Sultan-Agha Khanum () also in Western sources Corasi was a

Safavid The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...

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of Kumyk origin, as the second wife of Safavid shah

Tahmasp I Tahmasp I ( or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Shah Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Tahmasp ascended the throne after the ...

(r. 1524–1576).

Life

She was Kumyk origin. Although she is often referred as of Circassian heritage; though, in

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, the word ''Cherkes'' (چرکس, 'Circassian') is sometimes applied generally to Caucasian peoples living beyond

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. Her father was Choban b. Budai (d. 1574), Shamkhal of Tarki. She was the sister of the Safavid-Kumyk noble

Shamkhal Sultan Shamkhal Sultan, was an important Kumyk 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 prominent Dagestan origin Kumyk Shamkhal family fr ...

, future shamkhals Eldar, Mohammad, Andi and Girai, and her brother, Emamqoli Khan was also in Safavid service. She married Tahmasp I , and became the mother of princess

Pari Khan Khanum Pari Khan Khanum (; August 1548 – 12 February 1578) was a Safavid Iran, Safavid princess, daughter of the second Safavid , Tahmasp I, and his Circassians, Circassian consort, Sultan-Agha Khanum. She was her father's favourite child and allowed ...

and prince Suleiman Mirza (b. 28 March 1554, Nakhchivan).

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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 Wives of Safavid Shahs 16th-century Iranian women 16th-century Iranian people 16th-century people from Safavid Iran Kumyks Circassian women