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Abbas II

Type Figure Region Persia Time 1633–1666 Also known as Abbas II of Persia、شاه عباس دوم、Shah Abbas II

Seventh Safavid shah (r. 1642–1666), born in Isfahan; enthroned as a child, he continued centralization and state Shiism, contested Kandahar with the…

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  1. 1642–1651Isfahan · IsfahanHe inherited the throne at only nine years old; with the aid of regents and court ministers he consolidated royal power, continuing the state Shia establishment and military pressure on the Caucasus and Mesopotamian frontiers.
  2. 1651–1660Isfahan · IsfahanAfter taking personal charge he reformed finances and the army; in the 1650s he maintained tense confrontation with the Mughal Empire over Kandahar, negotiated silk trade and Persian Gulf shipping rights with the Dutch East India Company, and continued expanding palaces and gardens in the capital.
  3. 1660–1666Isfahan · IsfahanIn his later years his health deteriorated, but he maintained defensive deployments along the Caucasus and Ottoman frontiers; he died of illness in Isfahan in 1666, on the eve of the Safavid Empire's decline.

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