List of Qurchi-bashis

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 Shah 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 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

• 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

• Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. pp. 140–149. ISBN 978-1568591353.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Haneda, Masashi (1989). The Evolution of the Safavid Royal Guard. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 22, no. 2/3. pp. 57–85. ISBN 0857731815. JSTOR 4310668.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Michael Axworthy, The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant Hardcover 348 pages (26 July 2006) Publisher: I.B. Tauris Language: English ISBN 1-85043-706-8
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)