List of Qurchi-bashis

The Qurchi-bashi, 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.

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)
 * 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)