Mirza Shafi Mazandarani

Mirza Shafi Mazandarani (Persian: میرزا شفیع مازندرانی) was the prime minister of the Qajar Iran's shah (king) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834) from 1801 until his death in 1818/19.^[1][2]

Mirza Shafi Mazandarani
Illustration of Mirza Shafi Mazandarani
Grand Vizier of Iran
In office 1801–1818/19
Monarch	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Preceded by	Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi
Succeeded by	Hajji Mohammad Hossein Khan
Personal details
Born	1744 Afsharid Iran
Died	1818/19 Qazvin, Qajar Iran

A son of Mirza Haji Ahmad, he was born in 1744 to an Isfahani family that moved to the Mazandaran province after the assassination of Nader Shah in 1747.^[1][3] His career started in the court of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797), the founder of the Qajar dynasty.^[3]