List of governors of Qazvin

The office of the governor of Qazvin () 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 () after the Qajar dynasty.

Qajar dynasty 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. PortraitGovernorIn office (Lunar Hijri)In office (Gregorian)Vice governorNotesShah1200–1209 AH1786–1794Leader of the Davalu Branch of the Qajar tribeAgha Mohammad Khan QajarMahdiqoli Khan Qovanlu Qajar1209–? AH1794–?Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah1213–1221 AH1798–1806Fath-Ali Shah's eldest sonFath-Ali Shah Qajar1222–1238 AH1807–1822Fath-Ali Shah's eighth sonEmamverdi Mirza Ilkhani1238–1239 AH1822–1823Fath-Ali Shah's twelfth son1239–1250 AH1823–1834Second time as governor of QazvinShahrokh Khan1252–1253 AH1836–1837Ebrahim Khan Zahir od-Dowleh's sonMohammad Shah QajarHamzeh Mirza Heshmat od-Dowleh1253–1255 AH1837–1839Abbas Mirza's twenty first sonBahram Mirza1256–1264 AH1840–1847Tahmasp Qoli KhanSecond son of Abbas MirzaNaser al-Din Shah QajarBahram Mirza held the office of the governor of Qazvin at the time of Mohammad Shah's death and Naser al-Din Shah's coronationEskandar Mirza1264–1268 AH1847–1851Abbas Mirza's sixth son1268–1271 AH1851–1854Son of Seyfollah Mirza1271 AH1854Forty second child of Fath-Ali ShahAbd as-Samad Mirza Ezzoddowleh*1271–1277 AH1854–1860Hassanali Khan Khoey Ajudan BashiThird son of Mohammad ShahAmir-Aslan Khan Majd od-Dowleh1277–1278 AH1860–1861Naser al-Din Shah's maternal uncleMohammad Taqi Mirza Rokn ed-Dowleh1278–1282 AH1861–1865Mohammad Shah's fourth sonSoltan Ahmad Mirza Azod od-Dowleh1282–1284 AH1865–1867Forty eighth son of Fath-Ali ShahFiruz Mirza Nosrat ad-Dowleh1284-? AH1267-?Sixteenth son of Abbas MirzaMohammad Rahim Khan Ala ad-Dowleh?-1288 AH?-12711288–1289 AH1871–1872Son of Yusef Khan-e GorjiAllahqoli Khan Ilkhani1289–1292 AH1872–1875Grandson of Fath-Ali ShahSoltan Ahmad Mirza Azod ad-Dowleh1292–1297 AH1875–1879Second time as governor of QazvinMirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar1297–1298 AH1879–1880Abbas Mirza Molk-Ara1298–1301 AH1880–1883Son of Mohammad ShahMirza Reza Moein as-Saltaneh1301–1302 AH1883–1884Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh1302–1304 AH1884–1886Brother of Mirza Hosein Khan SepahsalarHossein Khan Mo'tamed al-Molk Yahyaiian1304–1305 AH1886–1887Son of Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-DowlehAllahqoli Khan Ilkhani1305–1306 AH1887–1888Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-SaltanehSecond time as governor of QazvinMohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh1306–1309 AH1888–1891Cousin of Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-SoltanAbunasr Mirza Hesam as-Saltaneh1309–1310 AH1891–1892Son of Mohammad Bagher Sa'd as-Saltaneh1310–1314 AH1892–1896Second time as governor of QazvinSa'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 coronationMozaffar ad-Din Shah QajarAbd as-Samad Mirza Ezzoddowleh1314–1315 AH1896–1897Third time as governor of Qazvin.*Sedgh ad-Dowleh1315–1316 AH1897–18981316–1319 AH1898–1901Grandson of Dowlatshah1319–1320 AH1901–1902Son of Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod od-Dowleh1320–1324 AH1902–1906Last governor before the constitutional revolutionSedgh ad-Dowleh1324–1325 AH1906–1907Second time as the governor of QazvinMohammad Ali Shah QajarAmid al-Molk1325–1326 AH1907–1908Son of Amjad ad-DowlehAmjad ad-Dowleh1326–1327 AH1908–1909First governor of Qazvin during the Minor TyrannyAbolqasem Nuri1327 AH1909Last governor of Qazvin during the Minor TyrannySedgh ad-Dowleh1327–1328 AH1909–1910Third time as the governor of QazvinAhmad Shah QajarMirza Saeed Khan Moshir as-Soltan1328 AH1910Soltan Ahmad Khan Rad1328–1329 AH1910–1911Sardar Homayun Gilani Modir al-Molk1329 AH1911Zia ad-Dowleh1329–1332 AH1911–19131332–1333 AH1913–19141333–1337 AH1914–1918Member of the third parliament1337–1338 AH1918–1919Moaffagh ad-Dowleh Nuri1338–1339 AH1919–1921Last governor of Qazvin before the 1921 Iranian coup d'état *He was briefly demoted during his first time as governor of Qazvin

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