List of Safavid grand viziers

This is the list of grand viziers (vazīr-e azam) of Safavid Iran.

grand vizier of Safavid Iran
Appointer	The Shah
Formation	1501
First holder	Amir Zakariya
Final holder	Rajab-Ali Khan
Abolished	8 March 1736

List of grand viziers

Name	Entered office	Left office	Family/tribe	Monarch
Amir Zakariya	1501	1507	Kujuji family	Ismail I
Mahmud Jan Daylami	1502/3	1507	Daylami family
Najm-e Sani	1507	1510	Khuzani family
Hossein Monshi Qomi	1510	1514
Mirza Shah Hossein	1514	1523
Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi	1523	1524	Kujuji family	Ismail I, Tahmasp I
Mirza Jafar Savaji	1524	1531	Savaji family	Tahmasp I
Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal	1523	1534
Mir Enayat Allah Khuzani	1534	1535	Khuzani family
Kvajeh Mo'en Yazdi	1534	1535
Qadi Jahan Qazvini	1534	1551
Mir Sharif Shirazi	1562	1566
Ma'sum Beg Safavi	1553	1568	Shaykhavand family
Jamal al-Din Ali Tabrizi	1568	?
Sayyed Hasan Farahani	?	1576
Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani	1576	June 1577		Ismail II
Mirza Salman Jaberi	June 13, 1577	1583	Jaberi family	Ismail II, Mohammad Khodabanda
Mirza Hedayatollah	1583	1586	Khuzani family	Mohammad Khodabanda
Mirza Mohammad Monshi	1586	1587
Mirza Shah Vali Isfahani	1587	1587		Abbas I
Mirza Lotfi	1587	1588
Mirza Mohammad Monshi	1588	1589
Mirza Lotfollah Shirazi	1589	1591
Hatem Beg Ordubadi	1591	1610/1	Ordubadi family
Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi	1610/1	1621	Ordubadi family
Salman Khan Ustajlu	1621	1623/4	Ustajlu tribe
Khalifeh Soltan	1623/4	1632	Khalifeh family	Abbas I, Safi
Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi	1632	1633	Ordubadi family	Safi
Saru Taqi	1633	11 October 1645		Safi, Abbas II
Khalifeh Soltan	14 October 1645[a]	5 March 1654	Khalifeh family	Abbas II
Mohammad Beg	1654	January 25, 1661
Mirza Mohammad Karaki	March 11, 1661	1669	Karaki family	Abbas II, Suleiman I
Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh	1669	25 October 1689	Zanganeh tribe	Suleiman I
Mohammad Taher Qazvini	March 1691[b]	1699		Suleiman I, Sultan Husayn
Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu	1699	1707	Shamlu tribe	Sultan Husayn
Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh	1707	1716	Zanganeh tribe
Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani	1716	1720	Shamkhal of Kumukh
Mohammad Qoli Khan Shamlu	January 1721	1722	Shamlu tribe
Rajab Ali Beg	1722	1722		Tahmasp II
Mohammad Ali Khan Mokri	1722	1723	Mukri tribe
Mortezaqoli Khan	1722	1723
Mirza Abdol-Karim	1723	1724
Farajollah Khan Abdollah	?	?
Mirza Mohammad Hossein	?	?
Mirza Abdollah	1724	1725
Mirza Mo'men Qazvini	1725	1728
Mirza Mohammad Rahim	1728	1730
Rajab Ali Khan	1731	1731

Notes

^ a: Khalifeh Soltan at first declined the offer of being vizier once again, but later accepted shortly after.^[1]
^ b: After the death of Shaykh Ali Khan Zangana, it took shah Suleiman I almost two years to appoint a new vizier.^[2]