The Divan-begi ( fa, دیوانبیگی, Dīvān-beīgī) was a high-ranking official in
Judicial system of
Safavid Iran
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
(1501–1736), who acted as
chief justice of Safavid capital and all over the kingdom's courts. It was the Persian form of Turkic
Diwan-begi office, also known as the Imperial Chief Justice or Lord High Justice. Divan-begis presided over an
appeals court
A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of t ...
for the kingdom, except for cases involving military officers or religious officials. Divan-begis had deputies to assist them.
List of ''Divan-begis''
Reign of Ismail I
*
Khadem Beg Talish
Khadem Beg Talish ( fa, خادم بیگ تالش) (died 1514) was a Sufi and military commander of Talysh origin, who served the Safavid order, and later the dynasty established by the order, the Safavid dynasty. Khadem Beg was a retainer of Solta ...
(1501)
* Beiram Beg Qaramanlu (1501–1514)
* Husam Beg Qaramanlu (1514)
* Amir Harun (1514)
Reign of Tahmasp I
*
Kopek Sultan Ustajlu (1524)
*
Mohammad Khan Takkalu
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...
) (1543/4)
* Ebrahim Khan (1541–1557)
* (1550)
* Badhr Khan (1551)
* Ebrahim Khan (1554–1566)
Reign of Ismail II
* Ebrahim Mirza (1576)
* Shahrokh Khan Dhu'l-Qadr (1576)
Reign of
Mohammad Khodabanda
Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; fa, شاه محمد خدابنده, born 1532; died 1595 or 1596), was the fourth Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587 by his son Abbas I. Khodabanda had succeeded his brothe ...
* Hamzeh Khan Ustajlu (1578)
*
Salman Khan Ustajlu Salman Khan Ustajlu ( fa, سلمان خان) was a Turkoman military leader from the Ustajlu tribe, who became a powerful and rich figure during his service in Safavid Iran. He briefly served as the grand vizier of the Safavid king (''shah'') Abba ...
(1582)
* Ali-qoli Khan Ustajlu) (1585)
* Ismail-qoli Khan(1586)
Reign of Abbas I
* Baktash Khan Afshar (1588)
* Khan Mohammad (1602/3)
* Ali-qoli Khan Shamlu (1605–1624)
* Agha Beg (1624–1627)
* Kalb-Ali Beg (1627–1629)
Reign of Safi
*
Rostam Beg (1629–1635)
* Ali-qoli Beg (1635–1642)
Reign of Abbas II
* Morteza-qoli Beg Shamlu (1642–1645)
* Oghurlu Beg Qajar) (28 November 1645–1657)
*
Safi-qoli Beg (1657–1663)
* Evaz Beg (1663)
Reign of Suleiman I
* Abbas-qoli Beg (1663–1666)
* Mohammad-qoli Khan (1666)
* ?) (1666)
* Abu'l-Qasem Beg Shamlu (1670/1)
* Mohammad-Hassan (1673)
* Zeinal Khan (1680)
* Rostam Beg (1691)
* Musa Beg (1692–1696)
Reign of
Sultan Husayn
Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman ().
Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascen ...
* Musa Beg (1692–1696)
* Ali-Mardan Khan (1696)
* Yar-Mohammad (1697/8)
* Safi-qoli Beg (1697/8)
* Levan Mirza (1700)
* Safi-qoli Khan (1712–February 1715)
* Ismail Beg (1715–1716)
* Jafar Khan (1716)
* Safi-qoli Khan); His son became
prefect (''
darugha'') of
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
. (1716)
* Mohammad-qoli Khan (1718–1720)
* Rajab-Ali Beg (1720–1722)
Reign of Abbas III
* Mohammad-qoli Khan (1732)
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