Mirza Shafi Mazandarani

Mirza Shafi Mazandarani
Illustration of Mirza Shafi Mazandarani
Prime Minister of Iran
In office
1801–1818/19
MonarchFath-Ali Shah Qajar
Preceded byHajji Ebrahim Shirazi
Succeeded byHajji Mohammad Hossein Khan
Personal details
Born1744
Qajar Iran
Died1818/19
Qazvin, Qajar Iran

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b Behrooz 2023, p. 166.
  2. ^ Bournoutian 2021, p. 286.
  3. ^ a b Atabaki 1993.