Abbas II of Persia
Shah of Iran
Born on: December 31, 1632Died on: October 26, 1666
Aged: 33 years 299 days (405 months)
Birth Sign: Capricorn
Abbas II was the seventh Shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1642 to 1666. As the eldest son of Safi and his Circassian wife, Anna Khanum, he inherited the throne when he was nine, and had to rely on a regency led by Saru Taqi, the erstwhile grand vizier of his father, to govern in his place.
During the regency, Abbas received formal kingly education that, until then, he had been denied. In 1645, at age thirteen, he was able to remove Saru Taqi from power, and after purging the bureaucracy ranks, asserted his authority over his court and began his absolute rule.
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