List of mothers of the Safavid shahs explained

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	align=center colspan=13 style="background:#00A550"	Safavid Iran	Alam-Shah Begum (Halima, Mart[h]a)	Ismail I	Tajlu Khanum (Shah-Begi Khanum)	Tahmasp I	Sultanum Begum	Ismail II and Mohammad Khodabanda	Khayr al-Nisa Begum	Abbas I	Dilaram Khanump.104	Anna Khanum	Abbas II	Nakihat Khanum	Suleiman I of Persia	Unknown	Sultan Husayn	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^[1]	Suleiman II	Unknown	Khan Aqa Begum or Maryam Begum	Ismail III	Unknown

See also

• Safavid dynasty family tree

Sources

• Encyclopedia: Sulṭān Ḥusayn . R. . Matthee . The Encyclopedia of Islam, Second Edition . P. Bearman . Th. Bianquis . C.E. Bosworth . E. van Donzel . W.P. Heinrichs . Brill Online . 10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7180 . 2012.
• Book: Newman, Andrew J. . Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire . 2008 . I.B.Tauris . 978-0857716613 .

Notes and References

1. Book: H. J.. Kissling. Bertold. Spuler. N.. Barbour. J. S.. Trimingham. H.. Braun. H.. Hartel. The Last Great Muslim Empires. BRILL. August 1, 1997. 210. 978-9-004-02104-4.