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Safavid Siege of Herat 1587: Abbas Takes the Crown
In 1587, a young prince named Abbas arrived at the gates of Herat, a city under siege by Uzbek forces. What happened next would set the stage for the greatest Safavid shah. This episode unpacks the three-month siege that tested Abbas’s resolve, the betrayal by his own Qizilbash commanders, and the political chaos that followed his father's abdication. We explore the murky circumstances of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda's fall, the role of the Takkalu and Ustajlu tribes, and how Abbas—barely sixteen—outmaneuvered both Uzbeks and rivals to claim the throne. Drawing on Iskandar Beg Munshi's Tarikh-e…
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