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Mohammad Khodabanda

1531 - 1595

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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 an Aq Qoyunlu Turcoman mother, Sultanum Begum Mawsillu, and 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. Khodabanda's reign was marked by a continued weakness of the crown and tribal infighting as part of the second civil war of the Safavid era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Khodabanda is the 4,124th most popular politician (down from 2,185th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Iran (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Iranian Politician.

Mohammad Khodabanda was the last Shah of Iran. He was overthrown by a revolution in 1979.

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Among politicians, Mohammad Khodabanda ranks 4,124 out of 19,576. Before him are Archidamus II, Stefan the First-Crowned, Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Lee Jae-myung, Yolande of Aragon, and Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Menahem, 12th Dalai Lama, Pepin II of Aquitaine, Rafael del Riego, Roza Otunbayeva, and Antonius Felix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1531, Mohammad Khodabanda ranks 3. Before him are Şehzade Cihangir, and Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After him are António, Prior of Crato, Anna d'Este, Alonso Sánchez Coello, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Bernardo Buontalenti, and Vespasiano I Gonzaga. Among people deceased in 1595, Mohammad Khodabanda ranks 8. Before him are Torquato Tasso, Philip Neri, John Hawkins, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and Archduke Ernest of Austria. After him are António, Prior of Crato, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, Thoinot Arbeau, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, and John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Khodabanda ranks 138 out of 631. Before him are Vologases IV (150), Phraates IV (-90), Mulla Sadra (1571), Vologases VI (200), Bahram Chobin (600), and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853). After him are Jafar Panahi (1960), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Sasan (200), Anastasius of Persia (550), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), and Teispes (-675).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Khodabanda ranks 82. Before him are Amytis of Media (-630), Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808), Vologases IV (150), Phraates IV (-90), Vologases VI (200), and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853). After him are Teispes (-675), Istakhri (850), Phraates V (-100), Pacorus I (-63), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), and Arses of Persia (-360).

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