The province of Kandahar () was an eastern province of Safavid Iran centered around the city of Kandahar, and one of the four provinces of the Khorasan administrative region. It was composed of eight lower-ranking dependencies, Bost-Gereskh, Zamindavar, K.ri (Duki?), Y.ki (Chutiyali?), Garmsir-e Qandahar, Ghuriyan and the tribal district of the Hazaras, which included Qalat.
List of governors This is a list of the known figures who governed Kandahar. Beglerbeg, hakem and vali were all administrative titles designating the governor.
Date Governor Observations1537–1538 Budaq Khan Qajar Hakem of Kandahar1538–1545 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire1545 Budaq Khan Qajar Hakem of Kandahar. Second tenure1545–1558 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire1558–1576 Hamzeh Beg Dhu'l-Qadr Hakem of Kandahar1576 Fulad Khalifeh-ye Shamlu Hakem of Kandahar1577–? Hamzeh Beg Dhu'l-Qadr Hakem of Kandahar. Second tenure1587 Mozaffar Hoseyn Mirza Hakem of Kandahar1588 Qur Hamzeh Hakem of Kandahar1588 Rostam Mirza Hakem of Kandahar1589–1592 Mozaffar Hoseyn Mirza Hakem of Kandahar. Second tenure1592–1622 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire1622–1626 Ganj Ali Khan Hakem of Kandahar1626–1638 Ali Mardan Khan Son of the previous governor. Hakem of Kandahar1638–1649 None Ruled by the Mughal Empire1649 Mehrab Khan Hakem of Kandahar and Astarabad1649–1662/63 Otar Beg Hakem of Kandahar1662/63–? Mansur Khan Brother of the previous governor. Beglerbeg of Kandahar?–1673 Jamshid Khan 1673–? Zal Khan 1694–1695 Dervish Khan Soltan Beglerbeg of Kandahar1696 Mohammad Ali Khan 1696, 1697 Aslamas Beg Beglerbeg of Kandahar1698 Kalb Ali Khan Beglerbeg of Kandahar and vali of Astarabad1698–1699 Abdollah Khan Beglerbeg of Kandahar1704–1709 Gorgin Khan Beglerbeg of Kandahar and Kerman
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