Tamar Amilakhvari
Concubine of Safavid king Abbas I
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Tamar Amilakhvari (Georgian: თამარ ამილახვარი) was a 17th-century Georgian noblewoman from the Amilakhvari family and a favourite concubine of Safavid Shah Abbas the Great (r. 1588–1629).[1]
| Tamar Amilakhvari | |
|---|---|
| Consort of | Abbas I |
| House | Amilakhvari |
| Father | Faramarz Amilakhvari |
Biography
Tamar was a daughter of Faramarz Amilakhvari, and a sister of Abd-ol-Ghaffar Amilakhvari.[2] Sometime around 1619, after Abbas I ordered roughly 40,000 immigrant Georgian and Armenian families in Farahabad to conduct the Epiphany ceremony, Tamar donated some 30,000 tomans for the construction of "an all-weather paved causeway to Farrokhabad". She dedicated the act to God as an offer for Abbas I's health.[3]
