List of the mothers of the Safavid Shahs
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This list includes the biological mothers of Safavid Shahs. There were eleven shahs of the Safavid Empire in ten generations. Throughout the 235-year history of the Safavid Dynasty the shahs were all members of the same house, the house of Safavid.
| Name (Birth Name) | Son | Ethnicity | Place of Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halima (Martha) | Ismail I | half Greek - half Turcoman[1] | Ardabil, Aq Qoyunlu |
| Shah-Begi (Tajlu) | Tahmasp I | Turcoman[2] | ? |
| Sultanum Begum | Ismail II and Mohammad Khodabanda | Turcoman | Qazvin, Safavid Empire |
| Khayr al-Nisa Begum (Khayr al-Nisa) | Abbas I | Mazandarani | Qazvin, Safavid Empire |
| Dilaram (Dil Aram) | Shah Safi | Georgian[3] | Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Empire |
| Anna | Abbas II | Circassian[4] | Circassia, or Safavid Empire |
| Nakihat Khanum (Nakihat) | Suleiman I of Persia | Circassian[5] | ? |
| Vahshatu | Sultan Husayn | Circassian | Isfahan, Safavid Empire |
| ? | Tahmasp II | Most likely, Circassian | Isfahan, Safavid Empire |
| Shahpuri Begum | Abbas III | ? | ? |
See also
References
- ↑ Peter Charanis. "Review of Emile Janssens' Trébizonde en Colchide", Speculum, Vol. 45, No. 3,, (Jul., 1970), p. 476
- ↑ Women in Iran: From the Rise of Islam to 1800 ed. Nashat and Beck (University of Illinois Press, 2003) p.145
- ↑ Sussan Babaie and others: Slaves of the Shah (I.B. Tauris, 2003) p.104
- ↑ Andrew J. Newman Safavid Iran (I.B.Tauris) p.81
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