Majles-Nevis


The Majles-Nevis, also known as the vaqaye-nevis and vaqaye-negar was the official record keeper in Safavid Iran.
When the grand vizier was away, the majles-nevis served as his substitute. He had to inform the privy council and the shah of the events taking place in the nation. He had his own provincial majles-nevis who kept him updated on such events. As the person responsible for learning about relations with other countries, treaties that were in effect, and other related subjects, he also served as sort of foreign minister. All visitors, including ambassadors, visited the majles-nevis and gave him their paperwork, which he filed.
The staff of the dar al-ensha, which in 1637 included at least 40 scribes, supported both the majles-nevis and the monshi al-mamalek. The majles-nevis had three clerks until the reign of Suleiman I, when the number was increased to thirty.

List of ''majles-nevis''

In his Safavid Government Institutions, the Dutch Iranologist Willem Floor listed the following figures as majles-nevis:
NameYears
Mirak Beg Ordubadiin the 1560s
Mir Monshi Hoseini?–1576
Mirza Mohammad Monshi1576–1577
Hatem Beg Ordubadi1588–1589
Mir Feizollah1609–11
Mir Mirza Taher?–1621
Sayyed Emir Abu'l-Ma'ali1621–1627
Mirza Mohammad Tuyserkani1627–1629
Mirza Taleb Khan Ordubadi1629–1631
Mirza Mohammad Tuyserkani1631–1634
Mirza Ma'sum1634–1642
Abu'l-Fazl Mirza Mohammad Taher Vahid1642–1679
Mirza Mohammad Reza Ordubadi Nasiri1679–1693
Mirza Abu'l Qasem Nasiri1693–1698
Mirza Mohammad Ebrahim Nasiri1669/1700–?
Mirza Hayat?–1722
Mirza Sadeq1722
Mirza Ali Naqi Nasiri1729–1731