Razia Begum Safavi
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Razia Begum Safavi (1700–1776) was a Safavid princess and the royal consort of shah
Nader Shah Nader Shah Afshar ( fa, نادر شاه افشار; also known as ''Nader Qoli Beyg'' or ''Tahmāsp Qoli Khan'' ) (August 1688 – 19 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian h ...
of Persia (r. 1736–1747).Michael Axworthy,
Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant
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She was the daughter of
Sultan Husayn Soltan Hoseyn ( fa, شاه سلطان حسین, Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Solayman (). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascen ...
and the sister of
Tahmasp II Tahmasp II ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 1704? – 11 February 1740) was one of the last Safavid rulers of Persia (Iran). Name "Tahmasp" ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb) is a New Persian name, ultimately derived from Old ...
. She was married to Nader Shah in 1729. She had one daughter. In 1736, her spouse became monarch and founded a new dynasty. As a member of the preceding dynasty, she had great symbolic importance and wielded great influence in harem affairs.


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{{Reflist Safavid princesses 1700 births 1776 deaths People of the Afsharid Empire 18th-century people of Safavid Iran 18th-century Iranian women