The Role of the Vakil al-Dawlah Position in the Afshariyeh and Zandieh Dynasty

The Position of attorney in the social and governmental structure of Iran during the Safavid era had a special place. With the collapse of the Safavid government, the abolished Official of vakil al-dawlah was restored by various monarchist claims and gradually gained authority in other civilian, governmental and military occupations. The question of the current research, is: which political-military relations in the Afshariyeh and Zandieh periods led to increasing the role of the office of Wakil al-Dawlah? Using the method of historical research and classification of political-military changes of Afshariyeh and Zandieh periods, the present study analyzes and interprets the features and their effects on the development of the office of Wakil al-Dawlah. The findings of the research show that the office of the vakil al-dawlah played an important role in weakness of the prince's rule as well as the Safavid bureaucracy, but help the growing authority of various claimants of the monarchy.