List of Qurchi-bashis
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The Qurchi-bashi ({{langx|fa|قورچیباشی}}), also spelled Qorchi-bashi ({{lang|fa|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 of Persia|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 of Persia|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 of Persia|Abbas II]]=
- Jani Beg Khan Shamlu (1638-1645)
- Mortezaqoli Khan Begdeli Shamlu (1645-1648)
- Mortezaqoli Khan Qajar (1648-1663)
=Reign of [[Suleiman I of Persia|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
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- {{cite book|last1=Floor|first1=Willem|title=Safavid Government Institutions|date=2001|publisher=Mazda Publishers|location=Costa Mesa, California|isbn=978-1568591353|pages=140–149}}
- {{cite book | title = The Evolution of the Safavid Royal Guard | year = 1989 | publisher = Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 22, no. 2/3 | last = Haneda | first = Masashi | journal = Iranian Studies | volume = 22 | issue = 2/3 | pages = 57–85 | doi = 10.1080/00210868908701731 | isbn = 0857731815 | jstor = 4310668}}
- 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}}
- {{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 }}