Shah Abbasnameh

“Shah Abbas Nameh” by Ilgar Fahmi Age limit: 16+ Author: İlqar Fəhmi Stage Director: Nicat Mir Kazımov (Honored Artist) Production Designer: Mustafa Mustafayev Main cast: Qurban İsmayılov (People’s Artist), Nicat Mir Kazımov (Honored Artist), Elnur Kərimov (Honored Artist), Sənan Kazımov, Rasim Cəfər (Honored Artist), Manaf Dadaşov, Kərəm Hadızadə, Elnur Bəhramxan (Honored Artist), Anar Seyfullayev, İlhan Sadıqov, Nurlan Süleymanlı, Hüseyn Bayramov and others. Genre: Historical drama Performance duration: Two acts First act — 1 hour Second act — 1 hour 8 minutes Ilgar Fahmi’s play “Shah Abbas Nameh” is dedicated to the life of the great Safavid ruler Shah Abbas, his struggle for statehood, and his efforts to save the great Safavid dynasty from collapse by reviving it into a powerful empire. The central idea of the drama is Shah Abbas’s 42-year reign: resolving palace conflicts, fighting rebellions of feudal emirs and foreign invasions, reclaiming previously occupied territories, and politically strengthening the Safavid state, transforming it into the most powerful empire of the East.