Alemshah Beyim (1460-1522) was an

Aq Qoyunlu The Aq Qoyunlu ( az, Ağqoyunlular , ) was a culturally Persianate,Kaushik Roy, ''Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400–1750'', (Bloomsbury, 2014), 38; "Post-Mongol Persia and Iraq were ruled by two tribal confederations: Akkoyunlu (Wh ...

princess. She was the daughter of

Uzun Hasan Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan ( اوزون حسن; fa, اوزون حسن; 1423 – January 6, 1478; where ''uzun'' means "tall" in Oghuz Turkic) was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. Ha ...

and Despina Khatun, and the mother of Shah Ismayil.

Name

There are different opinions about her real name. It may have been Halima Bey Aga, Alemshah Bey, or Martha.

Life

Her father was the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan and her mother was the daughter of

John IV of Trebizond John IV Megas Komnenos ( el, Ιωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός, ''Iōannēs Megas Komnēnos'') (died April 1460) was Emperor of Trebizond from 1429 until his death. He was a son of Emperor Alexios IV of Trebizond and Theodora Kantakouzene ...

, Theodora Megale Komnene, also known as " Despina Hatun".Michel Kuršanskis
"La descendance d'Alexis IV, empereur de Trébizonde. Contribution à la prosopographie des Grands Comnènes"
''Revue des études byzantines'', 37 (1979), pp. 239-247 There is no reliable information about the first years of her life. In 1471 she married Sheikh Haydar, the son of her aunt and the sheikh of the Safavid Order. They had three sons,

Ali Mirza Safavi Ali Mirza Safavi also known as Soltan-Ali Safavi (died 1494) was the penultimate head of the Safavid order. Having grown wary of his political power, Ali Mirza was captured by the Ak Koyunlu and spent several years in captivity in Fars before b ...

, Ibrahim and

Ismail I Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Safavid Iran, Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His re ...

and three daughters.

References

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