Sultan-Agha Khanum
16th century consort in Safavid Iran
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Sultan-Agha Khanum (Persian: سلطان آقا خانم, romanized: Soltān-Āqā Xānum), also in Western sources Corasi, was a Safavid wife of Kumyk origin, as the second wife of Safavid shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576).
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Portrait of Sultan-Agha Khanum. 17th-century Italian painting based on the engraving of 1596 by Johann Theodor de Bry. | |
| Spouse | Tahmasp I |
| Issue | Pari Khan Khanum Suleiman Mirza |
| House | Shamkhal (by birth) Safavid (by marriage) |
| Father | Choban b. Budai |
| Religion | Islam |
Life
She was Kumyk[1] origin. Although she is often referred as of Circassian heritage; though, in Persian, the word Cherkes (چرکس, 'Circassian') is sometimes applied generally to peoples of the Caucasus living beyond Derbent in Dagestan.[2] Her father was Choban b. Budai (d. 1574), Shamkhal of Tarki.[3][4]
She was the sister of the Safavid-Kumyk noble Shamkhal Sultan, future shamkhals Eldar, Mohammad, Andi and Girai,[4] and her brother, Emamqoli Khan was also in Safavid service.[5]
She married Tahmasp I c. 1547, and became the mother of princess Pari Khan Khanum and prince Suleiman Mirza (b. 28 March 1554, Nakhchivan).[6][7][8]