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 | |
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align=center colspan=13 style="background:#00A550" | 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 | |
Unknown | Sultan Husayn | Circassian | |
align=center colspan=13 style="background:#00A550" | After the Siege of Isfahan | ||
Unknown | Tahmasp II | Unknown | |
Unknown | Abbas III | Unknown | |
align=center colspan=13 style="background:#00A550" | After Nader Shah | ||
Shahrbanu Begum[5] | Suleiman II | Unknown | |
Khan Aqa Begum or Maryam Begum | Ismail III | Unknown |