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Abbas the Great
Šāhānšāh-ī Īrān (King of Kings of Iran)
Zell'ollāh (Shadow of God)
Ṣāḥebqerān-ī-ʿAlāʾ (Supreme Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)

Abbas in a 16th or 17th century portrait

Shah of Iran
Reign1 October 1588 – 19 January 1629
Coronation1588
PredecessorMohammad Khodabanda
SuccessorSafi
Born27 January 1571
Herat, Safavid Iran (modern-day Afghanistan)
Died19 January 1629 (aged 57)
Mazandaran, Safavid Iran
BurialMausoleum of Shah Abbas I, Kashan, Iran
Consort
  • Oghlan Pasha Khanum
  • Yakhan Begum
  • Fakhr Jahan Begum
  • Princess Marta
  • Fatima Sultan Begum
  • Tamar Amilakhori
IssueSee below
Full name
English: Abbas the Great
Persian: عباس بزرگ
DynastySafavid
FatherMohammad Khodabanda
MotherKhayr al-Nisa Begum
ReligionShia Islam

Abbas I (Persian: عباس یکم; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (