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Abbas III

1732 - 1740

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Abbas III (Persian: شاه عباس سوم, romanized: ʿAbbās; January 1732 – February 1740) was a son of Shah Tahmasp II and Shahpari Begum of the Safavid dynasty and reigned from 1732 to 1736. After the deposition of his father by Nader Khan (the future Nader Shah) the infant Abbas was appointed nominal ruler of Iran on 7 September 1732. Nader Khan, who was the real ruler of the country, assumed the positions of deputy of state and viceroy. Abbas III was deposed in March 1736, when Nader Khan had himself crowned as Nader Shah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbas III is the 3,565th most popular politician (down from 3,149th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Iran (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 71st most popular Iranian Politician.

Abbas III was a powerful ruler of Persia. He is most famous for being the last Safavid ruler.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abbas III ranks 3,565 out of 19,576. Before him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Bettino Craxi, Kevin McCarthy, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Tufuga Efi, and Blanche I of Navarre. After him are Mursili III, Mentuhotep I, Seleucus III Ceraunus, Najib Mikati, Emperor Tenji, and Ata-Malik Juvayni.

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Among people born in 1732, Abbas III ranks 13. Before him are Jacques Necker, Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, and Adélaïde of France. After him are Richard Arkwright, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Peter Forsskål, Hieronymus von Colloredo, and Warren Hastings. Among people deceased in 1740, Abbas III ranks 8. Before him are Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick William I of Prussia, Anna of Russia, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Baji Rao I, and Tahmasp II. After him are Antonio Lotti, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Jan Kupecký, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Olof Rudbeck the Younger.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abbas III ranks 121 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Bardiya (-580), Tahmasp II (1704), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), and Sibawayh (760). After him are Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Jahan Shah (1397), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), and Arsaces I of Parthia (-280).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Abbas III ranks 71. Before him are Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Bardiya (-580), Tahmasp II (1704), and Muhammad I Tapar (1082). After him are Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Jahan Shah (1397), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), Amytis of Media (-630), and Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808).

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