The Qollar-aghasi, also spelled Qullar-aqasi, was the commander of the Safavid Empire's élite gholam (also spelled ghulam) corps. The word means lord of slaves in Azeri (qullar means 'slaves' and ağası means 'lord of'). The holder of the office was one of the most powerful individuals in the entire Safavid state, and in fact by the end of the Safavid-era, he was the most important military official after the qurchi-bashi.
List of Qollar-aghasis
Reign of Abbas I
Reign of Shah Safi
Reign of Abbas II
Reign of Suleiman I
Reign of Sultan Husayn
Reign of Tahmasp II
- Mohammad Ali Khan (1724)
- Mohammad Mo'men Beg (1730-1732)
Reign of Abbas III
- Mohammad Mo'men Beg (1730-1732)
- Rezaqoli Khan (1733)
- Mohammad-Ali (1734-1736)
Notes
- ^ Later known as Rostam/Rostom Khan.
- ^ Later known as Rostam/Rostom Khan.
- ^ He was the deputy qollar-aghasi.
Sources
- Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. pp. 171–174. ISBN 978-1568591353.
- Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, by Mirza Naqi Nasiri. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. p. 308. ISBN 978-1933823232.
- Haneda, M. (1986). "ARMY iii. Safavid Period". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5. pp. 503–506.
