title: List of Tupchi-bashis
text: # 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)
  