Tahmasp II
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Tahmasp II was the penultimate Safavid shah of Iran, ruling from 1722 to 1732.
Court scene with Tahmasp II in the centre, and Nader to his left. From a illustrated Indian copy of the Jahangosha-ye Naderi, dated 1757/58
A gold coin of Shah Tahmasp II.
Soltan Hoseyn
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Soltan Hoseyn was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Suleiman.
Tahmasp II
…Islamic-era dynasty based in Iran. In the Shahnameh, Tahmasp is the father of Zaav, the penultimate shah of the Pishdadian dynasty. Tahmasp was the son of Soltan Hoseyn, the shah of Iran at the time. When Soltan Hoseyn was forced to abdicate by the Afghans in 1722, Prince Tahmasp wished to claim the throne. From the…
Contemporary portrait of Soltan Hoseyn, in Distribution of Presents for the New Year by Shah Sultan Husayn, painted by Mohammad Ali ibn Mohammad Zaman, Isfahan, Iran, dated 1720-1721. British Museum
Drawing of the Royal Square (Maydan-e Shah) of Isfahan by Cornelis de Bruijn, dated 1703.
Soltan Hoseyn, King Imam-Qoli Khan's charter to the church of St. David 1708, 1723.
View of Isfahan, illustrated by Cornelis de Bruijn in 1703.