Mirza Shafi Mazandarani
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MonarchFath-Ali Shah Qajar
Preceded byHajji Ebrahim Shirazi
Succeeded byHajji Mohammad Hossein Khan
Born1744
Mirza Shafi Mazandarani | |
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| Grand Vizier of Iran | |
| In office 1801–1818/19 | |
| Monarch | Fath-Ali Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Hajji Ebrahim Shirazi |
| Succeeded by | Hajji Mohammad Hossein Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1744 |
| Died | 1818/19 |
Mirza Shafi Mazandarani (Persian: میرزا شفیع مازندرانی) was the prime minister of the Qajar Iran's shah (king) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834) from 1801 until his death in 1818/19.[1][2]
A son of Mirza Haji Ahmad, he was born in 1744 to an Isfahani family that moved to the Mazandaran province after the assassination of Nader Shah in 1747.[1][3] His career started in the court of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797), the founder of the Qajar dynasty.[3]
