Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629), Shah (king) of Iran, and the greatest ruler of the Safavid dynasty
Abbas Kiarostami | Prince of Persia | Mahmoud Abbas | Bandar Abbas | Abbas I of Egypt | Roshan Abbas | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Khalid Abbas Dar | Abbas | Youssouf Saleh Abbas | Milton Abbas | Itchen Abbas | Abbas I | Abbas (actor) | The Rose of Persia | SS Persia (1900) | SS ''Persia'' | Imran Abbas Naqvi | Abbas Saad | Abbas Milani | Abbas I of Persia | Waseem Abbas | Shah Abbas | Prince Abbas Hilmi | Persia White | Nadeem Abbas | Artaxerxes I of Persia | Anshan (Persia) | Abbas Zaki | Abbas Tyrewala |
Realizing the region's significance, the British fleet supported the Persian emperor Shāh Abbās in expelling the Portuguese from Hormuz Island in 1622.