List of Qurchi-bashis
Head of Safavid royal bodyguards
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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
Reign of Ismail I
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Esmailqoli khan (1584)
Reign of Abbas I
- 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 Safi
- 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
- Jani Beg Khan Shamlu (1638–1645)
- Mortezaqoli Khan Begdeli Shamlu (1645–1648)
- Mortezaqoli Khan Qajar (1648–1663)
Reign of Suleiman I
- Kalb 'Ali Khan (1668–1682)
- Saru Khan Sahandlu (1682–1691)
- Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (1691–1699)
Reign of Soltan Hoseyn
- 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
- Nader Qoli Beg (1726–1730)
- Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu (1730–1733)
Reign of Abbas III
- Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu (1730–1733)
- Qasem Beg Qajar (1733–1736)
Sources
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