List of Tupchi-bashis explained
The Tupchi-bashi ("head of the tupchis") was the commander of the Safavid Empire's artillery corps. He was responsible for the artillery battery (tup-khaneh) and needed materials in relation to the artillery pieces as well. The tupchi-bashi received assistance by an administrative staff, as well as by various officers of lower rank. The term tupchi-bashi was also used to designate the commanders of local artillery batteries in the various cities and provinces of the empire.
List of Tupchi-bashis
- Hamza Beg (1507)
- Mahmud Beg (1516)
- Ostad Sheikhi Beg (1528-1529)
- Sheikh Ali (1538-1539)
- Darvish Beg (1551-1552)
- Soleiman Beg (1556-1557)
- Qoreiqchi Khan (1605-1606)
- Barkhordar Beg (1610)
Reign of Safi
- Mortezaqoli Beg (1637-1638)
- Morad Beg (1642)
- Morad Beg (1642)
- Mohammad Beg (1649)
- Hoseinqoli Khan (1655)
- Qalandar Soltan Chuleh Chaghatay (1660-1661)
- Najafqoli Beg (1669-1679)
- Mohammad Hosein Beg (1679-?)
- Musa Beg (1692)
- Abd ol-Razzaq Beg (1693-1695)
- Abd ol-Razzaq Beg (1693-1695)
- Abdi Aqa (1697-1698)
- Aliqoli Khan (1711-1714)
- Mohebb-Ali Khan (1716-1721)
- Ahmad Khan (1721)
- Mohammad-Ali Khan (1722)
- His son (1722)
- Emin Khan (1728-1729)
- Taher Beg (1730-1731)
- Mohammadqoli Khan (1731-1732)
- Yar Beg Khan (1732)
- Yar Beg Khan (1732)
- Mehdi Khan (1733)
Sources
- Book: Floor. Willem. Safavid Government Institutions. 2001. Mazda Publishers. Costa Mesa, California. 978-1568591353. 188–199.
- Book: Mikaberidze. Alexander. Historical Dictionary of Georgia. 2015. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1442241466. 2. 362.
- Book: Savory. Roger. Iran Under the Safavids. 2007. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0521042512. 59, 92.
