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  2. Abbas the Great - Wikipedia

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    Abbas I (Persian: عباس یکم, romanized: ʿAbbās yekom; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (Persian: عباس بزرگ, romanized: ʿAbbās-e Bozorg), was the fifth Safavid shah of Iran from 1588 to 1629.

  3. Iranian Armenia (1502–1828) - Wikipedia

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    Armies sent in pursuit of the Shah in 1605 were defeated, and by 1606 Abbas had regained all of the territory lost to the Turks earlier in his reign. The scorched-earth tactic had worked, though at a terrible cost to the Armenian people. Of the 300,000 deported, it is estimated that under half survived the march to Isfahan.

  4. Shah Abbas - Wikipedia

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    Shah Abbas is the name of: Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629), Shah (ruler) of Iran, at apex of the Safavid dynasty Abbas II of Persia (1633–1666), Shah (ruler) of Iran, son of Shah Safi

  5. Great Surgun - Wikipedia

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    The Great Surgun (Armenian: Մեծ սուրգուն, the Great Exile) [1] was the forced deportation of the population (mainly Armenians) from Eastern Armenia to the territory of the central and northern parts of Safavid Iran, which was carried out in 1604-1605 by the order of Shah Abbas the Great during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618).

  6. Safavid capture of Tabriz (1603) - Wikipedia

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    In September 1603, Shah Abbas attacked the Ottomans, thus initiating the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618. [4] Shah Abbas benefited greatly from the timing of the war. Despite his defeat at Balkh, the Uzbek threat had ended for the time being, and his authority was no longer in question within Iran. On the other hand, war and internal ...

  7. Abbas II of Persia - Wikipedia

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    Abbas II (Persian: عباس دوم, romanized: ʿAbbās II; born Soltan Mohammad Mirza; 30 August 1632 – 26 October 1666) was the seventh Shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1642 to 1666. As the eldest son of Safi and his Circassian wife, Anna Khanum , he inherited the throne when he was nine, and had to rely on a regency led by Saru Taqi , the ...

  8. Mausoleum of Shah Abbas I - Wikipedia

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    The Mausoleum of Shah Abbas I (Persian: آرامگاه شاه عباس بزرگ) is the burial place of Abbas I, the Safavid king of Persia. The mausoleum is located in Kashan, Iran. According to the dates on the mihrab of the tomb, the primary structure was built before 12th century. The structure was expanded in the Safavid era.

  9. Battle of Sufiyan - Wikipedia

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    Allahverdi Khan returned to Abbas I with the severed heads of defeated Ottomans. These were paraded at the battlefield of Chaldiran in a symbolic visit by Abbas. This was the very site where the first Safavid ruler, Ismail I (r. 1501–1524), Abbas's great-grandfather, suffered a defeat in 1514 at the hands of the Ottomans. [1]