Reign of Shah Safi, Abbas II, and Soleyman I

Saam Mirza, Safi Mirza's son, was a strange person. His mother was a Georgian lady and his father Safi mirza was a lonely and feeble person. Saam Mirza grew up in the atmosphere of his grand fathers suspicion, and he grew suspicious himself. When he recieved the throne in 1629, his first thought was to destroy anybody that could cause him trouble. This lead to one of the most terrible blood baths in the history of Iran. He killed his uncles, and some of his cousins. He ordered some to be blinded, and exiled some others for life.

After he was sure that there is no other claim to the throne, Saam Mirza coronated himself as Shah Safi I. Safi was not a patron of arts or sciences as his glorious grandfather was, and he was not as wise as a ruler. His whole reign was mixed with fear, and when he died in 1642, it was peace for the people, most speially for his courtians.

Abbas II, Safi's son, was a calm person. He did not have his father's sense of suspicion, and he was very much interested in arts and sciences. He patroned some other artists and added more buildings to his capital. What Abbas II lacked was his great-grandfathers power and statesmanship. Abbas II was not a good politcian, he was not able to maintain the peace and prosperity of his territory, and he could not manage his whole vast territory wsely, like Abbas I did. During his reign, there was some revolts from Shahsavan forces, and some unrest in the eastern fronts of the country, and these unrests and revolts finnaly set the base for the destruction of Safavids.

Abbas II died in 1666, and his son, Safi II became king. He changed his name to Soleyman I in 1668. Soleyman I was a rather incapeable, feeble, and self-indulgent person. He brought invalidity to the court and corruption to the whole government. His era was and era of decline, and it was the time that started all of the unrests in the country. People were tired of Soleyman's over spendings, and they wanted him gone, but he was destined to stay on the throne and give way to his son, Shah Soltan Hossein, the ultimate corrupt!