Divan-begi

Divan-begi
StyleʿĀlī-jāh (Serene Highness)[1]
TypeMoqarrab al-Khāqān[1]
Member ofJānqī (Council of State)[1]
ResidenceKeshīk-Khāneh, Ālī Qāpū
(Royal court's Guardhouse)[1]
SeatIsfahan, Safavid Iran
NominatorThe King[2]
AppointerThe King[2]
Term lengthno fixed length[3]
Formation1501
First holderKhadem Beg Talish
Unofficial names[A]Mir-e Divan
Divan-begi-bashi
DeputyNāʿeb-e Dīvān-begī[4]
Salary500 tomāns (officially)[a][1]

The Divan-begi[b] (Persian: دیوان‌بیگی, romanized: Dīvān-beīgī) was a high-ranking official in Judicial system of Safavid Iran (1501–1736), who acted as chief justice of Safavid capital and all over the kingdom's courts.[5] It was the Persian form of Turkic Diwan-begi office, also known as the Imperial Chief Justice[6] or Lord High Justice.[1] Divan-begis presided over an appeals court for the kingdom,[7] except for cases involving military officers or religious officials.[8] Divan-begis had deputies to assist them.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Savory 1996, p. 439.
  2. ^ a b Poormohammadi Amlashi & Ansari 2014–2015, p. 55.
  3. ^ Poormohammadi Amlashi & Ansari 2014–2015, p. 56.
  4. ^ a b Khezri 2013.
  5. ^ a b Floor 2000, p. 20.
  6. ^ Abisaab 2018, p. 512.
  7. ^ Bregel 2004, p. 227.
  8. ^ Floor 2009.


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