Abbas I

Type Figure Region Safavid Persia Time 1571–1629 Also known as Shah Abbas I、Abbas the Great、阿拔斯大帝

Abbas I (1571–1629), fifth shah of Safavid Persia, reorganized the army, moved the capital to Isfahan, and long confronted the Ottomans, making Persi…

Timeline

1588–1600Qazvin · IranAcceded amid civil war in 1588, weakened Uzbek and Ottoman threats, reorganized a standing army centered on musketeers and artillery, and curbed tribal nobles' constraints on royal power.
1600–1620Isfahan · IranMoved the capital to Isfahan in 1598 and undertook major construction; from 1611–1620 repeatedly fought the Ottomans on the Iraqi and Caucasian frontiers while expanding east into Khorasan and Central Asia, and pursued diplomacy with England and the Papacy to counterbalance the Ottomans.
1620–1629Isfahan · IranIn the 1620s continued to consolidate domestic and religious policies; died in 1629, leaving a powerful, highly centralized Persian empire with Shia Islam as the state religion.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica: ʿAbbās I https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abbas-I
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods — Peter Jackson and Lawrence Lockhart (1986)