Mirza Shokrollah Isfahani was of
Persian origin. In 1573, during the reign of
Tahmasp I (), Mirza Shokrollah was appointed as the
mostowfi ol-mamalek (
comptroller general), succeeding Mir Ghayath al-Din Mahmud Shahrestani Esfahani. A few days after the coronation of
Ismail II on 22 August 1576, the latter appointed Mirza Shokrollah as his
grand vizier. Before that, the office had been unfilled since 1573/74, during the joint vizierate of Mir Sayyed Hossein Farahani and Khvajeh Kamal al-Din Ali. The chief accountant office was given to Mirza Shah Ghari. According to Colin P. Mitchell, the promotion of Mirza Shokrollah challenges the idea that Ismail II had an
anti-Shia policy and "points to a policy of continuity rather than variance." In June 1577, Mirza Shokrollah was removed from his position as vizier for lack of competence. He was succeeded by
Mirza Salman Jaberi. Under
Mohammad Khodabanda (), Mirza Shokrollah served as the
vizier of
Khorasan and warden of the
Imam Reza shrine in
Mashhad. According to the contemporary court scribe and chronicler
Iskandar Beg Munshi, Mirza Shokrollah failed to gain succees during this period due to his poor standing with the provincial governors. Mirza Shokrollah died in 1581 in
Damghan. He was the father of the
calligrapher Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi. ==References==