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military administration; the qollar-aghasi, the qurchi-bashi, and the
tofangchi-aghasi. At
least three of the
leading commanding posts had a reserved...
- 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 also
carried a
melee weapon such as
either a long
dagger (Khanjar) or a
curved Persian sword (shamshir).
Generally the
Tofangchi were equipped...
- cavalry) 24 000
Bakhtiari (cavalry and
tofangchi infantry) 3 000 Iraqi, i.e. from
Persian Iraq (Persian
tofangchi infantry) 12 000 Fars (including Khuzestan...
- Commander-in-chief Qurchi-bashi Qollar-aghasi Tupchi-bashi
Tofangchi-aghasi
Units Qizilbash Gholam Qurchi Tupchi Tofangchi Conflicts Ottoman–Persian wars Persian–Portuguese...
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court amirs (the qurchi-bashi, qollar-aghasi, eshik-aqasi-bashi, and
tofangchi-aghasi)
formed the "close
council of state" as they did in the late Safavid...
- year of 1741, took part in the campaign.
Nader first sent 10,000
mounted Tofangchi led by Mir Alam Khan Khazime,
Esmail Beig Minbâshi and
Zaman Beig Minbâshi...
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Georgian descent. He
served as the
commander of the
musketeer corps (
tofangchi-aghasi) from 1670 to 1674,
during the
reign of king
Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694)...
- بان شيروان, also
Romanized as Bān Shīrvān; also
known as Bān Shīrvān-e
Tofangchī) is a
village in
Qalkhani Rural District,
Gahvareh District,
Dalahu County...
- weapons.
Within two
years of Chaldiran,
Ismail had a
corps of
musketeers (
tofangchi)
numbering 8,000, and by 1521,
possibly 20,000.
After Abbas the Great...
