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)
Kholāsat al-tavārikh, also Ḫulāṣat at-tawārīḫ or Kholassat ot-Tavarikh is a history of the early Safavid Empire, written by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi. The last events recorded in the manuscript date to 1592
Prince Abbas enthroned, proclaimed Shah in Khorasan in 1581, as depicted in Kholāsat al-tavārikh
Accession of Shah Tahmasp I to the throne.
Battle between Shah Tahmasp I and the Uzbeks led by ʽUbaid Khān near Sarikamish on 24 September 1524.
Reception of the fugitive Mughal Emperor Humayun by Shah Tahmasp I