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  "en": "Encyclopaedia Iranica — Abbas I (Savory)"
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  "ar": "مدخل «عباس الأول» بقلم روجر سافوري في الموسوعة الإيرانية؛ مصدر علمي محكّم لحياته وتواريخه وتديّنه الاثني عشري.",
  "en": "Roger Savory's 'Abbas I' entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica; a peer-reviewed scholarly source for his life, dates and Twelver devotion."
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  "title": "ʿAbbās I",
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    "family": "Savory",
    "given": "Roger"
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  "issued": {
   "date-parts": [
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     1985
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   ]
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  "publisher": "Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 1, pp. 71-75 (online edition)",
  "URL": "https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abbas-i/",
  "language": "en",
  "reliability_note": "Peer-reviewed scholarly encyclopedia entry, read in full in the online edition on 31 October 2026. Savory pairs the birth with 1 Ramadan 978 / 27 January 1571 and the death in Mazandaran with Jumada I 1038 / 19 January 1629, names Mohammad Khodabanda as his father, and documents his Twelver devotion: reverence for the imams, generous support of Imam Reza's shrine at Mashhad, the pilgrimage on foot from Isfahan to Mashhad in 1010/1601, and the Safavid claim to represent the Hidden (Twelfth) Imam.",
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