What is Abbas II of Persia?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox monarch | name =Shah Abbas II | full name = | title = [[Shahanshah|Shahanshah of Persia]] | image= Shah Abbas I holding a falcon, Mughal style, late 17th century.jpg | caption = Shah Abbas II | reign = 15 May 1642 – 26 October 1666 | coronation = 15 May 1642 | predecessor = [[Safi of Persia|Safi I]] | successor = [[Suleiman I of Persia|Suleiman I]] | royal house = [[Safavi]] | father = [[Safi of Persia|Safi I]] | mother = Anna Khanum | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1632|12|31}} | birth_place = | death_date = 25–26 October 1666 | death_place = | burial_place = }} '''Shah Abbas II''' (born 31 December 1632;<ref>Sussan Babaie and others: ''Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran'' (I.B.Tauris, 2003) p.44</ref> died 25/26 October 1666) was [[Shah]] of [[Iran]] from 1642 to 1666. He was the seventh Shah of the [[Safavid Dynasty]]. He was the son of [[Safi of Persia|Shah Safi I]] and a [[Circassians|Circassian]], Anna Khanum.<ref>Andrew J. Newman ''Safavid Iran'' (I.B.Tauris) p.81</ref> His name was Sultan Muhammed Mirza until he became Shah on 15 May 1642. Since he was less than ten years old when he became shah, the job of governing Persia was given to the [[grand vizier]] [[Saru Taqi]]. Saru Taqi tried to end [[corruption]]. He made many enemies. On 11 October 1645 he was killed by a group of army officers. Then Khalifa Sultan became grand vizier until his death in 1653 or 1654. Abbas' reign was mostly peaceful. It was important for not having any [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] attacks. In 1648 Abbas [[conquer]]ed [[Kandahar]]. He kept it from attacks by [[Mughal India]]. He died in Khusruabad near [[Damghan]] on the night of 25–26 October 1666. ==References== {{Reflist}} * ''The Cambridge History of Iran'' Volume 6, edited by William Bayne Fisher (1968) {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbas 02 of Persia}} [[Category:1632 births]] [[Category:1666 deaths]] [[Category:Shahs of Iran]] {{Biography-stub}}