Safavid Kandahar


The province of Kandahar was an eastern province of Safavid Iran centered around the city of Kandahar, and one of the four provinces of the Khorasan administrative region. It was composed of eight lower-ranking dependencies, Bost-Gereskh, Zamindavar, K.ri, Y.ki, Garmsir-e Qandahar, Ghuriyan and the tribal district of the Hazaras, which included Qalat.

List of governors

This is a list of the known figures who governed Kandahar. Beglerbeg, hakem and vali were all administrative titles designating the governor.
DateGovernorObservations
1537–1538Budaq Khan QajarHakem of Kandahar
1538–1545-Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1545Budaq Khan QajarHakem of Kandahar. Second tenure
1545–1558-Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1558–1576Hamzeh Beg Dhu'l-QadrHakem of Kandahar
1576Fulad Khalifeh-ye ShamluHakem of Kandahar
1577–?Hamzeh Beg Dhu'l-QadrHakem of Kandahar. Second tenure
1587Mozaffar Hoseyn MirzaHakem of Kandahar
1588Qur HamzehHakem of Kandahar
1588Rostam MirzaHakem of Kandahar
1589–1592Mozaffar Hoseyn MirzaHakem of Kandahar. Second tenure
1592–1622-Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1622–1626Ganj Ali KhanHakem of Kandahar
1626–1638Ali Mardan KhanSon of the previous governor. Hakem of Kandahar
1638–1649-Ruled by the Mughal Empire
1649Mehrab KhanHakem of Kandahar and Astarabad
1649–1662/63Otar BegHakem of Kandahar
1662/63–?Mansur KhanBrother of the previous governor. Beglerbeg of Kandahar
?–1673Jamshid Khan
1673–?Zal Khan
1694–1695Dervish Khan SoltanBeglerbeg of Kandahar
1696Mohammad Ali Khan
1696, 1697Aslamas BegBeglerbeg of Kandahar
1698Kalb Ali KhanBeglerbeg of Kandahar and vali of Astarabad
1698–1699Abdollah KhanBeglerbeg of Kandahar
1704–1709Gorgin KhanBeglerbeg of Kandahar and Kerman