This is the list of commanders-in-chief (, ) of Safavid Iran. The amount of power the holder of the post had, fluctuated quite significantly throughout the centuries.
List of commanders-in-chief Name Entered office Left office Ethnicity Family/tribe Monarch Hosein Beg Laleh Shamlu 1501 1502 Turkoman Shamlu tribe Ismail I Mir Najm Zargar Gilani 1509 1509 Gilaki Najm-e Sani 1509 1510 Persian Khuzani family Sayyed Mir 'Abdol-Baqi Nematollahi 1513 1514 Unknown Mohammad Beg Sofreji Ustajlu 1514 1515 Turkoman Ustajlu tribe Bayazid Soltan Ustajlu 1523 1524 Turkoman Ustajlu tribe Ismail I, Tahmasp I Div Soltan Rumlu 1523 1524 Turkoman Rumlu tribe Div Soltan Rumlu + Mostafa Soltan Ustajlu 1524 1524 Turkoman Rumlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively Div Soltan Rumlu + Choqa Soltan Tekkelu 1526 1526 Turkoman Rumlu and Tekkelu tribes, respectively Tahmasp I Choqa Soltan Tekkelu 1527 1527 Turkoman Tekkelu tribe Hosein Beg Shamlu and Abdollah Khan Ustajlu 1531 1534 Turkoman Shamlu and Ustajlu tribes, respectively Shahqoli Soltan Ustajlu 1567 1568 Turkoman Ustajlu tribe Qarachaqay Khan 1616 1626 Armenian Abbas I Zeinal Khan Shamlu 1629 1630 Turkoman Shamlu tribe Abbas I, Safi Rostam Khan 1631 1643 Georgian Saakadze family Safi, Abbas II Mortezaqoli Khan Qajar 1649 1649 Turkoman Qajar tribe Abbas II Aliqoli Khan 1650 1654 Georgian Saakadze family Hamzeh Khan ? till 1690 Unknown At least Suleiman I Aliqoli Khan Zanganeh 1666 1691 Kurdish Zanganeh tribe Abbas II, Suleiman I Rostam Khan 1692 1692 Georgian Saakadze family Suleiman I Shahnavaz II, Gorgin Khan 1703 1703 Georgian Bagrationi dynasty Sultan Husayn Kaykhosrow Khan 1709 1709 Georgian Bagrationi dynasty Mohammad Zaman Khan Shamlu 1712 1712 Turkoman Shamlu tribe Mansur Khan ? February 1715 Unknown Safiqoli Khan February 1715 ? Unknown Mohammad-Ali Khan ? June 1716 Lezgian Shamkhal of Kumukh Fath-Ali Khan Turkoman October 1716 October 1716 Turkoman Hosaynqoli Khan End 1716 End 1716 Georgian Bagrationi dynasty Lotf-Ali Khan Daghestani 1718 1720 Lezgian Shamkhal of Kumukh Esmail Khan December 1720 December 1720 Unknown Shamir 'Ali April 1721 April 1721 Unknown Mohammad Beg Shamlu September 1721 September 1721 Turkoman Shamlu tribe Hosaynqoli Khan June 1722 June 1722 Georgian Bagrationi dynasty
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