List of Tofangchi-aghasis

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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 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.

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List of Tofangchi-aghasis

Reign of Ismail I

Reign of Tahmasp I

Reign of Ismail II

Reign of Mohammad Khodabanda

Reign of Abbas I

Reign of Shah Safi

Reign of Abbas II

Reign of Suleiman I

Reign of Sultan Husayn

Reign of Tahmasp II

Notes

  1. Held the posts of nazer and tofangchi-aghasi.
  2. Brother of his predecessor. Also known as Mir Fattah-e Thani.
  3. Tofangchi-aghasi and tupchi-bashi in 1660-1661. "He also received Aberqu as a teyul, which, since then, always has been bestowed on the tofangchi-aghasi."
  4. Eldest son of his predecessor, Sheikh 'Ali Khan Zanganeh. Later became mīr shekār-bāshi ("master of the hunt") as well.
  5. Appointed on 27 September 1715. Was disgraced in the "alleged conspiracy" of 1720.
  6. Also referred to as Shahverdi Khan Kivanlu by Mostoufi.

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