{"slug": "abbas-the-great", "label": "Abbas the Great", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_the_Great", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171349", "qid": "Q171349", "description": "Shah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629)", "entries": 16, "years": 14, "span": [1571, 1629], "span_label": ["1571 CE", "1629 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Abbas I of Persia", "Abbas I of Safavid"], "related": [{"slug": "safavid-dynasty", "label": "Safavid dynasty", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "tabriz", "label": "Tabriz", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moscow", "label": "Moscow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "safavid-iran", "label": "Safavid Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenians", "label": "Armenians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isfahan", "label": "Isfahan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yerevan", "label": "Yerevan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tbilisi", "label": "Tbilisi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – Abbas I of Safavid, Shah of Iran (d. 1629)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#Births", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1587, "year_label": "1587 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Shāh ‘Abbās I \"The Great\" succeeds as Shahanshah of Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362478812#October–December", "title": "1587", "revid": 1362478812, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1588, "year_label": "1588 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – The ascension of Shah Abbas I as Emperor in Iran, of the Safavid Empire, is made official on the first day of the New Year on the Zoroastrian Calendar. Abbas has ruled since October 16, 1587.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362479687#January–March", "title": "1588", "revid": 1362479687, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1589, "year_label": "1589 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Abbas the Great, who has recently become the Safavid Emperor of Persia, arranges the assassination of his benefactor, the Viceroy Murshid Qoli Khan at a banquet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359971295#July–September", "title": "1589", "revid": 1359971295, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abbas I ends the Uzbek raids on his lands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#Date_unknown", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November", "text": "November – Persian embassy to Europe (1599–1602): A diplomatic delegation from Safavid Persia, led by Hossein Ali Beg Bayat and his staff after being dispatched by the Shah Abbas the Great, arrives in Moscow as part of a mission to enlist European nations into an alliance against the Ottoman Empire. The Persians are accompanied by English adventurer Anthony Shirley, who had persuaded Shah Abbas to undertake the initiative.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#October–December", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Emperor Rudolf II grants an audience in Prague to Persian diplomats Husayn 'Ali Beg and Anthony Shirley, and present the offer of Persia's King Abbas the Great to supply weapons to the Empire in their fight against the Ottomans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#October–December", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): Led by Iranian Emperor Abbas the Great, the Safavid Army of Iran stages a surprise attack on Tabriz, which had been taken from the Safavids by the Ottoman Empire in 1588. Tabriz is recaptured after 29 days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#July–September", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618): The Safavid Army of Iran, led by Emperor Abbas the Great, recaptures Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire after 15 years of Ottoman occupation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#October–December", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–18): Shāh Abbas I of Persia's Safavid army captures the city of Yerevan from the Ottoman Empire after a siege. At this time the Shāh begins the expulsion of Armenians from Jolfa to New Julfa in his capital of Isfahan; more than 25,000 die during the exodus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#April–June", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The Iranian Safavid ruler Abbas the Great leads the Persian troops to a victory over a larger force of Ottoman Empire troops in the Battle of Sufiyan, and captures Tabriz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#October–December", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1614, "year_label": "1614 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – Iran's Safavid dynasty Emperor, Abbas the Great, carries out the execution of his oldest son, Crown Prince Mohammad Baqer Mirza, on suspicion that his son is planning to kill him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372816433#January–March", "title": "1614", "revid": 1372816433, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Easter – Persian Safavid hordes, led by Shah Abbas the Great, kill all the monks at the David Gareja monastery complex in Georgia, and set fire to its collection of manuscripts and works of art.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365922608#Date_unknown", "title": "1615", "revid": 1365922608, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns occur as progressive combats. Abbas I of Persia captures Tbilisi following a conflict with the Georgian soldiers and the general populace. After the capture of Tbilisi, Abbas I confronts an Ottoman army. The battle takes place near Lake Gökçe, and results in a Safavid victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Abbas the Great, 5th Safavid Shāh of Persia (b. 1571)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#Deaths", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Sam Mirza, son of the late Mohammad Baqer Mirza and grandson of Abbas the Great, is crowned as the new Shah of Persia and takes the regnal name Safi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#January–March", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}