Qurchi (royal bodyguard)
The qurchis or qorchis (Persian: قورچی, qūṛčī) were the royal bodyguard of the Safavid shah. The head of the qurchis was known as the qurchi-bashi.
| Active | 1501-1736
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| Size | c. 1,000-3,000 (under Ismail I)
5,000 (under Tahmasp I) c. 6,000 (under Ismail II) < 3,000 (under Mohammad Khodabanda) 10,000-15,000 (under Abbas I) 20,000 (course of the 17th century) |
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