Mirza Shafi Mazandarani
Illustration of Mirza Shafi Mazandarani

Prime Minister 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 Qajar Iran
Died	1818/19 Qazvin, Qajar Iran

Mirza Shafi Mazandarani (Persian: میرزا شفیع مازندرانی) was the prime minister of the Iranian shah (king) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1789–1797) 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]

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