Shah Muhammad Khudabanda
Shah Muhammad Khudabanda
He is the son of Tahmasp who ascended the throne the year 985 AH. His eyesight was weak and he was close to being blind. He was, however, tyrannical. He killed his sister, since she was highly influential in the palace. He also killed his maternal uncles and his brother’s, Ismail the Second, small children. A war between him and the Ottomans broke out during the reign of Sultan Murad the third. The Qizilbash attempted to manipulate the dynasty and place on the throne one who would suite them.
His son ‘Abbas who was 17 years of age at the time, realised this. He thus garnered a huge tribal army and deposed his father in the year 955 AH/1587 CE.[1]
[1] Iran Dirasah ‘Ammah, pgs. 149-250.