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Mohammad Khodabanda (also spelled Khodabandeh; ; 1532 – 1595) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1578 to 1587. He was the brother and successor of Ismail II ((r. 1576 – 1577)).

Biography
Mohammad Khodabanda was born in 1532. Khodabanda (meaning "the slave of God") had been his nickname since his childhood. He was the eldest son of Tahmasp I. His mother was Sultanum Begum, a member of the Turkoman Mawsillu tribe. He had a full-brother named Ismail II, who was approximately five years younger than him.

At the age of six, he was installed as the governor of Khorasan, accompanied by Sharaf al-Din Aghlitaklu as his guardian and amir al-umara (commander-in-chief) of the region.