Mohammad Khodabanda

Timeline

1. 1581–1585Qazvin · Qazvin ProvinceIn the early 1580s, though nominally shah, Khodabanda shared real power with Queen Mah Begum and the crown prince Abbas. Qizilbash tribes maintained their own armed forces, and the court was torn by disputes over the succession and over pro-Ottoman versus pro-Uzbek policies, steadily draining state strength.
2. 1587Qazvin · Qazvin ProvinceIn October 1587, backed by Qizilbash commanders, Abbas I staged a coup and Khodabanda was forced to abdicate. He thereafter withdrew into seclusion, no longer interfering in state affairs, as the Safavid regime entered the rebuilding and expansion of the Abbasian era.