Sultan-Agha Khanum
Sultan-Agha Khanum (Persian: سلطان آقا خانم, romanized: Soltān-Āqā Xānum) also in Western sources Corasi was a Safavid queen consort of Kumyk origin, as the second wife of Safavid king 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. | |
| Consort of the Safavid Shah | |
| Spouse | Tahmasp I |
| Issue | Pari Khan Khanum Suleiman Mirza |
| House | Shamkhal (by birth) Safavid (by marriage) |
| Father | Choban b. Budai |
| Religion | Islam |
Life
Although she is often referred as of being Circassian heritage, in Persian, the word Cherkes (چرکس, 'Circassian') is sometimes applied generally to Caucasian peoples living beyond Derbent in Dagestan.[1] Her father was Choban b. Budai (d. 1574), Shamkhal of Tarki.[2][3] She married Tahmasp I c. 1547, and was the sister of the Safavid-Kumyk noble Shamkhal Sultan, future shamkhals Eldar, Mohammad, Andi and Girai,[3] as well as the mother of princess Pari Khan Khanum and prince Suleiman Mirza (b. 28 March 1554, Nakhchivan).[4][5][6] Another brother, Emamqoli Khan was also in Safavid service.[7]
References
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