Mirza Shokr Allah Isfahani (Persian: میرزا شکرالله اصفهانی) was a Persian statesman, who served as the chief accountant of the Safavid shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576), and later as the grand vizier of shah Ismail II (r. 1576–77) briefly from August 1576 to June 1577 then his successors became so in turn until the reign of Abbas II of Persia.[2]
He was the father of Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "(...) Mirza Shukrullah, portrayed as the older vizier in a red silk robe standing in the doorway and holding the ministerial staff. " in Soudavar 2014, p. 215, Fig.8
- ^ a b Berthels, E. (1993). "Muḥammad Ḥusayn Tabrīzī". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VII: Mif–Naz. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-09419-2.
Sources
[edit]- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–281. ISBN 9780857716613.
- Mitchell, Colin P. (2009). The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–304. ISBN 978-0857715883.
- Mitchell, Colin Paul (2007). "JĀBERI". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XIV/3: Israel II–Jade III. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 313–314. ISBN 978-1-934283-03-5.
- Soudavar, Abolala (31 January 2014). "The Patronage of the Vizier Mirza Salman". Muqarnas Online. 30 (1): 213–234. doi:10.1163/22118993-0301P0010.