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Shah Abbas II was musing over a problem ,how to pick a heir? Raising them in the harem made the heirs not very smart in governance,he slepted on it until morning. He decided to copy the Ottoman system of fraticide of brothers. The year was 1660, Abbas in another time would be dead in 2 years, the Abbas reforms in the 1660's made sure that future heirs would be educated for rule ,and made sure that no male heir beside the one picked by the shah himself would be dead by age 15. Abbas knew his army could be good with their guns,and cannons,but they had no navy to defend the coast ,and Iranian interests. He would bring several advisers for a naval school in Tabriz,mainly from England ,what his previous shah with the same name did with Iran's army. He would be the one that kept Iran's coffers fat and happy by increasing the trade with the west.

He would have to start from scratch due to the lranians lack of naval skill ,so he sent a team of 40 army officers to be taught at naval schools all over Europe for 5 years. Meanwhile in Iran they were building shipyards to build a lion's fleet. They finally got everything ready in 1670 with a small battle line of 5 ships. They were named Tabriz, Tehran, Shahanshah, Qom,and Panjshir. They were copies of European ship of the lines, with 1500 sailors ,and 80 guns in two decks. These ships were small but packed a punch.

By the dawn of the 18th century he had turned Iran to a economic power,and regional power. He died in 1697,with 100,000 man army ,and 50 ships in the navy. He picked his son Selim to succeed him,because he spent all his time reading books, while the rest of them got drunk and spending more time in the harem.

Selim based on the Abbas reforms got the rest of his brothers in a drunken stupor on his coronation night,then all silt their throats while they were sleeping. He would be known as Abbas III after his father. He would be a martial shah.
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