Editing Tahmasp I (section)

=== Military ===
The [[Military of Safavid Iran|Safavid military]] evolved during Tahmasp's reign. The first corps of [[Artillery#Crew|gunners]] ({{Transliteration|Fa|tupchiyan}}) and [[musketeer]]s ({{Transliteration|Fa|tufangchiyan}}), developed initially during Ismail I's reign, came to be used in his army. A court chronicle's retelling of Battle of Jam and a military review in 1530 show that the Safavid army was armed with several hundred light canons and several thousand infantrymen.{{Sfn|Savory|2007|p=57}} {{Transliteration|Tr|Gollar-aghasis}}, military slaves developed by Tahmasp from Caucasus prisoners, commanded the {{Transliteration|Fa|tufangchiyan}} and {{Transliteration|Fa|tupchiyan}}.{{Sfn|Streusand|2019|p=170}} To lessen Qizilbash power, he discontinued the titles of {{Transliteration|Ar|amir al-umara}} and {{Transliteration|Fa|vakil}}.{{Sfn|Savory|Bosworth|2012}} The {{Transliteration|Tr|[[Military of Safavid Iran#Qurchi-bashi|qurchi-bashi]]}} (the commander of the {{Transliteration|Tr|qurchi}}''s''), formerly subordinate to the {{Transliteration|Ar|amir al-umara}}, became the chief Safavid military officer.{{Sfn|Savory|2007|p=56}}

After the Peace of Amasya in 1555, Tahmasp became an avaricious person who did not care how and where his troops obtained their pay, even if it was through criminal means. By 1575, Iran's troops had not been paid for four years. They are said to have accepted this because, as one chronicler put it, 'they loved the shah so much'.{{Sfn|Floor|2021|p=229}}