# Kalantar (title)

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Mayor in charge of a town in Iran

*[Farman](/source/Firman)* (decree) by the [Safavid](/source/Safavid_dynasty) shah [Soltan Hoseyn](/source/Soltan_Hoseyn) appointing Mirza Mohammad Taqi as *kalantar* of [Yazd](/source/Yazd), dated 1712

***Kalantar*** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): کلانتر) was a term which referred to the [mayor](/source/Mayor) in charge of a town in [Iran](/source/History_of_Iran). By the end of the 19th century, other authorities who represented new systems of governance had largely replaced the *kalantar's* position. Members of [Bakhtiari](/source/Bakhtiari_people) and [Qashqai](/source/Qashqai_people) tribes still use the term to refer to the leaders of their respective tribal divisions.[1]

In [Safavid Iran](/source/Safavid_Iran), the *kalantar* of the [Armenian](/source/Iranian_Armenians) community in [New Julfa](/source/New_Julfa) was a significant and influential figure. Usually of Armenian stock, his duties were comparable to those of a *kalantar* in other towns or districts. In the 17th and 18th centuries, [Safavid Georgia](/source/Safavid_Georgia) also had a well-known official called the *kalantar*, whose duties appear to have broadly matched those of the *kalantar* in towns of mainland Iran.[2]

The word is related to Persian *kalān*, which means "big, great".[1][2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFloor2010366–367_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFloor2010366–367_1-1) [Floor 2010](#CITEREFFloor2010), pp. 366–367.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELambton1978_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELambton1978_2-1) [Lambton 1978](#CITEREFLambton1978).

## Sources

- Floor, Willem (2010). ["Kalāntar"](https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-iranica-online/kalantar-COM_770). In [Yarshater, Ehsan](/source/Ehsan_Yarshater) (ed.). *[Encyclopædia Iranica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Iranica)*. Vol. XV/4: Kafir Kala–Ḵamsa of Jamāli. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 366–367. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-934283-26-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-934283-26-4).

- Lambton, A.K.S. (1978). ["Kalāntar"](https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIRO/COM-770.xml). In [van Donzel, E.](/source/Emeri_Johannes_van_Donzel); [Lewis, B.](/source/Bernard_Lewis); [Pellat, Ch.](/source/Charles_Pellat) & [Bosworth, C. E.](/source/C._E._Bosworth) (eds.). *[The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2).*Volume IV:*Iran–Kha*. Leiden: E. J. Brill. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-05745-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-05745-6). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [758278456](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/758278456).

- Chardonnet, Sylvain (March 2025). ["Le passage de Mehmet Reza beg, kalantar d'Erevan et ambassadeur de Perse, à Moulins et en Bourbonnais (janvier 1715)"](https://www.academia.edu/161237605/Le_passage_de_Mehmet_Reza_beg_kalantar_d_Erevan_et_ambassadeur_de_Perse_%C3%A0_Moulins_et_en_Bourbonnais_janvier_1715_). *Études Bourbonnaises* (in French). **381**. Moulins: Société bourbonnaise des études locales: 161–185. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0980-7225](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0980-7225).

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