Renaissance · Middle East · Politics

1587

Abbas I Becomes Safavid Shah

1587

A seventeen-year-old Safavid prince named Abbas, installed on the throne at Qazvin after palace intrigue and the blinding of his father, began cautiously rebuilding a Persia wracked by Uzbek and Ottoman invasions. He would reign for forty-two years and transform Isfahan into one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: 1574: Selim II Dies, Murad III Ascends
After: 1598: Shah Abbas Moves Capital to Isfahan

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1586: Hideyoshi Builds Osaka Castle
After: 1588: Hideyoshi's Sword Hunt

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.