Mostowfi ol-Mamalek () was one of the positions and titles of the Iranian court from the Ilkhanate to the Qajar era.

Mostowfi ol-Mamalek was the leader of all Mostowfis. During the Safavid era, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek was in charge of the finances of the whole country and all the financial and tax affairs of the country and the dismissal and installation of the Mostowfis were done by him. Mostowfi ol-Mamalek was a powerful official during this period, and at the end of Soltan Hoseyn's reign they had the right to participate in the Supreme State Council.

After his coronation, Nader Shah divided the position of Mostowfi ol-Mamalek among four people and appointed each of them to be in charge of the finances of a part of the country. During Karim Khan Zand's rule, this position was again given to one person. At the beginning of the Qajar era, with the expansion of the Qajar bureaucracy, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek became the second prime minister after the Shah. One of the most influential political-noble families of Iran in the Qajar era named Mostowfian Ashtiani family took their name from this title.

List of Mostowfi ol-Mamaleks of Iran

Safavid era

Moulana Shams al-Din Esfahani, 1501–1502 Najm-e Sani, till 1509 Ahmad Soltan, 1513–1514 Mir Sayyed Sharif Shahrestani, 1514–1523 Mir Masud Golpaigani, 1524–1532 Khvajeh Shah Hosein Saruqi, 1531–1532 Khvajeh Ghayath al-Din Ali, till 1551 Khvajeh Qasem Natanzi, 1551 Khvajeh Malek Mohammad Esfahani, 1560s Mir Ghayath al-Din Mahmud Shahrestani Esfahani, 1573 Mirza Shokrollah Esfahani, 1573–1576 Mirza Shah Ghari, 1576–1577 Mirza Hedayatollah, 1577–1583 Mirza Mohammad, 1583 Khvajeh Mohammad Baqer Mervi, ? Hatem Beg Ordubadi, till 1591 Qavama Mohammada, 1591 Mirza Qasem, ? Mirza Abu'l-Hosein Beg Ordubadi, 1629–1632 Mirza Mohammad Said, 1632–1662 Mirza Sadr al-Din Mohammad Jaberi, 1662–1666 Mirza Sadeq, 1673 Mirza Ebrahim, ? Mirza Abu'l-Hasan, 1693–1695 Ali Reza Khan, 1712–1714 Mirza Mohammad Khan, 1714 Mirza Mohammad Hosein, 1715–1716 Mirza Abu Taleb, 1720–1722 Mirza Mohammad Rahim, 1722 Mirza Mohammad Hosein, 1724 Mirza Esmail, 1730

Four Mostowfis in the Afsharid era

Mirza Mohamad Ali Mostowfi, Mostowfi of Fars Mirza Ali Asghar Mostowfi, Mostowfi of Khorasan Mirza Shafi Tabrizi, Mostowfi of Azarbaijan Mirza Bagher Khorasani, Mostowfi of Iraq

Zand era

Mirza Mohamad Brojerdi, 1762–1781 Mirza Mohamad Sadeq Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, 1781–1794

Qajar era

Mirza Mohammad Zaki Ali Abadi, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar Mirza Yousof Ashrafi, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek in the early reign of Fath Ali Shah Qajar Hajji Mohammad Hossein Isfahani, 1806–1813 Abdullah Khan Amin al-Dawla, 1813–1823 Mirza Mohammad Ali Ashtiani, 1823–1826 Mirza Abul'Qasem Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, 1826-1830s Mirza Hassan Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Ashtiani, 1830s–1845 Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani, 1845–1884 Mirza Hasan Ashtiani Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, 1884–1925 (Title abolished by Reza Shah)

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