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Mohammad Khodabanda
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Key facts
- Reign
- 11 February 1578 – October 1587
- Predecessor
- Ismail II
- Successor
- Abbas I
- Born
- 1532, Tabriz , Safavid Iran
- Died
- 1595 (aged 64), Qazvin , Safavid Iran
- Burial
- Imam Husayn Shrine , Karbala , Iraq
- Consort
- Khayr al-Nisa Begum
- Issue
- Hamza Mirza Abu Talib Mirza Abbas I Hasan Mirza Tahmasp Mirza Shah Begum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Safavid Iran
- Place of birth
- Ardabil
- Place of death
- Alamut Castle
- Spouse
- Khayr al-Nisa Begum
- Father
- Tahmasp I
- Mother
- Sultanum Begum
- Position held
- list of Safavid monarchs
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Family
- Safavid dynasty
- Image
- Illustration of the Safavid shah Mohammad Khodabandeh.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1531-01-01
- date of death
- 1595-07-00
- name in native language
- شاه محمد خدابنده
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- Mohammad Khodabanda
- place of burial
- Imam Husayn Mausoleum
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Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; Persian: محمد خدابنده, born 1532; died 1595 or 1596) was the fourth Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587 by his son Abbas I. Khodabanda had succeeded his brother, Ismail II. Khodabanda was the son of Shah Tahmasp I by a mother from the Turcoman Mawsillu clan of the Aq Qoyunlu confederation, Sultanum Begum Mawsillu, and a grandson of Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty. After the death of his father in 1576, Khodabanda was passed over in favour of his younger brother Ismail II. Khodabanda had an eye affliction that rendered him nearly blind, and so in accordance with Persian royal culture he could not contend for the throne. However, following Ismail II's short and bloody reign Khodabanda emerged as the only heir and became Shah in 1578 with the backing of the Qizilbash tribes.
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