Mohammad Khodabanda
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Mohammad Khodabanda 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 Tahmas
Mohammad Khodabanda (detail) by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi, Kholāsat al-tavārikh, c. 17th-century
Coin minted during the reign of Mohammad Khodabanda
Contemporary depiction of Prince Hamza Mirza, son of Mohammad Khodabanda. Şecāʿatnāme (1586).
The strangulation of the queen Khayr al-Nisa Begum by the Qizilbash on 26 July 1579. Nusretname (1584)
Hamza Mirza
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Hamza Mirza was the Safavid crown prince of Iran during the reign of his father Mohammad Khodabanda. His mother was Khayr al-Nisa Begum, a Mar'ashi princess from Mazandaran.
Hamza Mirza (left, labelled شاه اوغلی Shah Oghli, "Son of the Shah"), receiving the surrender of the Crimean Khanate general Adil Giray at the Battle of Mollahasanli in 1578. Ottoman miniature (Secaatname, 1586).
Entrance of Safavid Prince Haydar Mirza, son of Hamza Mirza, in Istanbul as a hostage in 1590. Divan of Mahmud Abd al-Baki, 1590–95.