List of Tupchi-bashis
# List of Tupchi-bashis

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

### Reign of Ismail I

* Hamza Beg (1507)
* Mahmud Beg (1516)

### Reign of Tahmasp I

* Ostad Sheikhi Beg (1528-1529)
* Sheikh Ali (1538-1539)
* Darvish Beg (1551-1552)
* Soleiman Beg (1556-1557)

### Reign of Mohammad Khodabanda

* Morad Khan (1580-1581)

### Reign of Abbas I

* Qoreiqchi Khan (1605-1606)
* Barkhordar Beg (1610)

### Reign of Safi

* Mortezaqoli Beg (1637-1638)
* Morad Beg (1642)

### Reign of Abbas II

* Morad Beg (1642)
* Mohammad Beg (1649)
* Hoseinqoli Khan (1655)
* Qalandar Soltan Chuleh Chaghatay (1660-1661)

### Reign of Suleiman I

* Najafqoli Beg (1669-1679)
* Mohammad Hosein Beg (1679-?)
* Musa Beg (1692)
* Abd ol-Razzaq Beg (1693-1695)

### Reign of Sultan Husayn

* 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)

### Reign of Tahmasp II

* Emin Khan (1728-1729)
* Taher Beg (1730-1731)
* Mohammadqoli Khan (1731-1732)
* Yar Beg Khan (1732)

### Reign of Abbas III

* Yar Beg Khan (1732)
* Mehdi Khan (1733)
