (June 1750 – 1751) (for Shah Esmail III)
- Post vacant (1751–1779)
- Mohammad Zaki Khan Zand (1779 – 13 June 1779 (for Abol-Fath Khan Zand and Mohammad Ali Khan Zand)
- Mohammad Sadeq Khan Zand (June 1779 – August 1779)
- Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi (1779 – 14 April 1801)
- Mirza Shafi Mazandarani (1801–1819)
- Hajji Mohammad Hossein Khan (Sadr Esfehani) (1819–1823)
- Abdallah Khan Sadr Esfahani (1823–1825) (1st time)
- Allahyar Khan Qajar Develu (1825–1828)
- Abdallah Khan Sadr Esfahani (1828–1834) (2nd time)
- Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam (1834–1835)
- Haji Mirza Aqasi (1835–1848)
- Mirza Taqi Khan Amir Kabir (1848 – November 1851)
- Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri (also known as Khajeh-Noori, Khajehnoori and Khajenouri) (November 1851 – 1858)
- Post abolished (1858–1871)
Premiers (1871–1907)
- Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (12 December 1871 – September 1873)
- Mirza Yousof Khan Ashtiani (September 1873 – 1880) (1st time)
- Mirza Yousof Khan Ashtiani (1885–1887) (2nd time)
- Amir Asghar Khan (1887 – November 1896) (1st time)
- Post vacant (November 1896 – February 1897)
- Ali Khan Amin od-Dowleh (February 1897 – June 1898)
- Amir Asghar Khan (June 1898 – 24 January 1904) (2nd time)
- Abdol Majid Mirza, Ain ud-Daula (24 January 1904 – 5 August 1906)
- Mirza Nasrullah Khan, Mushir ud-Daula (1906 – 18 February 1907)
- Ali Khan Vazir Afkham (February 1907 – April 1907)
See also
Sources
- For a full list of Viziers of Iran in the last 2000 years, see: "Iranian Viziers: From Bozorgmehr to Amir Kabir" (وزیران ایرانی از بزرگمهر تا امیر کبیر) by Abdolrafi' Haqiqat (عبدالرفیع حقیقت). Perry-Castañeda Library collection DS 271 F34 1995
- Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Taarikh-e Mokhtasar-e Ahzaab-e Siaasi-e Iraan (A Short History of Political Parties of Iran), Amirkabir, 1978.
- Encyclopædia Iranica Online, available at www.iranica.com
- Various articles in The Persian Encyclopedia