It was from this area that the Persian King Shah Abbas forcibly relocated between 250,000 and 300,000 Armenians from 1604--05 and resettled them in the outskirts of his capital, Isfahan.
The Persian King Shah Abbas forcibly relocated between 250,000 and 300,000 Armenians from 1604--05. The Persian King Shah Abbas forcibly resettled them in the outskirts of his capital. This was from this area. His capital was Isfahan.