The following is a list of grand viziers of Persia ( Iran) until 1906, when the office of

Prime Minister of Iran The Prime Minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...

was created as a result of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. There were different names for this office during different historical periods such as Wuzurg Framadar, Vizier ( fa, وزیر), Sāheb Divān ( fa, صاحب‌دیوان), Vizier of the Supreme Court (Vazir-e Divān-e A'lā, fa, وزیر دیوان اعلیٰ),

Grand vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

(Vazir-e A'zam, fa, وزیر اعظم),

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

(Shakhs-e Avval, fa, شخص اول) and Sadr-e A'zam ( fa, صدراعظم).

Wuzurg Framadar (224–651)

Abarsam Abarsam (Middle Persian: ''Apursām'') was a high-ranking officer in Sasanian Iran, who served as the minister (''wuzurg framadar ''Wuzurg framadār'' ( pal, 𐭫𐭲𐭬𐭥𐭯 𐭠𐭡𐭫, meaning "the grand lord") was a Sasanian office which ...

, active during the reign of

Ardashir I Ardashir I (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥, Modern Persian: , '), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new emp ...

.E. Yarshater, “Abarsam,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/1, pp. 67-68; available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abarsam (accessed on 10 January 2014). * Khosrow Yazdgerd (for

Yazdgerd I Yazdegerd I (also spelled Yazdgerd and Yazdgird; pal, 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩) was the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings () of Iran from 399 to 420. A son of Shapur III (), he succeeded his brother Bahram IV () after the latter's assa ...

) *

Mihr Narseh Mihr-Narseh ( pal, 𐭬𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 ), was a powerful Iranian dignitary from the House of Suren, who served as minister () of the Sasanian ''shahanshahs'' Yazdegerd I (), Bahram V (), Yazdegerd II () and Peroz I (). According to t ...

(for

and Bahram V) *

Suren Pahlav Surena or Suren, also known as Rustaham Suren (died 53 BC) was a Parthian ''spahbed'' ("general" or "commander") during the first century BC. He was the leader of the House of Suren and was best known for defeating the Romans in the Battle of C ...

(for Bahram V) * Bozorgmehr (for Kavad I and

Khosrow I Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, Khusro or Chosroes; pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩; New Persian: []), traditionally known by his epithet of Anushirvan ( [] "the Immortal Soul"), was the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from ...

) * Izadgushasp (for

) * Piruz Khosrow (for Kavadh II and Ardashir III) * Mah-Adhur Gushnasp (for Ardashir III) * Farrukh Hormizd (for Boran)

Ulugh Bitikchi/Saheb Divan/Vizier (1256–1335)

''Ulugh Bitickhi'' *

Sayf al-Din Bitikchi A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a Convex curve, convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment ...

(?–1263) (for Hulagu Khan) ''Saheb Divan'' * Shams al-Din Juvayni (1263–16 October 1284) (for Hulagu Khan, Abaqa Khan and Tekuder) ''Vizier'' *

Buqa Buqa (or Bugha) (died January 16, 1289) was a Mongol lord and chancellor who was instrumental in sweeping Arghun to power as the fourth Il-Khan of Iran in 1284 and became his chief minister (vizier) and advisor, succeeding Shams ad-Din Juvayni who ...

(15 September 1284–January 1289) (for Arghun Khan) ''Saheb Divan'' * Sa'ad al-Dawla Abhari (1289–1291) (for Arghun Khan) * Sadr al-Din Ahmad Khaledi Zanjani (1st time) (18 November 1292–24 March 1295) (for Gaykhatu) ''Vizier'' * Jamal al-Din Ali Dastjerdani (1st time) (1295–1295) (for Baydu) * Amir Nawrūz (5 October 1295–1295) (for

Ghazan Mahmud Ghazan (5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) (, Ghazan Khan, sometimes archaically spelled as Casanus by the Westerners) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304. He was the son of A ...

) * Sharaf al-Din Mohammad Biabanaki Semnani (?–7 September 1296) (for

) * Jamal al-Din Ali Dastjerdani (2nd time) (7 September 1296 – 5 October 1296) (for

) * Sadr al-Din Ahmad Khaledi Zanjani (2nd time) (30 October 1296 – 30 April 1298) (for

) * Rashid-al-Din Fazlollah Hamadani (1298–1316) and Sa'd-al-Din Mohammad Avaji (1298–1312) (for

and Öljaitü) * Rashid-al-Din Fazlollah Hamadani (1298–1316) and Taj-al-Din Ali-Shah Jilani (1312 – June 1324) (for Öljaitü and Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) * Ghias-al-din Mohammad Ali-Shahi (for Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) * Rokn-al-Din Sa'en Fasavi (Nosrat-al-Din Adel Fasavi) (1324–?) (for Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) *

Demasq Kaja Demasq Kaja (died August 25, 1327) was a member of the Chobanid family during the middle of the fourteenth century. He was the son of Coban. During the 1320s, Coban accumulated a great deal of power as an amir of the Ilkhanate. While technicall ...

(?–24 August 1327) (for Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) * Ghiyas-al-Din Mohammad Rashidi and Ala'-al-Din Mohammad Faryumadi (just for 8 months as a colleague of Ghiyas-al-Din) (for Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) * Ghiyas-al-Din Mohammad Rashidi (for Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan and Arpa Ke'un)

Vizier/Grand Vizier (1500–1732)

''Vizier'' * Shams-al-Din Zakariya Kujuji (1500–1512) and Najm-al-Din Mahmud Jan Daylamite (1503–?) (for Ismail I) * Mirak beg Daylamite (?–?) (for Ismail I) * Shah-mir Daylamite (?–?) (for Ismail I) * Kamal-al-Din Shah-Hossein Isfahani (1514–15 April 1523) (for Ismail I) * Jalal al-Din Mohammad Kujuji (1523–1524) (for Ismail I and Tahmasp I) *

Qadi Jahan Qazvini Qadi Jahan Qazvini (1483 – 1552/3) was a Persian bureaucrat who served as vizier of the Safavid shah (king) Tahmasp I () from 1535 to 1551/1. Biography Qadi Jahan was born in February 1483; he belonged to a well-known family of sayyids native ...

(1st time) (1524–1525) (for Tahmasp I) * Qavam-al-Din Jafar Savaji (1525–1531) (for Tahmasp I) * Ahmad Beg Nur-e Kamal (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) * Sa'd-al-Din Enayatallah Khuzani (1533–1535) and Mo'in-al-Din Yazdi (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) *

(2nd time) (1535–1549) (for Tahmasp I) * Ghias-al-Din Ali Shirazi (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) * Aqa Mohammad Farahani (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) * Jalal-al-Din Amir-Beg Kujuji (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) * Mirza Beg Sabeqi Abhari (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) * Masum Beg Safavi (?–1568) (for Tahmasp I) * Seraj-al-Din Ali Qomi (1568–?) (for Tahmasp I) * Jamal-al-Din Ali Tabrizi and Seyyed Hassan Farahani (simultaneously 1573–?) (for Tahmasp I) *

Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani Mirza Shokr Allah Isfahani ( fa, 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) b ...

(20 July 1576–13 June 1577) (for Tahmasp I and Ismail II) ''Grand Vizier (E'temad-od-Dowlé)'' *

Mirza Salman Jaberi Mirza Salman Jaberi Isfahani ( fa, 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 ...

(13 June 1577–14 May 1583) (for Ismail I and

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 ...

) * Mirza Hedayatollah Saruni (1583–1585) (for

) * Mirza Mohammad Kermani (1st time) (1585–1587) (for

) * Mirza Shahvali Shirazi (1587–1589) (for Abbas I) * Mirza Mohammad Kermani (2nd time) (1589–1589/90) (for Abbas I) *

Mirza Lotfollah Shirazi Mirza may refer to: * Mirza, Kamrup, town in Assam, India * Mirza (name), historical royal title & noble * ''Mirza'', the genus of giant mouse lemur * "Mirza", song by Nino Ferrer * ''Mirza – The Untold Story'', Punjabi action romance film wri ...

(1589/90–1590) (for Abbas I) * Mirza Hatem Beg Nasiri Ordubadi (1590 – 28 May 1610) (for Abbas I) * Mirza Taleb Khan Nasiri Ordubadi (1st time) (1610–1620) (for Abbas I) *

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 ...

(1620–1623) (for Abbas I) *

Khalifeh Soltan Sayyed Ala al-Din Hoseyn ( fa, سید علاء الدین حسین) (c.1592 5March 1654), better known as Khalifeh Soltan (), and also known as Soltan al-Ulama (), was an Iranian statesman and cleric, who served as the grand vizier of the Safavi ...

(1st time) (1623–1631) (for Abbas I and Safi of Persia) * Mirza Taleb Khan Nasiri Ordubadi (2nd time) (1623 – 28 July 1634) (for Safi of Persia) * Saru Taqi (11 August 1634–1644) (for Safi of Persia and Abbas II) *

(2nd time) (1644–1653) (for Abbas II) * Mohammad Beg the Armenian Tabrizi (1653–1661) (for Abbas II) * Mirza Mohammad-Mehdi Karaki (1661–1669) (for Abbas II and Suleiman of Persia) *

Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh ( fa, 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. Due to his effort ...

(1669–1671) (for Suleiman of Persia) ''The office was vacant (1671–1672)'' *

(1672–1688) (for Suleiman of Persia) ''The office was vacant (1688–1690)'' * Mohammad-Taher Vahid-e Qazvini (1690–1698) (for Suleiman of Persia and

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 ...

) * Mohammad-Mo'men Khan Shamlu (1699–1707) (for

) *

Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh ( fa, 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. Family Shahqoli was the third son of ...

(1707–1716) (for

) * Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716 – 8 December 1720) (for

) * Mohammad-Qoli Khan Shamlu (1721 – 23 October 1722) (for

) * Amanollah Khan E'temad-od-Dowlé (1722 – 25 April 1725) (for Mahmud Hotak) * Zele Khan E'temad-od-Dowlé (1725–1727) (for Ashraf Hotak) * Mohammad-Amin Khan E'temad-od-Dowlé (1727–1729) (for Ashraf Hotak) * Rajab-Ali Khan E'temad-od-Dowlé (1729–1732) (for Tahmasp II) ''The office was vacant (1732–1750)''

Grand Vizier (1750–1794)

* Zakariya Khan Kazzazi (June 1750–1751) (for

Ismail III Abu Torab ( fa, ابوتراب), better known by his dynastic name of Ismail III (), was a Safavid prince, who reigned as a figurehead under the authority of Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari briefly from 1750 to 1751, and then under the Zand ruler Karim ...

) * Mohammad-Salim Khan Afshar (1751–?1752) (for

) * Zakariya Khan Kazzazi (?1752–?1756) (for

) * Mirza Aqil Alavi (?1758–1763) (for Karim Khan Zand) * Mirza Jafar Isfahani (1763–1779) (for Karim Khan Zand) * Mirza Rabi Isfahani (?–1785) (for

Ali-Morad Khan Zand Ali-Morad Khan Zand (died 1785) the fifth Shah of the Zand dynasty of Iran, reigned from March 15, 1781, until February 11, 1785. Life After the death of Karim Khan Zand, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar who was a hostage—in light of preventing an ...

) * Mirza Mohammad-Hossein Farahani (1785–?) (for

Jafar Khan Zand Jafar Khan Zand, ( fa, جعفر خان زند) was the seventh ''shah'' (king) of theZand dynasty of Iran from 1785 to 1789. He was the son of Sadiq Khan Zand, who was removed from the throne in Shiraz by Ali Murad Khan, who had previously taken I ...

and Lotf-Ali Khan Zand)

Grand Vizier/Sadr-e A'zam/Premier (Qajar Dynasty)

References

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 Mohammad-Taqi Bahar ( fa, محمدتقی بهار; also romanized as Mohammad-Taqī Bahār; 10 December 1886 in Mashhad – 22 April 1951 in Tehran), widely known as Malek osh-Sho'arā ( fa, ملک‌الشعراء) and Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahā ...

, ''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 *'' The Persian Encyclopedia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Premiers of Iran (1699-1907) Iran, List of Prime Ministers of Government of Iran Political history of Iran Prime ministers