The following is a list of the grand viziers of Persia (Iran) until 1906, when the office of Prime Minister of Iran was established following the Persian Constitutional Revolution. Although the office was officially known during the Qajar dynasty as Grand Vizier (Vazir-e A'zam, ), various titles were used throughout different historical periods to describe the office, including Wuzurg Framadar, Vizier (), Sāheb-e Divān (), Vizier of the Supreme Court (Vazir-e Divān-e A'lā, ), Premier (Shakhs-e Avval, ) and Sadr-e A'zam ().
Sasanian Dynasty (224–651) Abarsam (for Ardashir I)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-Yazdegerd (for Yazdegerd I) Mihr-Narseh (for Yazdegerd I and Bahram V) Suren Pahlav (for Bahram V) Bozorgmehr (for Kavad I and Khosrow I) Izadgushasp (for Khosrow I) Piruz Khosrow (for Kavadh II and Ardashir III) Mah-Adhur Gushnasp (for Ardashir III) Farrukh Hormizd (for Boran)
Mongol Ilkhanate (1256–1335)
Ulugh Bitickhi Sayf ol-Din Bitikchi (?–1263) (for Hulagu Khan)
Saheb Divan Shams od-Din Joveyni (1263–1284) (Hulagu Khan, Abaqa Khan and Tekuder)
Vizier Bugha (1284–1289, for Arghun Khan)
Saheb Divan Sa'd od-Dowleh ol-Safi ibn Hibatollah (1289–1291) (for Arghun Khan) Sadr od-Din Ahmad Khaledi Zanjani (1292–1295) (for Gaykhatu)
Vizier Jamal ol-Din Ali Dastjerdani (1st time) (1295–1295) (for Baydu) Nawrūz (1295) (for Ghazan) Sharaf od-Din Mohammad Biabanaki Semnani (1295–1296) (for Ghazan) Jamal ol-Din Ali Dastjerdani (1296) (for Ghazan) Sadr ol-Din Ahmad Khaledi Zanjani (1296–1298) (for Ghazan) Sa'd od-Din Mohammad Avaji (1298–1312) (for Ghazan and Öljaitü) Rashid od-Din Hamadani (1298–1316) (for Ghazan and Öljaitü) Taj od-Din Ali-Shah Jilani (1312 – June 1324) (for Öljaitü and Abu Sa'id Bahador Khan) Ghias od-Din Mohammad Ali-Shahi (for Abu Sa'id Bahador Khan) Rokn od-Din Sa'en Fasavi (1324–?) (for Abu Sa'id Bahador Khan) Dimashq Khwāja (?–24 August 1327) (for Abu Sa'id Bahador Khan) Ghias od-Din Mohammad (for Abu Sa'id Bahador Khan and Arpa Ke'un)
Safavid Dynasty
Vizier Amir Zakariya (1501–1507) and Mahmud Jan Daylami (1502/03–1507) (for Ismail I) Najm-e Sani (1507–1510) (for Ismail I) Mirak beg Daylami (?–?) (for Ismail I) Shah-mir Daylami (?–?) (for Ismail I) Mirza Shah Hossein (1514–15 April 1523) (for Ismail I) Jalal od-Din Mohammad Tabrizi (1523–1524) (for Ismail I and Tahmasp I) Qadi Jahan Qazvini (1st time) (1524–1525) (for Tahmasp I) Mirza Jafar Savaji (1525–1531) (for Tahmasp I) Ahmad Beg Nur Kamal (1531–1533/34) (for Tahmasp I) Sa'd od-Din Enayatollah Khuzani (1533–1535) and Mo'in-al-Din Yazdi (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) Qadi Jahan Qazvini (2nd time) (1535–1549) (for Tahmasp I) Ghias od-Din Ali Shirazi (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) Agha Mohammad Farahani (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) Jalal od-Din Amir-Beg Kujuji (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) Mirza Beg Sabeghi Abhari (?–?) (for Tahmasp I) Masum Beg Safavi (?–1568) (for Tahmasp I) Seraj od-Din Ali Qomi (1568–?) (for Tahmasp I) Jamal od-Din Ali Tabrizi and Seyyed Hassan Farahani (simultaneously 1573–?) (for Tahmasp I) Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani (1576–1577) (for Tahmasp I and Ismail II)
Grand Vizier (E'temad-od-Dowleh) Mirza Salman Jaberi (1577–1583) (for Ismail I and Mohammad Khodabanda) Mirza Hedayatollah (1583–1585) (for Mohammad Khodabanda) Mirza Mohammad Kermani (1585–1587) (for Mohammad Khodabanda) Mirza Shahvali Shirazi (1587–1589) (for Abbas I) Mirza Mohammad Kermani (2nd time) (1589) (for Abbas I) Mirza Lotfollah Shirazi (1589–1590) (for Abbas I) Hatem Beg Ordubadi (1590–1610) (for Abbas I) Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi (1610–1620) (for Abbas I) Salman Khan Ustajlu (1620–1623) (for Abbas I) Khalifeh Soltan (1st time) (1623–1631) (for Abbas I and Safi) Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi (2nd time) (1623–1634) (for Safi) Saru Taqi (1634–1644) (for Safi and Abbas II) Khalifeh Soltan (2nd time) (1644–1653) (for Abbas II) Mohammad Beg (1653–1661) (for Abbas II) Mirza Mohammad Karaki (1661–1669) (for Abbas II and Suleiman I) Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (1669–1671) (for Suleiman I)
Vacant (1671–1672) Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (2nd time) (1672–1688) (for Suleiman I)
Vacant (1688–1690) Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (1690–1698) (for Suleiman of Persia and Soltan Hoseyn) Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu (1699–1707) (for Soltan Hoseyn) Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (1707–1716) (for Soltan Hoseyn) Fath-Ali Khan Daghestani (1716–1720) (for Soltan Hoseyn) Mohammad-Qoli Khan Shamlu (1721–1722) (for Soltan Hoseyn) Amanollah Khan (1722–1725) (for Mahmud Hotak) Zele Khan (1725–1727) (for Ashraf Hotak) Mohammad-Amin Khan (1727–1729) (for Ashraf Hotak) Rajab-Ali Khan (1729–1732) (for Tahmasp II)
Vacant (1732–1750) Zakariya Khan Kazzazi (June 1750–1751) (for Ismail III) Mohammad-Salim Khan Afshar (1751–1752?) (for Ismail III) Zakariya Khan Kazzazi (2nd time) (1752?–1756?) (for Ismail III)
Zand Dynasty 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) Mirza Mohammad-Hossein Farahani (1785–?) (for Jafar Khan Zand and Lotf-Ali Khan Zand)
Qajar Dynasty +PictureNameTitle of officeTook officeLeft officeShah (monarch)1Hajji Ebrahim ShiraziNovember 179414 April 1801Agha Mohammad Khan QajarFath-Ali Shah Qajar2Mirza Shafi MazandaraniVazir-e A'zam (1801–1809)Sadr-e A'zam (1809–1819)14 April 180112 July 18193Hajji Mohammad Hossein IsfahaniSadr-e A'zam181918234Abdollah Khan Amin od-Dowleh(1st time)?182318255Asef od-DowlehSadr-e A'zam182521 March 18286Abdollah Khan Amin ol-Dowleh(2nd time)?21 March 182823 October 18347Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam?January 183526 June 1835Mohammad Shah Qajar8Haji Mirza AqasiShakhs-e Avval (Premier)183520 October 18489Amir KabirShakhs-e Avval (Premier)20 October 184813 November 1851 Naser al-Din Shah Qajar10Mirza Aqa Khan NuriSadr-e A'zamNovember 185130 August 185811Jafar Khan Moshir od-DowlehHead of the State Council15 September 1858November/December 1862 — The office was vacant. November/December 1862 23 March 186512Mirza Mohammad Khan Sepahsalar?23 March 186516 June 1866 —The office was vacant. 16 June 1866 14 October 186713Mirza Yusuf AshtianiRa'is-al-Vozarā (Prime minister or Chief minister)First minister (Vazir-e Avval)14 October 186713 November 187114Mirza Hosein Khan SepahsalarSadr-e A'zam13 November 187114 September 1873 —Since 1873 to 1878 Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (Minister of Foreign Affairs and War) and Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani (Minister of Interior Affairs and Treasury) acted together as Grand Vizier.
Since 1878 Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh was added to this group of statesmen. 1873 1880—Mirza Yusuf AshtianiActing Sadr-e A'zam (After dismiss of Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh on 1880, Mirza Yusef Ashtiani was in charge of Sadr-e A'zam affairs, however he was not called Sadr-e A'zam. On 24 June 1884, he officially became Sadr-e A'zam).188024 June 188415Mirza Yusuf AshtianiSadr-e A'zam24 June 18847 April 1886—Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin os-SoltanActing (Minister of Court)7 April 1886188816Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin os-SoltanGrand Vizier (1888 – 25 January 1893)Sadr-e A'zam (25 January 1893 – 22 November 1896)188822 November 1896Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar —The office was vacant. 22 November 1896 6 April 189717Mirza Ali Khan Amin od-DowlehRa'is-al-Vozarā (Prime minister or Chief minister) (6 April 1897 – 7 August 1897)Grand Vizier (7 August 1897 – November/December 1897)Sadr-e A'zam (November/December 1897 – 5 June 1898)6 April 18975 June 189818Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-DowlehRa'is-al-Vozarā (prime minister or chief minister)/Head of the State Council5 June 189811 August 189819Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin os-SoltanSadr-e A'zam11 August 189815 September 1903 —The office was vacant. 15 September 1903 23 January 190420Abdol Majid MirzaGrand Vizier (23 January 1904 – 26 August 1904)Sadr-e A'zam (26 August 1904 – 29 July 1906)23 January 190429 July 190621Mirza Nasrollah KhanRa'is-al-Vozarā (prime minister or chief minister) (30 July 1906 – 1 August 1906)Sadr-e A'zam (1 August 1906 – 7 March 1907)30 July 19067 March 1907
See also List of prime ministers of Iran Persian name Prime Minister of Iran Vizier History of the parliament in Iran Board of Directors of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Women in the Parliament of Iran
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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, 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