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 | 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 | ||||||||||
| Shahpari Begum | Abbas III | Unknown | ||||||||||
| After Nader Shah | ||||||||||||
| Shahrbanu Begum[7] | Suleiman II | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Khan Aqa Begum or Maryam Begum[7] | Ismail III | Unknown | ||||||||||