List of the mothers of the Safavid Shahs
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
- ↑ "Safawi". Retrieved 3 April 2014.
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