Mirza Shafi Mazandarani


Mirza Mohammad Shafi Bandpi'i Mazandarani, better simply known as Mirza Shafi Mazandarani, was an Iranian statesman of Mazandarani origin, who served as the grand vizier of the Qajar king Fath-Ali Shah Qajar from 1801 to 1819.
He born in 1744 at Babol, Mazandaran. He was the son of a certain Hajji Mirza Ahmad, and started his career as an bureaucrat at the court of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, who elevated him to the post of minister.