List of mothers of the Safavid shahs
This list includes the biological mothers of
Safavid Empire in ten generations. Throughout 235-years history the shahs were all members of the same house, the house of Safavid
.
| Name (Birth Name) | Son | Ethnicity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safavid Iran | ||||||||||||
| Alam-Shah Begum (Halima, Mart[h]a) | Ismail I | half Turcoman[1]
| ||||||||||
| Tajlu Khanum (Shah-Begi Khanum) | Tahmasp I | Turcoman[2]
| ||||||||||
| Sultanum Begum | Ismail II and Mohammad Khodabanda | Turcoman
| ||||||||||
| Khayr al-Nisa Begum | Abbas I
|
Mazanderani | ||||||||||
| Dilaram Khanum | Shah Safi
|
Georgian[3] | ||||||||||
| Anna Khanum | Abbas II | Circassian[4] | ||||||||||
| Nakihat Khanum | Suleiman I of Persia | Circassian[5] | ||||||||||
| Unknown | Sultan Husayn
|
Circassian[6] | ||||||||||
| After the Siege of Isfahan | ||||||||||||
| Unknown | Tahmasp II | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Unknown | Abbas III | Unknown | ||||||||||
| After Nader Shah | ||||||||||||
| Shahrbanu Begum[7] | Suleiman II | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Khan Aqa Begum or Maryam Begum[7] | Ismail III | Unknown | ||||||||||
See also
- Safavid dynasty family tree
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
- ^ Newman 2008, pp. 55, 93, 100.
- ^ Matthee 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-9-004-02104-4.
Sources
- Matthee, R. (2012). "Sulṭān Ḥusayn". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill Online. .
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.