Sultan-Agha Khanum ( fa, سلطان آقا خانم, translit=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
Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after ...
(r. 1524–1576).
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
Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It i ...
in
Dagestan. Her father was Choban b. Budai (d. 1574),
Shamkhal of Tarki.
She married Tahmasp I , and was the sister of the Safavid-Kumyk noble
Shamkhal Sultan Shamkhal Sultan, also known as Shamkhal Sultan Cherkes, was an important Circassian noble of the second half of the 16th century in the Safavid Empire.
Biography Family
Shamkhal Sultan, alongside his sister Sultan-Agha Khanum, were from a promin ...
, future shamkhals Eldar, Mohammad, Andi and Girai,
as well as the mother of princess
Pari Khan Khanum
Pari Khan Khanum ( fa, پریخان خانم, also spelled Parikhan Khanum; 1548–12 February 1578, aged 29) was a Safavid princess, the daughter of the Safavid king (''shah'') Tahmasp I ( 1524 – 1576) and his Circassian consort, Sultan-Agha ...
and prince
Suleiman Mirza (b. 28 March 1554,
Nakhchivan). Another brother, Emamqoli Khan was also in Safavid service.
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* {{cite encyclopedia , article = PARIḴĀN ḴĀNOM , last = Parsadust , first = Manuchehr , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/parikan-kanom-1548-1578 , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica , year = 2009
Iranian people of Circassian descent
Circassian nobility
Safavid queens consort
16th-century Iranian women
16th-century people of Safavid Iran
Kumyks