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

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