List of governors of Qazvin

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The office of the governor of Qazvin (Persian: حاکم قزوین) was a historical office whose holders were tasked with the governance of the city and region of Qazvin. The administrative unit of Qazvin included most of today's Qazvin province, sometimes including or excluding parts such as Taleqan, Alamut, Tarom, Soltaniyeh and Savojbolagh. The office was not hereditary and the governors were assigned directly by the Shah.

The governors of Qazvin were seated in the Safavid royal complex during Safavid dynasty and later governments.

The office was replaced with the Ostandar of Qazvin (Persian: استاندار قزوین) after the Qajar dynasty.

Qajar dynasty[edit]

Note: Data in reference is given in Islamic calendar, and converting to the Gregorian calendar would have been inaccurate as years would correspond to two Gregorian calendar years. Thus, the dates are given in the Islamic calendar and an approximate Gregorian conversion is also given.

Portrait	Governor	In office (Lunar Hijri)	In office (Gregorian)	Vice governor	Notes	Shah
	Mirza Mohammad Khan Davalu Qajar [fa]	1200–1209 AH	1786–1794		Leader of the Davalu Branch of the Qajar tribe	Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar
	Mahdiqoli Khan Qovanlu Qajar	1209–? AH	1794–?
	Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah	1213–1221 AH	1798–1806		Fath-Ali Shah's eldest son	Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
	Ali Naqi Mirza [fa]	1222–1238 AH	1807–1822		Fath-Ali Shah's eighth son
	Emamverdi Mirza Ilkhani	1238–1239 AH	1822–1823		Fath-Ali Shah's twelfth son
	Ali Naqi Mirza [fa]	1239–1250 AH	1823–1834		Second time as governor of Qazvin
	Shahrokh Khan	1252–1253 AH	1836–1837		Ebrahim Khan Zahir od-Dowleh's son	Mohammad Shah Qajar
	Hamzeh Mirza Heshmat ad-Dowleh	1253–1255 AH	1837–1839		Abbas Mirza's twenty first son
	Bahram Mirza	1256–1264 AH	1840–1847	Tahmasp Qoli Khan	Second son of Abbas Mirza
						Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
		Bahram Mirza held the office of the governor of Qazvin at the time of Mohammad Shah's death and Naser al-Din Shah's coronation
	Eskandar Mirza	1264–1268 AH	1847–1851		Abbas Mirza's sixth son
	Khosrow Khan Ardalan [fa]	1268–1271 AH	1851–1854		Son of Amanollah Khan Ardalan [fa]
	Seyfollah Mirza	1271 AH	1854		Forty second child of Fath-Ali Shah
	Abd as-Samad Mirza Ezzoddowleh*	1271–1277 AH	1854–1860	Hassanali Khan Khoey Ajudan Bashi	Third son of Mohammad Shah
	Amir Aslan Khan Majdoddowleh [fa]	1277–1278 AH	1860–1861		Naser al-Din Shah's maternal uncle
	Mohammad Taqi Mirza Rokn ed-Dowleh	1278–1282 AH	1861–1865		Mohammad Shah's fourth son
	Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod od-Dowleh	1282–1284 AH	1865–1867		Forty eighth son of Fath-Ali Shah
	Firuz Mirza Nosrat ad-Dowleh	1284-? AH	1267-?		Sixteenth son of Abbas Mirza
	Mohammad Rahim Khan Ala ad-Dowleh	?-1288 AH	?-1271
	Qolamhossein Khan Sepahdar [fa]	1288–1289 AH	1871–1872		Son of Yusef Khan-e Gorji
	Allahqoli Khan Ilkhani	1289–1292 AH	1872–1875		Grandson of Fath-Ali Shah
	Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod ad-Dowleh	1292–1297 AH	1875–1879		Second time as governor of Qazvin
	Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar	1297–1298 AH	1879–1880
	Abbas Mirza Malek Ara [fa]	1298–1301 AH	1880–1883		Son of Mohammad Shah
	Mirza Reza Moein as-Saltaneh	1301–1302 AH	1883–1884
	Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh	1302–1304 AH	1884–1886		Brother of Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar
	Hossein Khan Mo'tamed al-Molk Yahyaiian	1304–1305 AH	1886–1887		Son of Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh
	Allahqoli Khan Ilkhani	1305–1306 AH	1887–1888	Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh	Second time as governor of Qazvin
	Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh	1306–1309 AH	1888–1891		Cousin of Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan
	Abunasr Mirza Hesam as-Saltaneh	1309–1310 AH	1891–1892		Son of Soltan Morad Mirza Hesam as-Saltaneh [fa]
	Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh	1310–1314 AH	1892–1896		Second time as governor of Qazvin
		Sa'd as-Saltaneh held the office of the governor of Qazvin at the time of Naser al-Din Shah's death and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah's coronation				Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
	Abd as-Samad Mirza Ezzoddowleh	1314–1315 AH	1896–1897	Qahraman Mirza Ein as-Saltaneh [fa]	Third time as governor of Qazvin.*
	Sedgh ad-Dowleh	1315–1316 AH	1897–1898
	Badi al-Molk Mirza Emad ad-Dowleh [fa]	1316–1319 AH	1898–1901		Grandson of Dowlatshah
	Soltan Mohammad Mirza Seif ad-Dowleh [fa]	1319–1320 AH	1901–1902		Son of Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod od-Dowleh
	Mirza Saleh Asef ad-Dowleh [fa]	1320–1324 AH	1902–1906		Last governor before the constitutional revolution
	Sedgh ad-Dowleh	1324–1325 AH	1906–1907		Second time as the governor of Qazvin	Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
	Amid al-Molk	1325–1326 AH	1907–1908		Son of Amjad ad-Dowleh
	Amjad ad-Dowleh	1326–1327 AH	1908–1909		First governor of Qazvin during the Minor Tyranny
	Abolqasem Nuri	1327 AH	1909		Last governor of Qazvin during the Minor Tyranny
	Sedgh ad-Dowleh	1327–1328 AH	1909–1910		Third time as the governor of Qazvin	Ahmad Shah Qajar
	Mirza Saeed Khan Moshir as-Soltan	1328 AH	1910	Soltan Ahmad Khan Rad
	Taqi Ehtesab al-Molk [fa]	1328–1329 AH	1910–1911
	Sardar Homayun Gilani Modir al-Molk	1329 AH	1911
	Zia ad-Dowleh	1329–1332 AH	1911–1913
	Ebrahim Khan Mo'tamed as-Saltaneh [fa]	1332–1333 AH	1913–1914
	Mirza Hassan Khan Madhat as-Saltaneh [fa]	1333–1337 AH	1914–1918		Member of the third parliament
	Amir Aslan Khan Nezam as-Soltan [fa]	1337–1338 AH	1918–1919
	Moaffagh ad-Dowleh Nuri	1338–1339 AH	1919–1921		Last governor of Qazvin before the 1921 Iranian coup d'état

*He was briefly demoted during his first time as governor of Qazvin

References[edit]

• Varjavand, Parviz (1998). قزوین؛ سیمای تاریخ و فرهنگ [Qazvin; Outlook of history and culture] (in Persian). Vol. 1st (1st ed.). Tehran: Nashr-e Ney. ISBN 964-312-390-1.
• Golriz, Seyyed Mohammad Ali (1989). مینودر [Minudar(Gate of heaven)] (in Persian). Vol. 1st (2nd ed.). Taha.