Tajlu Khanum
| Tajlu Khanum | |
|---|---|
| Principal consort of the Mahinbanu Khanum | |
| Tribe | Mawsillu |
| Father | Mihmad beg Mawsillu |
Tajlu Khanum (Persian: تاجلو خانم) or Tajli Begum (تاجلی بیگم), also known by her title of Shah-Begi Khanum (شاه بگی خانم), was a Turkoman princess from the Mawsillu tribe and mother of Tahmasp I.
Family
While Italian writer
Yaqub (r. 1478–1490) via a daughter, John Woods proposed her paternal lineage as Mihmad Beg being her father and Amir Hamza being her grandfather.[1] Jean Aubin on the other hand, proposed Bakr Beg Mawsillu as her maternal grandfather.[2] She also had a sister named Beksi Khanum.[3]
Marriage
According to
Mazandaran into parts of Persian Iraq. Ismail I invaded the latter's territories and put an end to his rule in 1504, where he afterwards took Tajlu Khanum into his harem. She thereafter become Ismail's most beloved wife, and bore him two sons Tahmasp Mirza and Bahram Mirza Safavi and two daughters Parikhan Khanum and Mahinbanu Khanum
.
Life in Safavid court
Her supposed capture at
Behruza Khanum
, another wife of Ismail I who was captured and apparently later remarried.
Tajlu financed shrine of Fatima al-Masuma in Qom in 1519, supported Tahmasp Mirza's elevation to throne in 1524. But was banished to Shiraz in 1540 because of treason by his son. She later died and buried in Bibi Dokhtaran mausoleum.
References
- OCLC 44966081.
- ISSN 0764-5562.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-4469-6.
- OCLC 59719983.
- ISBN 9780521200943.
Sources
- Bosworth, C. E. (1984). "ĀL-E AFRĀSĪĀB". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 7. London u.a.: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 742–743. Archived from the originalon 2014-02-20.
- Savory, Roger (1998). "ESMĀʿĪL I ṢAFAWĪ". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 6. pp. 628–636.
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B. Tauris. pp. 1–281. ISBN 9780857716613.