The Tofangchi-aghasi, also spelled Tufangchi-aqasi, and otherwise known as the Tofangchi-bashi, was the commander of the Safavid Empire's musketeer corps, the tofangchis. The tofangchi-aghasi was assisted by numerous officers, i.e. minbashis, yuzbashis, dahbashis, as well as an administrative staff (i.e. vizier, mostoufi). Though the tofangchi-aghasi was considered to be a high-ranking office on paper, de facto, it was one of the lowest on the "military totem-pole" compared to the other commanding offices. Nevertheless, the post was generally held by scions of noble families.
List of Tofangchi-aghasis
Reign of Ismail I Mirza Shah Hossein (1516)
Reign of Tahmasp I Kur Hasan (1529) ? Mir Saheb-e Qoshun (1576)
Reign of Ismail II Mir Saheb-e Qoshun (1576) ?
Reign of Mohammad Khodabanda ?
Reign of Abbas I Esma'il Beg (1614–1615) Zaman Beg (1629)
Reign of Safi Rostam Beg (1630) Mir Fatteh Qumesheh'i (1634–1635) Aqa Taher (1635–1643)
Reign of Abbas II Aqa Taher (1635–1643) Qalander Soltan Chuleh (1643–1661) Budaq Soltan (1661–1668)
Reign of Suleiman I Budaq Soltan (1661–1668) Sheikh 'Ali Khan Zanganeh (1668–1669) Abbas Beg Zanganeh (1669–1670) Kaykhosrow Khan (1670–1674) Hajji 'Ali Khan Zanganeh (1674–1691) Eshaq Khan (?)
Reign of Soltan Hoseyn Eshaq Khan (?) Musa Khan (1711–1715) Hosein Ali Khan (1717–1720) Mohammad Ali Khan Mokri (1720–1722)
Reign of Tahmasp II Ahmad Khan (1723) Shahverdi Khan Cheshmkazik (1724)
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