- Source: Nakihat Khanum
Nakihat Khanum (Persian: نکهت خانم) was the first consort of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II (r. 1642–1666).
She was of Circassian origin and came, probably as a victim of the Crimean slave trade, to the Safavid Imperial harem, where she became the concubine to Abbas II of Persia.
She became the mother of Abbas II's successor, king Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694).
Alike other females of the royal court, Nakihat bequeathed property to the Shia shrines in Iraq, which were "formally" under Ottoman control since the Treaty of Zuhab (1639).
References
Sources
Bierbrier, Morris (1998). "The Descendants of Theodora Comnena of Trebizond". The Genealogist. 12 (1).
Matthee, Rudi (2012). Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845117450.
Matthee, Rudi (2015). "SOLAYMĀN I". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
Newman, Andrew J. (2008). Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0857716613.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Suleiman I dari Persia
- Abbas II dari Persia
- Nakihat Khanum
- Suleiman I of Persia
- Abbas II of Persia
- List of royal consorts of Persia
- Suleiman II of Persia
- List of Circassians
- Aslamas Beg
- List of mothers of the Safavid shahs
- Circassians in Iran
