Mir Najm Zargar Gilani ( fa, میر نجم زرگر گیلانی), also known as Shaykh Najm al-Din Zargar Rashti, was an
Iranian
Iranian may refer to:
* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
aristocrat of
Gilaki origin, who was the second person to serve as the ''vakil'' (vicegerent) of the
Safavid Empire.
A native of
Gilan in northern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, Najm Zargar was originally a goldsmith in
Rasht
Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...
, but due to his Iranian descent was in 1507 appointed as vakil by the Safavid king
Ismail I
Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Safavid Iran, Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His re ...
. However, Najm Zargar's tenure as vakil did not last long, since he later died in 1509/10, and was succeeded by
Najm-e Sani.
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1500s deaths
15th-century births
People from Gilan Province
Vakils of Safavid Iran
Commanders-in-chief of Safavid Iran
16th-century people of Safavid Iran