The Qurchi-bashi (Persian: قورچیباشی), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (قرچیباشی), was the head of the qurchis, the royal bodyguard of the Safavid shah. There were also qurch-bashis who were stationed in some of the provinces and cities. They were all, however, subordinate to the supreme qurchi-bashi, listed in this article.
List of Qurchi-bashis edit
Reign of Ismail I edit
- Abdal Beg Talish (1506-1507)
- Yakan Beg Tekkelu (1509-1510)
- Saru-Pireh Ustajlu (1512)
- Montasha Soltan Ustajlu (1513)
- Yarash Beg Ustajlu (1514)
- Ali Soltan Chichkelu (1518)
Reign of Tahmasp I edit
- Nadhr Beg (1524)
- Bakr Beg Ustajlu (1526-1527)
- Tatar-oghli Tekkelu (1528-1529)
- Duraq Beg Tekkelu (1529-1530)
- Dura Beg - or Dedeh Beg (1531)
- Parvaneh Beg Tekkelu (1531)
- Khalifeh Mohammad Shamlu (1533-1534)
- Ughlan Khalifeh Shamlu (1534)
- Shir Hasan (Dhu'l-Qadr?; 1534)
- Sevenduk Beg Afshar (1534-1562)
- ?
- Ahmad Beg Afshar (1574)
- Yusefqoli Soltan Afshar (1576-1577)
- Qoli Beg Afshar (1576-1577)
Reign of Ismail II edit
- Yusefqoli Soltan Afshar (1576-1577)
- Qoli Beg Afshar (1576-1577)
- Eskandar Beg Afshar (1577)
- Qoli Beg Afshar (1577)
- Tahmaspqoli Soltan Afshar (1577)
- Kachal Mostafa Afshar (1577)
Reign of Mohammad Khodabanda edit
- Esmailqoli khan (1584)
Reign of Abbas I edit
- Yusef Khan, son of Qoli Beg Afshar (1587-1588)
- Badr Beg Afshar (1587-1588)
- Vali Khan Afshar (1588-1589)
- Allahqoli Beg Qapameh-oghli Qajar (1591-1612)
- Isa Khan Safavi (1612-1631)
Reign of Shah Safi edit
- Isa Khan Safavi (1612-1631)
- Cheragh Khan Zahedi (1631-1632)
- Emir Khan Soklan Dhu'l-Qadr (1632-1638)
- Jani Beg Khan Shamlu (1638-1645)
Reign of Abbas II edit
- Jani Beg Khan Shamlu (1638-1645)
- Mortezaqoli Khan Begdeli Shamlu (1645-1648)
- Mortezaqoli Khan Qajar (1648-1663)
Reign of Suleiman I edit
- Kalb 'Ali Khan (1668-1682)
- Saru Khan Sahandlu (1682-1691)
- Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (1691-1699)
Reign of Sultan Husayn edit
- Mortezaqoli Khan Bijerlu (1698-1699)
- Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (?-1707)
- Jafarqoli Khan Hatemi (171?)
- Mohammad Zaman Khan Shamlu (1711)
- Safiqoli Khan (1715)
- Mohammadqoli Khan Shamlu (1716-1720)
- Aliqoli Khan Zanganeh (1720-1721)
- Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh (1721)
- Mostafaqoli Khan Sa'adlu (1721)
- Farajollah Khan Abdollu (1721)
- Mohammad Khan Abdollu (1721)
Reign of Tahmasp II edit
- Nader Qoli Beg (1726-1730)
- Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu (1730-1733)
Reign of Abbas III edit
- Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu (1730-1733)
- Qasem Beg Qajar (1733-1736)
Sources edit
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- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. pp. 140–149. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- Haneda, Masashi (1989). The Evolution of the Safavid Royal Guard. Vol. 22. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 22, no. 2/3. pp. 57–85. doi:10.1080/00210868908701731. ISBN 0857731815. JSTOR 4310668.
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- Floor, Willem M. (1998). A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods, 1500-1925. Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 1–573. ISBN 9780933273290.