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ʿAbbās I Masjed-e Emām (“Imam Mosque”) Isfahan, Iran: Masjed-e Shaykh Luṭf Allāh (“Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque”) The Maydān-e Emām (formerly the Maydān-e Shāh), originally built as a polo ground by Shāh ʿAbbās I the Great (reigned 1588–1629), at Eṣfahān, Iran. Facing the square on the left is the mosque of Shaykh Luṭf Allāh, in the centre the Masjed-e Emām (formerly the Masjed-e Shāh), and at right the palace of ʿAlī Qāpū. Engraved portrait of Abbas I, the Great, shah of Persia, shown with a feathered hat, mustache, and ornate robe inside an oval decorative border.
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L.L. Bellan, Chah ʿAbbās I: sa vie, son histoire (1932), the only biography of Shah ʿAbbās I in any European language—generally accurate; R.M. Savory, “ ʿAbbās I” in the Encyclopaedia of Islam, new ed., vol. 1, pp. 7–8 (1960); for general background to the period of Shah ʿAbbās, the reader is referred to: J. Chardin, Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, 4th ed., 4 vol. (1811); Sir John Malcom, The History of Persia from the Early Period to the Present Time, 2 vol. (1815); and V. Minorsky, Tadhkirat al-Mulūk (1943), especially the introduction, commentary, and appendixes.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jan 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 15, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Jan 30, 2024
Added mention of the Masjed-e Shāh (now Masjed-e Emām) and the Masjed-e Sheikh Loṭfollāh as two of his architectural achievements. Jun 03, 2020
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." Nov 15, 2017
Invalidated site: "Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran". Oct 17, 2017
Add new Web site: Encyclop�dia Iranica - Biography of ʿABBĀS (I). Sep 26, 2013
Add new Web site: The British Museum - Biography of Shah 'Abbas. Sep 26, 2013
Add new Web site: Isfahan - Biography of Shah Abbas I. May 08, 2012
Add new Web site: Isfahan - Biography of Shah Abbas I. May 08, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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