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to Jani Khan in order to find out the reason behind the murder. Jani Khan then insulted both Anna Khanum and Saru Taqi, which four days later resulted in his death by an assassin sent by Anna Khanum. The successor of Saru Taqi was a
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after having been accused by a furrier named Mu'min of having forcibly had sex with him. His property was then taken, but it was later restored after Abbas I found out that the accusation was false.
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had denied to give Saru Taqi's father a post which he had asked for. Furthermore, Saru Taqi also took over the house of Mirza Talib Khan, which was in
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and secretly had him assassinated. The reason behind these actions was due to a personal hatred Saru Taqi had towards the family of Mirza Talib Khan, whose father
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Shah Abbas: The
Ruthless King Who became an Iranian Legend
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1314:(1699–1707)
1306:(1691–1699)
1298:(1669–1689)
1290:(1661–1669)
1282:(1654–1661)
1274:(1645–1654)
1266:(1633–1645)
1258:(1632–1633)
1202:(1583–1586)
1194:(1577–1583)
1186:(1576–1577)
1154:(1562–1566)
1146:(1533–1535)
1122:(1524–1531)
1114:(1523–1524)
1106:(1514–1523)
1098:(1502–1507)
1090:(1501–1507)
1076:(1501–1736)
744:Babaie 2004
732:Babaie 2004
696:Babaie 2004
672:Newman 2008
660:Babaie 2004
624:Roemer 1986
597:Newman 2008
573:Babaie 2004
534:Babaie 2004
447:Rustam Khan
442:sipah-salar
414:Anna Khanum
336:Gharib Shah
214: 1579
193: 1618
98:Preceded by
1377:Categories
1028:1633-1645
936:0521641314
782:2009464064
515:References
424:traveller
316:Mazandaran
1263:Saru Taqi
1127:Nur Kamal
1000:1873-9830
953:Floor, W.
561:Blow 2009
451:Jani Khan
324:Farahabad
305:castrated
270:Biography
218:Saru Taqi
186:Bishandas
71:Shah Safi
62:1633–1645
58:In office
23:Saru Taqi
1178:(?–1576)
1170:(1568–?)
1162:(?-1568)
990:(eds.).
881:(2007).
410:Abbas II
386:Qandahar
375:Marashis
301:Karabakh
257:Abbas II
223:سارو تقی
162:Religion
83:Abbas II
67:Monarchs
1022:of the
753:Sources
463:eunuchs
343:Baghdad
309:Abbas I
297:Shirvan
289:Ardabil
285:Isfahan
203:Persian
998:
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488:bazaar
486:and a
484:mosque
474:Legacy
422:French
418:Qazvin
406:Kashan
328:Ashraf
281:Tabriz
228:eunuch
136:Tabriz
508:harem
494:Notes
394:India
320:Gilan
293:Ganja
996:ISSN
931:ISBN
910:ISBN
889:ISBN
865:ISBN
818:ISBN
797:ISBN
778:LCCN
768:ISBN
347:Shia
332:Safi
326:and
295:and
246:Safi
241:shah
149:1645
146:Died
133:1579
130:Born
965:doi
392:of
230:in
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