Soltan Mohammad Mirza

Mughal painting of Soltan Mohammad Mirza, by or after Bishandas. Dated 1605–1627

Soltan Mohammad Mirza (Persian: سلطان محمد میرزا), also known as Ruzak Mirza or Reza Khodabandeh Mirza, after his grandfather, was the third known son of Safavid Shah Abbas the Great (r. 1588-1629).[1]

He was born in 1597 or 1598 and was blinded in 1620–21 on the orders of his father.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Roemer 1986, p. 276.
  2. ^ Canby 2009, p. 21.
  3. ^ Roemer 1986, p. 276-277.

Sources

  • Canby, Sheila R. (2009). Shah ʻAbbas: The Remaking of Iran. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2452-0.
  • Roemer, H. R. (1986). "The Safavid Period". In Lockhart, Laurence; Jackson, Peter (eds.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20094-6.


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