Mir Najm Zargar Gilani
Mir Najm Zargar Gilani ({{langx|fa|میر نجم زرگر گیلانی}}), also known as Shaykh Najm al-Din Zargar Rashti, was an Iranian aristocrat of Gilaki origin,{{sfn|Newman|2008|p=17}} who was the second person to serve as the vakil (vicegerent) of the Safavid Empire.
A native of Gilan in northern Iran, Najm Zargar was originally a goldsmith in Rasht, but due to his Iranian descent was in 1507 appointed as vakil by the Safavid king Ismail I. However, Najm Zargar's tenure as vakil did not last long, since he later died in 1509/10, and was succeeded by Najm-e Sani.{{sfn|Mazzaoui|2002}}
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- {{cite book |last1=Arjomand |first1=Saïd Amir |title=Sociology of Shiʿite Islam: Collected Essays |date=2016 |publisher=Brill |pages=318–319}}
- {{cite encyclopedia | title = NAJM-E ṮĀNI | last = Mazzaoui | first = Michel M. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/najm-e-ani | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2002 }}
- {{cite book | title = Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire | year = 2008 | publisher = I.B.Tauris | last = Newman | first = Andrew J. | pages = 1–281 | isbn = 9780857716613 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KPgBAwAAQBAJ&q=false}}
- {{cite book | title = Iran under the Safavids | year = 2007 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | last = Savory | first = Roger | author-link = Roger Savory | pages = 1–288 | isbn = 978-0521042512 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v4Yr4foWFFgC&q=false }}
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{{S-ttl| title=Vakil of the Safavid Empire| years=1507-1509/10}}
{{S-aft| after=Najm-e Sani}}
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Category:People from Gilan province
Category:Vakils of Safavid Iran