List of Safavid Grand Viziers

Grand Vizier of the Safavid Empire
Appointer	The Shah
Formation	1501
First holder	Mohammad Zakariya Kujuji
Final holder	Nader Qoli Beg
Abolished	8 March 1736

This is the list of Grand Viziers (vazīr-e azam) of the Safavid dynasty.

List of Grand Viziers

Notes

^ a: Khalifeh Soltan at first declined the offer of being vizier once again, but alter accepted shortly after.^[14]
^ b: After the death of Shaykh Ali Khan Zangana, it took shah Suleiman I almost two years to appoint a new vizier.^[15]

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