Abbas the Great
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Shah Abbas The Great was born in 1571 died in 1629
Shah Abbas The Great was the ruler when Persia's Safavid dynasty from 1588 to 1629. He was a good military leader who both made peace with the Ottomans and forced the Uzbek Turks out of the Eastern part of Iran. Persia reached its highest achievements during his reign.
After strengthening the Safavid dynasty by defeating the Turks and Uzbeks, he made Isfahan his capital (in succession to Kazvin) and transformed it into a great city. Though cruel to his family, he was a great patron of art, architecture and garden design