List of Safavid grand viziers

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

^ 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]

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• Matthee, Rudi (2011). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–371. ISBN 978-0857731814.
• Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–304. ISBN 978-0857715883.
• Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–281. ISBN 9780857716613.
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