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List of Qurchi-bashis

The Qurchi-bashi (), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (), 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

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

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

  • 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