The province of Herat (), was an eastern province of Safavid Iran, and along with the Mashhad province, it formed the administrative region of Khorasan. By the late Safavid period, it was composed of the administrative jurisdictions: Badghis, Bala Morghab, Durmi, Farah, Ghur, Jam, Karokh, Khvaf, Maruchaq, Panjdeh and Tun.
In 1717, the local Abdali tribe rebelled and took control over the province. Military generals were appointed as governors of Herat by the Safavid government to re-establish authority by force, but all of them were unsuccessful.
List of governors This is a list of the known figures who governed the Herat province.
Year Name 1510–1512 Hossein Beg Laleh Shamlu 1512 Ahmad Beg Sufi-oghlu Ustajlu 1513–1515 Zeynal Khan Shamlu 1515–1521 Amir Khan Mowsellu Torkman 1521 Ebrahim Soltan [Khan] Mowsellu Torkman 1521–1526 Durmish Khan Shamlu 1526–1529 Hoseyn Khan Shamlu 1529–1530 Unnamed 1530–1533 Ghazi or Qazi Beg [Khan] Tekkelu [or Shamlu] 1533–1536 Aghzivar Khan Shamlu ibn Damri Soltan Shamlu 1536 Khalifeh Soltan Shamlu aka Sufiyan Khalifeh Shamlu [Rumlu] 1537–1556 Mohammad Sharaf al-Dinoghlu Tekkelu 1556 Ali Soltan Tekkelu 1556–1562 Mohammad Sharaf al-Dinoghlu Tekkelu 1562–1565 Qazaq Khan Tekkelu ibn Mohammad Khan 1565–1567 Emir Gheyb Beg Ustajlu 1567–1576 Shahqoli Soltan Yekan Ustajlu 1576 Aras Soltan Rumlu 1576–1588 Ali-Qoli Khan Shamlu 1582 Vali Khalifeh Shamlu 1588–1598 Occupied by the Khanate of Bukhara 1595–1598 Farhad Khan Qaramanlu 1598–1618 Hoseyn Khan Abdallu Shamlu 1618–1641 Hasan Khan Shamlu 1641–1645 Abbasqoli Khan Shamlu 1692 Safiqoli Khan 1696 Jani Khan 1699 Mohammad Zaman Khan Shamlu 1708 Safiqoli Khan 1710 Abu'l-Ma'sum Beg 1710–1713 Heydarqoli Khan 1713 Mohammadqoli Beg ibn Mohammad Mo'men Khan 1714 Mohammad Ali Khan 1714 Abbasqoli Khan Shamlu 1717 Jafar Qoli Khan Ustajlu 1717–1719 Safiqoli Khan Torkestan-oghlu 1717–1722 Aliqoli Khan
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