The

Tupchi-bashi The Tupchi-bashi ("head of the tupchis") was the commander of the Safavid Empire's artillery corps. He was responsible for the artillery battery (''tup-khaneh'') and needed materials in relation to the artillery pieces as well. The ''tupchi-bash ...

("head of the tupchis") was the commander of the

Safavid Empire Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...

's artillery corps. He was responsible for the

artillery battery In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to fac ...

(''tup-khaneh'') and needed materials in relation to the artillery pieces as well. The ''tupchi-bashi'' received assistance by an administrative staff, as well as by various officers of lower rank. The term ''tupchi-bashi'' was also used to designate the commanders of local artillery batteries in the various cities and provinces of the empire.

List of ''Tupchi-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 ...

* Hamza Beg (1507) * Mahmud Beg (1516)

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 t ...

* Ostad Sheikhi Beg (1528-1529) * Sheikh Ali (1538-1539) * Darvish Beg (1551-1552) * Soleiman Beg (1556-1557)

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 ...

* Morad Khan (1580-1581)

Reign of Abbas I

* Qoreiqchi Khan (1605-1606) * Barkhordar Beg (1610)

Reign of Safi

* Mortezaqoli Beg (1637-1638) * Morad Beg (1642)

Reign of Abbas II

* Morad Beg (1642) * Mohammad Beg (1649) * Hoseinqoli Khan (1655) * Qalandar Soltan Chuleh Chaghatay (1660-1661)

Reign of Suleiman I

* Najafqoli Beg (1669-1679) * Mohammad Hosein Beg (1679-?) * Musa Beg (1692) * Abd ol-Razzaq Beg (1693-1695)

Reign of
Sultan Husayn Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman (). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascen ...

* Abd ol-Razzaq Beg (1693-1695) * Abdi Aqa (1697-1698) *

Aliqoli Khan Aliqoli Khan ( fa, علیقلی بیگ کرجی d. 1667) was a Safavid official, '' gholam'', and high-ranking military commander of Georgian origin, who served during the reign of three consecutive Safavid kings (''shahs''); Safi (r. 1629–1642 ...

(1711-1714) * Mohebb-Ali Khan (1716-1721) * Ahmad Khan (1721) * Mohammad-Ali Khan (1722) * His son (1722)

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 Old ...

* Emin Khan (1728-1729) * Taher Beg (1730-1731) * Mohammadqoli Khan (1731-1732) * Yar Beg Khan (1732)

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 ...

* Yar Beg Khan (1732) * Mehdi Khan (1733)

Notes

Sources

* * * {{cite book, last1=Savory, first1=Roger, title=Iran Under the Safavids, date=2007, publisher=Cambridge University Press, location=Cambridge, isbn=978-0521042512, pages=59, 92 Tupchi-bashi Iranian military-related lists Lists of office-holders in Iran

List of ''Tupchi-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 t ...

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 ...