# 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.
* Haneda, Masashi (1989). The Evolution of the Safavid Royal Guard. Vol. 22. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 22, no. 2/3. pp. 57–85. doi:10.1080/00210868908701731. ISBN 0857731815. JSTOR 4310668. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
* 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.