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 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 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