The Qurchi-bashi ( fa, قورچی‌باشی‌), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (), was the head of the '' qurchis'', the royal bodyguard of the Safavid

shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

. 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 Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Safavid Iran, Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His re ...

* 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 Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after ...

* 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 Ismail II (; Born Ismail Mirza; 31 May 1537 – 24 November 1577) was the third Shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum. By the orders of Tahmasp, Ismail spent twent ...

* 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 Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; fa, شاه محمد خدابنده, born 1532; died 1595 or 1596), was the fourth Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587 by his son Abbas I. Khodabanda had succeeded his brothe ...

* 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 Isa Khan Safavi ( fa, عیسی خان صفوی), also known as Isa Khan Shaykhavand () was a Safavid prince, who occupied high offices under king (shah) Abbas I (r. 1588–1629). Biography Isa Khan was the grandson of the Safavid ''vizier'' M ...

(1612-1631)

Reign of
Shah Safi Sam Mirza ( fa, سام میرزا) (161112 May 1642), better known by his dynastic name of Shah Safi ( fa, شاه صفی), was the sixth Safavid shah (king) of Iran, ruling from 1629 to 1642. Early life Safi was given the name Sam Mirza when ...

(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 Saru Khan Sahandlu ( fa, سارو خان سهندلو) was a powerful and high-ranking aristocrat from the Turkoman Sahandlu tribe, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (''qurchi-bashi'') from 1682 to 1691. In 1690, he had 40 members of t ...

(1682-1691) * Shahqoli Khan Zanganeh (1691-1699)

Reign of Sultan Husayn

* 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 Tahmasp II ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 1704? – 11 February 1740) was one of the last Safavid rulers of Persia (Iran). Name "Tahmasp" ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb) is a New Persian name, ultimately derived from Ol ...

* Nader Qoli Beg (1726-1730) * Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu (1730-1733)

Reign of
Abbas III Abbas III (January 1732 – February 1740) ( fa, شاه عباس سوم) was a son of Shah Tahmasp II and Shahpari Begum of the Safavid dynasty and reigned from 1732 to 1736. After the deposition of his father by Nader Khan (the future Nader ...

* Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu (1730-1733) * Qasem Beg Qajar (1733-1736)

Sources

* * * Michael Axworthy, ''The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant'' Hardcover 348 pages (26 July 2006) Publisher:

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Language: English * {{cite book , title = A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods, 1500-1925 , year = 1998 , publisher = Bibliotheca Persica Press , last = Floor , first = Willem M. , pages = 1–573, isbn = 9780933273290 , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XF8WAQAAMAAJ&q=false Qurchi-bashi Iranian military-related lists Lists of office-holders in Iran

List of ''Qurchi-bashis''

Reign of Ismail I Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Safavid Iran, Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His re ...

Reign of Tahmasp I Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after ...

Reign of Ismail II Ismail II (; Born Ismail Mirza; 31 May 1537 – 24 November 1577) was the third Shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum. By the orders of Tahmasp, Ismail spent twent ...

Reign of Mohammad Khodabanda Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; fa, شاه محمد خدابنده, born 1532; died 1595 or 1596), was the fourth Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587 by his son Abbas I. Khodabanda had succeeded his brothe ...