Abbas I

1571 – 1629

Centralized Safavid authority, reformed the army, moved the capital to Isfahan, and expanded commerce and Persian imperial culture.

• 1571–1629

  Centralized Safavid authority, reformed the army, moved the capital to Isfahan, and expanded commerce and Persian imperial culture

  Centralized Safavid authority, reformed the army, moved the capital to Isfahan, and expanded commerce and Persian imperial culture.