Mirza Hedayatollah
Mirza Hedayatollah | |
|---|---|
| Mostowfi ol-mamalek (comptroller general) | |
| In office 1577–1583 | |
| Monarchs | Ismail II, Mohammad Khodabanda |
| Preceded by | Mirza Shah Ghari |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Mohammad |
| Grand vizier of Safavid Iran | |
| In office 1583–1586 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Khodabanda |
| Preceded by | Mirza Salman Jaberi |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Mohammad Monshi |
| Personal details | |
| Relations | Mirza Jan Beg Khuzani (father) Mirza Yar Ahmad Khuzani (brother) |
Family | Khuzani family |
Mirza Hedayatollah (Persian: میرزا هدایتالله) was a bureaucrat in Safavid Iran, who served as the grand vizier of Mohammad Khodabanda (r. 1578–1587) from 1583 to 1586.[1] Before his promotion, he had served as the mostowfi ol-mamalek (comptroller general) since 1577.[2] After his tenure as grand vizier, he was appointed as the fiscal manager of Isfahan. Under the rule of Shah Abbas I (r. 1587–1629), the distribution of tuyul (land grants) within the royal camp were overseen by Mirza Hedayatolllah.[3] During Shah Abbas I's pilgrimage to Mashhad in 1601–1602, Mirza Hedayatollah accompanied the royal party and conducted a measurement of the route from Isfahan.[4]
A member of the Khuzani family, Mirza Hedayatollah was a son of Mirza Jan Beg Khuzani.[5] During this period, Mirza Hedayatollah likely acted as the main representative of the family in Isfahan, as his brother Mirza Yar Ahmad Khuzani had moved to Sistan in 1556/57 to serve as the vizier of Badi-al Zaman Mirza Safavi.[4]
References
- ↑ Floor 2001, p. 37.
- ↑ Floor 2001, p. 42.
- ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 165.
- 1 2 Haneda 1989, p. 83.
- ↑ Haneda 1989, p. 90.
Sources
- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- Haneda, Masashi (1989). "La famille Ḫūzānī d'Isfahan (15e-17e siècles)". Studia Iranica. 18 (1): 77–92. doi:10.2143/SI.18.1.2014575.
- Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857715883.