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Mohammad Khodabanda
Mohammad Khodabanda (detail) by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi
Shah of Iran
Reign11 February 1578 – October 1587
PredecessorIsmail II
SuccessorAbbas I
Born1532
Died1595 (aged 64)
Alamut Castle, Qazvin
BurialImam Husayn Shrine, Kerbala, Iraq
ConsortKhayr al-Nisa Begum
Issue
DynastySafavid
FatherTahmasp I
MotherSultanum Begum
ReligionTwelver Shi'a Islam

Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; Persian: شاه محمد خدابنده; 1532 – 1595) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 to 1587. He was the brother and successor of Ismail II (r. 1576–1577).

Biography

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Mohammad Khodabanda was born in 1532.[1] Khodabanda (meaning "the slave of God"[2]) had been his nickname since his childhood.[3] He was the eldest son of Tahmasp I.[2] His mother was Sultanum Begum, a member of the Turkoman Mawsillu tribe.[1] He had a full-brother named Ismail II, who was approximately five years younger than him.[4]

At the age of six, he was installed as the governor of Khorasan, accompanied by Sharaf al-Din Aghlitaklu as his guardian and amir al-umara (commander-in-chief) of the region.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Newman 2008, p. 29.
  2. ^ a b Blow 2009, p. 16.
  3. ^ a b Razposh.
  4. ^ Newman 2008, p. 41.

Sources

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  • Blow, David (2009). Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend. London, UK: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-989-8. LCCN 2009464064.
  • Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.

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