ʿAbbās I, by the name ʿAbbās the Great (who was born on Jan. 27, 1571 and died
on Jan. 19, 1629), was the shah
of Persia
from the period 1588 to 1629. He strengthened the Ṣafavid
dynasty by removing Ottoman
and Uzbek
troops from the Persian
soil and by forming a standing army. He also made Eṣfahān which is the capital
of Persia and fostered commerce and the arts, so that Persian artistic attainment
reached a high point in his reign.
