Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani

Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani
Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani holding the ministerial staff, in the Bustan of Sa'di (1579).[1]
Mostowfi ol-mamalek (comptroller general)
In office
1573–1576
MonarchTahmasp I
Preceded byMir Ghayath al-Din Mahmud Shahrestani Esfahani
Succeeded byMirza Shah Ghari
Grand vizier of Safavid Iran
In office
1576 – June 1577
MonarchIsmail II
Preceded byVacant
Succeeded byMirza Salman Jaberi
Personal details
Died1581 (1582)
Damghan, Safavid Iran
ChildrenMohammad Hossein Tabrizi

Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani (Persian: میرزا شکرالله اصفهانی) was a bureaucrat in Safavid Iran, who held high-ranking positions under Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576), Ismail II (r. 1576–1577) and Mohammad Khodabanda (r. 1578–1587).

Biography

Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani was of Persian origin.[2] In 1573, during the reign of Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576), Mirza Shokrollah was appointed as the mostowfi ol-mamalek (comptroller general), succeeding Mir Ghayath al-Din Mahmud Shahrestani Esfahani.[3] A few days after the coronation of Ismail II on 22 August 1576, the latter appointed Mirza Shokrollah as his grand vizier.[4] Before that, the office had been unfilled since 1573/74, during the joint vizierate of Mir Sayyed Hossein Farahani and Khvajeh Kamal al-Din Ali.[5] The chief accountant office was given to Mirza Shah Ghari.[6]

According to Colin P. Mitchell, the promotion of Mirza Shokrollah challenges the idea that Ismail II had an anti-Shia policy and "points to a policy of continuity rather than variance."[7] In June 1577, Mirza Shokrollah was removed from his position as vizier for lack of competence.[8] He was succeeded by Mirza Salman Jaberi.[9] Under Mohammad Khodabanda (r. 1578–1587), Mirza Shokrollah served as the vizier of Khorasan and warden of the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad.[2] According to the contemporary court scribe and chronicler Iskandar Beg Munshi, Mirza Shokrollah failed to gain succees during this period due to his poor standing with the provincial governors.[10]

Mirza Shokrollah died in 1581[11] in Damghan.[10] He was the father of the calligrapher Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Soudavar 2014, p. 215.
  2. 1 2 Newman 2008, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Floor 2001, pp. 41–42.
  4. ↑ Mitchell 2009, pp. 147–148.
  5. ↑ Floor 2001, p. 36 (see also note 233).
  6. ↑ Floor 2001, p. 42.
  7. ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 152.
  8. ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 156.
  9. ↑ Mitchell 2009, p. 155.
  10. 1 2 Monshi 1629, p. 255.
  11. ↑ Soudavar 2014, p. 214.
  12. ↑ Berthels 1965.

Sources

  • Berthels, E. (1965). "Muḥammad Ḥusayn Tabrīzī". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469475.
  • Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Mazda Publishers. ISBN 978-1568591353.
  • Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.
  • Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857715883.
  • Monshi, Eskandar Beg (1629). History of Shah 'Abbas the Great (Tārīkh-e 'Ālamārā-ye 'Abbāsī) / Roger M. Savory, translator.
  • Soudavar, Abolala (31 January 2014). "The Patronage of the Vizier Mirza Salman". Muqarnas Online. 30 (1): 213–234. doi:10.1163/22118993-0301P0010.
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