• Qurchi, also Kypim, is a major town in Bilchiragh District in the Faryab Province, in northern Afghanistan. It lies west of Negala. The town has a significant...
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  • had a qurchi corps to serve him, including a qurchi-bashi, and a legion of specialized qurchis for his "accoutrements" (i.e. qurchi-e zereh, qurchi-e kafsh...
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    qurchis or qorchis (Persian: قورچی, romanized: qūṛčī) were the royal bodyguard of the Safavid shah. The head of the qurchis was known as the qurchi-bashi...
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  • Qurchi Bashi (Persian: قورچي باشي) is a city in, and the capital of, Kamareh District of Khomeyn County, Markazi province, Iran. It also serves as the...
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  • Ali-ye Qurchi (Persian: علي قورچي, also Romanized as ‘Alī-ye Qūrchī, ‘Alī Qowrchī and ‘Alī Qūrchī) is a village in Hendudur Rural District, Sarband District...
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  • The Qurchi-bashi (Persian: قورچی‌باشی‌), also spelled Qorchi-bashi (قرچی‌باشی‌), was the head of the qurchis, the royal bodyguard of the Safavid shah....
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  • Qurchi Kandi (Persian: قورچي كندي, also Romanized as Qūrchī Kandī) is a village in Goyjah Bel Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County,...
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  • 16th-century Safavid historian and military officer. A cavalryman of the qurchi corps, he is principally known for his chronicle of Safavid history; the...
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    lines of communication with Gujarat. The first emissary was Jalal Khan Qurchi, a favoured servant of Akbar, who was unsuccessful in his mission. Next...
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  • portal Also romanized as Marzābād; also known as Qarahchī-ye Aḩmadābād and Qūrchī-ye Aḩmadābād OpenStreetMap contributors (4 September 2024). "Marzabad, Khoda...
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    years of his reign, a coalition of Saru Taqi, Jani Beg Khan Shamlu, the qurchi-bashi and Mohammad Beg, a statesman and the future grand vizier, effectively...
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    minister (etemad ol-dowleh, sadr-e azam) and resident court amirs (the qurchi-bashi, qollar-aghasi, eshik-aqasi-bashi, and tofangchi-aghasi) formed the...
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    Isa Khan Safavi (category Qurchi-bashi)
    In 1612, he was appointed by Abbas I as the head of the royal bodyguard (qurchi-bashi). In 1625, Isa Khan was appointed as the commander of the Safavid...
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    Nader Shah (category Qurchi-bashi)
    March 1736 Vacant Title next held by Mirza Ali Akbar Shirazi Military offices Mohammad Khan Abdollu Qurchi-bashi 1726–1730 Mohammad Reza Khan Abdollu...
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    2,302 2,331 −1.24% 30 Hendudur 1,918 2,103 −8.80% 31 Saruq 1,345 1,386 −2.96% 32 Qurchi Bashi 1,374 1,497 −8.22% 33 Razeghi 826 497 +66.20% Bazneh NA...
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  • Cheragh Khan Zahedi (category Qurchi-bashi)
    officer in Safavid Iran, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (qurchi-bashi) from 1631 until his death in 1632. Cheragh Khan was the son of a...
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  • steppes. He was a quiver bearer, as such often mentioned in sources as "Qurchi". He was appointed by Ögedei in the winter of 1230 to renew the Mongol conquests...
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  • is in Khomeyn County, Markazi province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qurchi Bashi. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population...
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    Shahsevans: these were 12,000 strong and built up from the small group of qurchis that Shah Abbas had inherited from his predecessor. The Shahsevans, or...
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  • the Safavid-era, he was the most important military official after the qurchi-bashi. Yulqoli Beg (1590) Allahverdi Khan (1591) Qarachaqay Khan (1617-1624)...
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  • citizens, but has also included all residents. 'Umar bin 'Abd al-'Aziz Qurchi, Samahat al-Islam. pp. 278–9. Maktabat al-'Adib. Kamaruddin Sharif; Wang...
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  • Saru Khan Sahandlu (category Qurchi-bashi)
    Turkoman Sahandlu tribe, who served as the head of the royal bodyguard (qurchi-bashi) from 1682 to 1691. In 1690, he had 40 members of the Zanganeh tribe...
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    discontinued the titles of amir al-umara and vakil. The qurchi-bashi (the commander of the qurchis), formerly subordinate to the amir al-umara, became the...
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  • Jani Beg Khan Shamlu (category Qurchi-bashi)
    died 15 October 1645) was the eshik-aqasi-bashi (master of ceremony) and qurchi-bashi (commander of the royal bodyguard) under the Safavid shahs (kings)...
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    County Delijan Naraq Farahan County Farmahin Saruq Khomeyn County Khomeyn Qurchi Bashi Khondab County Khondab Komijan County Komijan Milajerd Mahallat County...
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  • under Shah Safi (r. 1611–1642), Ali Beg became a member of the royal guard (qurchi). Ali Beg had three sons, Shaykh Ali Khan, Najaf Qoli Beg and Shahrokh Sultan...
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    County Delijan Naraq Farahan County Farmahin Saruq Khomeyn County Khomeyn Qurchi Bashi Khondab County Khondab Komijan County Komijan Milajerd Mahallat County...
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  • influential and important eunuchs at the time. In the past, he had served as a qurchi-e tarkesh and was a gholam-e khasseh and rish-sefid-e haram. His brother...
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    KHAN BIGDELI SHĀMLU(d. 1645), ishik-āqāsi-bāshi (master of ceremony) and qurchi-bāshi (head of the tribal guards) under the Safavid Shah Ṣafi I (r. 1629–42)...
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    court Georgians. However, he was immediately overthrown and killed by the qurchis (the royal bodyguards). After his death, with the support of the majority...
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