List of mothers of the Safavid shahs

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	Ethnicity
Safavid Iran
Alam-Shah Begum (Halima, Mart[h]a)	Ismail I	half Pontic Greek - 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

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.
^ ^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.

[1] Peter Charanis. "Review of Emile Janssens' Trébizonde en Colchide", Speculum, Vol. 45, No. 3,, (Jul., 1970), p. 476

[2] Women in Iran: From the Rise of Islam to 1800 ed. Nashat and Beck (University of Illinois Press, 2003) p.145

[3] Sussan Babaie and others: Slaves of the Shah (I.B. Tauris, 2003) p.104

[4] Andrew J. Newman Safavid Iran (I.B.Tauris) p.81

[FOOTNOTENewman200855,_93,_100-5] Newman 2008, pp. 55, 93, 100.

[FOOTNOTEMatthee2012-6] Matthee 2012.

[last-7] 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.

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List of mothers of the Safavid shahs

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