List of mothers of the Safavid shahs
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This list includes the biological mothers of Safavid shahs. There were eleven shahs (kings) of the 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 | Safavid Iran | Alam-Shah Begum (Halima, Mart[h]a) | Ismail I | Tajlu Khanum (Shah-Begi Khanum) | Tahmasp I | Sultanum Begum | Ismail II and Mohammad Khodabanda | Khayr al-Nisa Begum | Abbas I | Dilaram Khanum
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Anna Khanum | Abbas II | Nakihat Khanum | Suleiman I of Persia[1] | Unknown | Sultan Husayn | After the Siege of Isfahan | Unknown | Tahmasp II | Unknown | Unknown | Abbas III | Unknown | After Nader Shah | Shahrbanu Begum[2] | Suleiman II | Unknown | Khan Aqa Begum or Maryam Begum[2] | Ismail III | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
References
- ^ Newman 2008, pp. 55, 93, 100.
- ^ a b Kissling, H. J.; Spuler, Bertold; Barbour, N.; Trimingham, J. S.; Braun, H.; Hartel, H. (August 1, 1997). The Last Great Muslim Empires. BRILL. p. 210. 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. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7180.
- Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.