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Entrance to the Safavid royal complex in Qazvin, where the governors of Qazvin were seated.

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

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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 od-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

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  • 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.
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