奇兹尔巴什，突厥语红头，是指信仰伊斯兰教什叶派的土库曼斯坦人民兵。他们是萨非王朝三大支柱之一。

他们绝大多数是来自小亚细亚东部及叙利亚的土库曼斯坦人，是萨法维耶教团的追随者。1502年伊斯梅尔一世打败白羊王朝后他们成为半官方军队。

但因他们是牧民不时侵害城市居民，阿拔斯一世进行军事改革后他们退居次要位置。

Qizilbash or Kizilbash (sometimes also Qezelbash or Qazilbash) is the label given to a wide variety of Shi'i militant groups that flourished in Azerbaijan, Anatolia and Kurdistan from the late 13th century onwards, some of which contributed to the foundation of the Safavid dynasty of Iran.