Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini | |
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Grand vizier of Safavid Iran | |
In office March 1691 – May 1699 | |
Monarchs | Shah Suleiman (r. 1666–1694) Soltan Hoseyn (r. 1694–1722) |
Preceded by | Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Mo'men Khan Shamlu |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1621 Qazvin, Safavid Iran |
Died | 1700 (aged c. 70) Safavid Iran |
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Occupation | Bureaucrat, poet, historian |
Notable work | Abbas-nama |
Mirza Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (Persian: محمدطاهر وحید قزوینی; died 1700), was an Iranian bureaucrat, poet, and historian, who served as the grand vizier of two Safavid monarchs, Shah Suleiman (r. 1666–1694) and the latter's son Soltan Hoseyn (r. 1694–1722) from 1691 to 1699.
He is also notable for writing the Abbas-nama, the principal Iranian source regarding the events during the reign of Shah Abbas II (r. 1642–1666).[1]