 In 1656, the people of Isfahan rebelled against Parsadan Gorgijanidze, who was the prefect of the city.Abbas II quickly had Parsadan removed from the office and appointed him as the Master of ceremonies of the Safavid court.In 1659, the Kingdom of Kakheti rose up against the Safavid Iranian rule, known as the Bakhtrioni Uprising, due to a change of policy that included the settling of Qizilbash Turkoman tribes in the region.