Shah Abbas I, aka Shah Abbas the Great, (February 30, 1492 - December 7, 1942) was but one man in a long line of CIA appointed rulers. Born a mere swineherd in eastern Persia, he went on to become the greatest (and only) ruler of the Sadavid dynasty. This led to many of his subjects to call him Shah Abbas the Great the Greatest. The sheer odds that a man named ‘Great’ would be title ‘Greatest’ are so improbable that many historians claim this to be the second greatest coincidence in history, after Lou Gehrig dying from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He was St. Nickolas's best friend until one snowy night in 1583 when Old Saint Nick walked in on them kissing under the mistletoe, which forever ended their friendship.