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SAFAWI 5

PERSIA

The Safawi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1694 - 1722 H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Adil al-Kamil al-Hadi al-Wathiq ‘Abu’l Muzaffar al-Sultan bar al-Sultan Shah Sultan Husain Padshah Khan bin Shah Sulaiman al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. b. ca. 1668, eldest son of H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Mansur Shah Sulaiman bin Shah ‘Abbas II al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 29^th July 1694. Crowned at the Ayinakhana in Sa’adatabad Palace, Isfahan, 6^th August 1694. A man of great piety and devotion. Forced to abdicate after the Afghan invasion, 23^rd October 1722. m. several wives, including (first) 1694, a daughter of Vahshatu Sultan, Safi Quli Khan. m. (second) a daughter of H.M. Vakhtang V [Shah Nawaz Khan II], King of Kartli. m. (third) 1710, …Begum (m. second, ca. 1727, the Khan of Erevan), daughter of H.M. Kaikushru, King of Kartli and C-in-C of the Persian army. m. (fourth) (div.) Amina Begum, alias Khair un-nisa Khanum (m. second, ca. 1713, H.H. Amir Fath 'Ali Bahadur Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Nai'b us-Sultana), daughter of Husain Quli Agha. He was k. at Isfahan on the orders of Ashraf Shah, ca. November 1726, having had issue, fourteen sons and twelve daughters:

1) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Mahmud Mirza. b. ca. 1697, educ. privately. Proclaimed as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahad, 10^th March 1722 (rescinded 12^th March 1722). He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
2) Prince (Shahzada) Safi Mirza. b. ca. 1699, educ. privately. Proclaimed as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahad, 14^th March 1722 (rescinded 26^th March 1722). He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
3) Prince (Shahzada) Tahmasp Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Tahmasp Shah II, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.
4) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Mehr Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
5) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Haidar Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
6) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Salim Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
7) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Sulaiman Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
8) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Ismail Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Shah Tahmasp II, 1732.
9) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Muhammad Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
10) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Khalil Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
11) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Muhammad Baqir Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
12) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Ja’afar Mirza He was k. on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
13) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan … Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Ashraf Shah.
14) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan … Mirza. He was k. on the orders of Ashraf Shah.
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. her cousin, Mirza Muqim Khalifa Sultani (d. after 1750), second son of Mirza Muhammad Nasir Khalifa Sultani.
2) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim. She had issue, two sons.
3) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. at Isfahan, shortly after 23^rd October 1722, H.M. Mahmud Shah Ghalzai, Shahanshah of Persia (b. 1699; d. in prison at Isfahan, 25^th April 1725), eldest son of Mir Wais Ghalzai, Ruler of Kandahar. She had issue, an only son – see Persia (Ghalzai dynasty).
4) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. at Isfahan, shortly after 23^rd October 1722, General Amanu’llah Sultan (k. on the orders of Ashraf Shah Ghalzai, April 1725), a close adherant of Mahmud Shah Ghalzai.
5) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. at Isfahan, shortly after 23^rd October 1722, Mir Miangi (k. 1729), religeous adviser to Mahmud Shah Ghalzai.
6) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. at Isfahan, April 1725, H.M. Ashraf Shah Ghalzai, Shahanshah of Persia (b. 1700; k. while fleeing to Kandahar, February 1730), eldest son of Mir ‘Abdu’l Aziz Ghalzai, Ruler of Kandahar - see Persia (Ghalzai dynasty).
7) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Razia Begum. m. (first) Daud Mirza [Doudam] (k. in battle against the Turks in Erivan, 1729), a Georgian Prince. m. (second) at Isfahan, December 1729, H.M. Zillu’llah Hast Sultan bar Salatin-i-Jahan Shah-i-Shahhan Nadir Shah, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Dastgird, Darragaz, 22^nd November 1688; k. at Fathabad, 19th June 1747 (bur. at Najaf), elder son of ‘Imam Quli Beg-e Afshar. She d.s.p. at Karbala, 1776 – see Persia (Afshar dynasty).
8) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Begum. m. 1730, General H.H. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan-e Afshar, Zahir ud-Daula (k. by the Lazgis, near Jar, between 14th November and 12th December 1738), sometime Governor-General and C-in-C of Azerbaijan, younger son of ‘Imam Quli Beg-e Afshar. She d. Autumn/Winter, 1736 (bur. Mashhad) – see Persia (Afshar dynasty).
9) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Fatima Sultan Begum. m. at Mashhad, January 1731, H.R.H. Shahzada Reza Quli Mirza (b. at Abivard, 15^th April 1719; k. on the orders of Adil Shah at Kalat, Baluchistan, July 1747), eldest son of H.M. Zillu’llah Hast Sultan bar Salatin-i-Jahan Shah-i-Shahhan Nadir Shah, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, Shahanshah of Persia, by his wife, the elder daughter of Baba ‘Ali Beg-e Kusa Ahmadlu, sometime Governor of Abivard. She d. (committed suicide on learning of the death of her brother Shah Tahmasp II and his sons), at Mashhad, 5^th February 1740 (bur. there), having had issue, one son - see Persia (Afshar dynasty).
10) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Khan Aga Begum. m. 1731, her cousin, H.M. Shah Sulaiman II, Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Isfahan, 18^th June 1714; d. at Mashhad, 19^th May 1763), son of Mirza Muhammad Daud al-Husaini al-Marashi, by his wife, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum, daughter of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Sulaiman Safi II, Shahanshah of Persia. She had issue – see below.
11) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Nawaba Maryam Begum. m. her cousin, Mirza Sayyid Murtaza Khalifa Sultani, sometime Sadar us-Sadur, son of Sayyid ‘Ali Khalifa Sultani. She had issue, two sons:
a) Nawab Sayyid Ahmad Mirza. m. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) ‘Ismat un-nisa (d. before 14^th March 1774), daughter of his maternal uncle, H.M. Tahmasp Shah II, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. He d. at Isfahan, before 3^rd March 1775), having had issue, a daughter.
- b) Sayyid ‘Abu’ Turab Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Ismail Shah III, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum. m. her cousin, Mirza Muhammad Shafi Khan al-Husaini al-Safawi, eldest son of Mirza Muhammad Mahdi Khan al-Husaini al-Safawi [Shah Mirza], by his wife, Pari un-nisa Begum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Daud al-Husaini al-Marashi

1722 - 1726 H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Tahmasp Shah II bin Shah Sultan Husain al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia (first time) - see below.

1726 - 1728 H.M. Ahmad Shah, Shahanshah of Persia. b. as Mirza Sayyid Ahmad al-Husaini al-Marashi, eldest son of Mirza ‘Abu’l Qasim al-Husaini al-Marashi. Seized the provinces of Fars and Kerman, on behalf of Shah Tahmasp II in 1139. Crowned at Kerman, under the name of Ahmad Shah, 8^th November 1726. Defeated and captured by Ashraf Shah Ghalzai, 1728. He was k. (executed) on the banks of the Zayanda Rud, near Oul-i-Khwaju, by Ashraf Shah Ghalzai, August 1728.Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright©

1722 – 1726 and 1729 – 1732 H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Tahmasp Shah II bin Shah Sultan Husain al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. b. ca. 1704, third son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Adil al-Kamil al-Hadi al-Wathiq ‘Abu’l Muzaffar al-Sultan bar al-Sultan Shah Sultan Husain Padshah Khan bin Shah Sulaiman al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, educ. privately. Proclaimed as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahad, 26^th March 1722. Escaped to Isfahan during the Afghan siege, 7^th June 1722. Proclaimed at Qazvin, 24^th November 1722. Defeated by the Afghans and driven to Tabriz in 1725, forced out by the Turks to Teheran, defeated again by the Afghans and expelled from that city to Mazandaran, December 1725. Captured Mashhad with the aid of Nadir Quli Beg-e Afshar, 11^th December 1726. Recaptured Isfahan and was Crowned there, December 1729. Deposed by Nadir Shah, 2^nd September 1732. m. several wives, including Shahpuri Begum, widow of Mirza Muhammad Husain al-Husaini al-Marashi, and granddaughter of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Sulaiman Safi II, Shahanshah of Persia. He was k. on the orders of Nadir Shah, at Sabzavar, together with his sons, February 1740 (bur. Mashhad), having had issue, three sons and one daughter:Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright©

1) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Alqas Mirza. He d.v.p. before 1732.
2) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abbas Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Zill-u'llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas III bin Shah Tahmasp II al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.
3) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Ismail Mirza. He was k. at Sabzavar, together with his father and brother, on the orders of Nadir Shah, February 1740 (bur. Mashhad).
1) H.R.H. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) ‘Ismat un-nisa. m. her cousin, Nawab Sayyid Ahmad Mirza (d. at Isfahan, before 3^rd March 1775 or 1188), elder son of Mirza Sayyid Murtaza Khalifa Sultani, by his wife, Princess Maryam Begum, daughter of H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Adil al-Kamil al-Hadi al-Wathiq ‘Abu’l Muzaffar al-Sultan bar al-Sultan Shah Sultan Husain Padshah Khan bin Shah Sulaiman al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. She d. before 14^th March 1774 – see above.Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© Christopher Buyers

1732 – 1736 H.M. Zill-u'llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas III bin Shah Tahmasp II al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Isfahan, January 1732, second son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Tahmasp Shah II bin Shah Sultan Husain al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, educ. privately. Succeeded on the deposition of his father, 2^nd September 1732. Invested at the Talar-i-Tawila Palace, Isfahan, 7th September 1732. Reigned under the Regency of Nadir Quli Beg-e Afshar until deposed by him, 8^th March 1736. He was later k. at Sabzavar, together with his father and brother, on the orders of Nadir Shah, February 1740 (bur. Mashhad).Copyright© Christopher Buyers

1749 - 1750 H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Mansur Sulaiman Shah II, Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Isfahan, 18^th June 1714, youngest son of Sayyid Muhammad Daud Mirza al-Husaini al-Marashi, by his wife, Princess Shahbanu Begum, daughter of H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Mansur Shah Sulaiman bin Shah ‘Abbas II al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia educ. privately. Mutawali of the Shrine of the Imam Reza at Mashhad in succession to his father. Proclaimed there after deposing and blinding Shahrukh Shah Afshar, 17^th December 1749. Crowned, 14^th January 1750. Deposed after a reign of barely forty days, 9^th February 1750. m. (second) 1731, his cousin, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Khan Aga Begum, daughter of H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Adil al-Kamil al-Hadi al-Wathiq ‘Abu’l Muzaffar al-Sultan bar al-Sultan Shah Sultan Husain Padshah Khan bin Shah Sulaiman al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. He d. at Mashhad, 19^th May 1763, having had issue, five sons and three daughters:

1) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Daud Mirza. b. at Ashraf, 1728/1730, educ. privately. Entered the service of Emperor Alamgir II of India. m. (first) (div.) Maryam Begum Sahiba (m. second, 1752, Sharaf Beg-e Afshar), seventh daughter of Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husaini al-Marashi, Governor of Qazvin. m. (second) at Murshidabad, 11^th April 1765, Nawab Gowhar un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d.s.p. before 2^nd April 1774), elder daughter of Nasir ul-Mulk, ‘Ala ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Muhammad Sadiq ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Asad Jang [Mir Miran], Heir Apparent of Murshidabad, by his wife, Nawab Saliha Begum Sahiba. m. (third) Khudizut us-Sultan Begum. m. (fourth) at Murshidabad, before 2^nd April 1774, Muhammadi Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nasir ul-Mulk, ‘Ala ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Muhammad Sadiq ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Asad Jang [Mir Miran], Heir Apparent of Murshidabad, by his muta wife, Kumari Khanum. He d. in India, between 21^st October 1789 and 5^th January 1790, having had issue, two sons and six daughters, including:
- a) H.E. Iftikhar ul-Mulk, ‘Azad ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad Khalilu’llah Khan Bahadur, Ghazanfar Jang. b. at Mashhad, 1750, as Sultan Sayyid Muhammad Khalil Mirza, educ. privately. Followed his father to India in 1778. Dewan of Murshidabad 1789-1794. m. (first) 1777, his cousin (d. 1807), a daughter of Mirza Muhammad Mahdi. m. (second) his cousin, Fakhr uz-Zamani Begum (d.s.p. 1812), daughter of Mirza Muhammad Reza al-Husaini al-Marashi. m. (third) at Murshidabad, 26^th May 1785, Zinat (or Zeb) un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. before, 1808), eldest daughter of H.H. Mubarak ud-Daula, Mutamid ul-Mulk, Nawab Sayyid Mubarak ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad, by his wife, Shuruf un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. (fourth) Gulshan. He d. at Calcutta, 15^th February 1816, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
  - i) Sultan Sayyid Ibrahim Mirza. b. 1780, educ. Murshidabad. m. (first) at Murshidabad, July 1821, his cousin, Sultan Nur Jahan Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, 2^nd May 1868), daughter of Zia ul-Mulk, Imtiaz ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Himmat ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Rustam Jang, by his wife, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Sultan Shahrukh Begum Sahiba, second daughter of Shahzada Sultan Daud Mirza. m. (second) at Murshidabad, ‘Ashraf un-nisa Begum Sahiba alias Padshah Begum (b. 1806), daughter of Nawab Nasir ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Shamat Jang, by his wife Rahim un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Mubarak ud-Daula, Mutamid ul-Mulk, Nawab Sayyid Mubarak ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad. m. (third) at Murshidabad, Mussamat Firuza (d. at Murshidabad, 31^st March 1879). He d. at Murshidabad, before 5^th May 1827, having had issue, one son:
    - (1) Sultan Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Mirza. b. at Murshidabad, 1821 (s/o Nur Jahan). m. at Murshidabad, October 1836, Sultana Gatiara Begum Sahiba (b. 31st May 1827; d.s.p. at Murshidabad, 14^th November 1892), daughter of H.H. Humayun Jah, Shuja-ul-Mulk, Ihtisham-ud-Daula, Nawab Sayyid Mubarak ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, GCH. He d.s.p. at Murshidabad, 28^th March 1865.
  - ii) Sultan Muhammad Daud Mirza. b. at at Murshidabad, 17^th January 1789 (s/o Zinat un-nisa Begum). Returned to Persia and d. at Isfahan, 1804, having had issue, an only daughter by a slave girl:
    - (1) A daughter. She d. before 1808.
  - i) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum Sahiba.
  - ii) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Sultan Zubaida Begum Sahiba. b. at Murshidabad (d/o Suzgar Khawas). m. (first) at Murshidabad, Kasim ‘Ali Khan. m. (second) at Murshidabad, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan (d.s.p. at Murshidabad, 19^th May 1832). She d. at Murshidabad, before 6^th December 1830, having had issue, two sons by her first husband.
- b) Nawab Jalilu’llah Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang [Mirza Muhammad Jalil]. b. at Murshidabad, 17xx. m. at Murshidabad, Nawab Rabia Begum Sahiba (d. at Murshidabad, 25^th February 1832), née Sahibzadi Hayat un-nisa Begum daughter of H.H. Mubarak ud-Daula, Mutamid ul-Mulk, Nawab Sayyid Mubarak ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Firuz Jang, Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad. He d.s.p. at Murshidabad, before 31^st October 1817.
- a) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Sultan Humayun Begum Sahiba. She d. at Murshidabad, January 1826.
- b) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Sultan Shahrukh Begum Sahiba [Bakhshi Begum] (d/o Muhammadi Begum). m. as his second wife, Ziga ul-Mulk, Imtiaz ud-Daula, Sayyid Himmat ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Rustam Jang (d. at Murshidabad, 12^th October 1808). She d. at Murshidabad, before 17^th December 1823, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
- c) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Sultan Khadija Begum Sahiba. m. before 1802, Mirza ‘Abdu’l Husain. She d. at Murshidabad, 30^th November 1845, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
- d) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Nur Sharaf Begum Sahiba [Umda Begum]. She d. at Murshidabad, 17^th April 1855, having had issue, one daughter.
- e) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Mehr Jahan Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Muhammad Taqi. She d. at Murshidabad, 20^th September 1833, having had issue, one son.
- f) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Razia us-Sultana Begum Sahiba [Imami Begum] (d/o Muhammadi Begum). m. at Murshidabad, before 1802, Mir Turab ‘Ali (d. before June 1818), son of Mir Ghazanfar ‘Ali, by his wife, Said un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sayyid Said ‘Ali Khan [Jugna Sahib], of the Murshidabad family. She d. at Murshidabad, 13^th September 1809, having had issue, one son - see India Pensioners (Murshidabad).
2) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Sultan ‘Ali Mirza. b. at Isfahan, 19^th August 1736 (s/o Khan Aga Begum). He d.s.p. at Hughly, Bengal, 12^th October 1773.
3) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Hasan Mirza. b. 28^th August 1737. m. a daughter of Mirza Said ‘Ali. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
- a) ‘Ali Reza Mirza.
- b) Muhammad Safi Mirza. b. 18^th February 1780 (s/o the d/o Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali).
- a) R..b Begum. b. at Mashhad. m. Mirza Muhammad Husain (d. 1807), son of Mirza Muhammad Mahdi.
- b) Baqin Banu Begum. m. Mir Mahmud Khan. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
4) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Qasim Mirza. b. April/May 1741. Lived at Shiraz under the protection of Karim Khan Zand.
5) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Muhammad Hashim Mirza. b. at Mashhad, before 8^th November 1752, educ. privately. Historian and author of ‘Tadhkita-yi Ali-i-Daud’. Lived at Shiraz under the protection of Karim Khan Zand. He d. at Shiraz, 1813, having had issue.
1) H.R.H. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum. b. 1745. She d. 1761.
2) H.R.H. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Zubaida Begum. b. 1758. She d. young, 1759.Copyright© Christopher Buyers

1750 H.M. Zill-u'llah Ismail Shah III, Shahanshah of Persia (first time) - see below.

1750 - 1752 H.M. Zill-u'llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Muhammad Husain Shah III, Shahanshah of Persia. At Mazandaran. Deposed 1757.

1750 and 1752-1761 H.M. Zill-u'llah Ismail Shah III, Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Isfahan, ca. 1733, son of Sayyid Murtaza Khalifa Sultani, by his wife, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Maryam Begum, daughter of H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Adil al-Kamil al-Hadi al-Wathiq ‘Abu’l Muzaffar al-Sultan bar al-Sultan Shah Sultan Husain Padshah Khan bin Shah Sulaiman al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, educ. privately. Proclaimed on the deposition of Sulaiman Shah II, 9^th January 1750. Deposed later the same year but was restored, 1752. Removed from any part of the active government of the country, 1756 and thereafter continued as nominal ruler. He d. at Abada, 1773, having had issue, one son and a daughter:

1) H.R.H. Prince (Shahzada) Haidar Mirza. He was k. at shiraz, ca. 3^rd March 1779, having had issue, one son:
a) Ishaq Mirza. m. a daughter of Haji Muhammad Husain Khan.
1) H.R.H. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Zainab un-nisa Khanun. m. H.M. Shah ‘Abdu’l Fath Muhammad, Shahanshah of Persia (d. in India, 1794). She d. at Isfahan, 29^th July 1782 (bur. there at the Shrine of Imamzada Ismail). – see below.

1786 H.M. ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Muhammad Mirza Bahadur Khan Safavi, a Turk who pretended to be the son of Shah Tahmasp II. b. before 6^th April 1772. Proclaimed at Isfahan by Aga Muhammad Khan, 1786. Fled to Sind in 1791 and settled at Lucknow 1796, eventually becoming a pensioner of the HEIC. He d. in India, 1796, having had issue at least two daughters:Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright©

1) A daughter. m. a grandson of Emperor Shah Alam II of India.
2) Another daughter. m. 1812, a great grandson of Emperor Shah Alam II of India.

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1588 - 1629 H.M. Zillu’llah Amir al-Mu’minin Haidar ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan [Shah ‘Abbas The Great], Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Herat, 27^th January 1571, third won of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, H.M. The Mahd-i-Aliya Nawab-i-Sipihr Istibah Bilqis uz-Zamani Khair un-nisa Begum, educ. privately. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 9^th September 1588. Crowned 1^st October 1588. The most outstanding ruler of his house, conqueror, diplomatist and patron of the arts. Sent the first Ambassador to the Court of St James in the person of Sir Robert Sherley, 1624. m. (first) at Qazvin, November 1587, H.M. the the Mahd-i-Aliya, daughter of Shahzada Sultan Mustafa Mirza. m. (second) at Qazvin, November 1587, H.H. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Oglan Pasha Khanum, widow of his elder brother, H.H. Shahzada Sultan Hamza Mirza, Vali Ahad, and daughter of Shahzada Sultan Husain Mirza. m. (third) at Qazvin, October/November 1591, a widow of his elder brother, H.H. Shahzada Sultan Hamza Mirza, Vali Ahad, and daughter of Muhammad Khan ‘Abbasi, Governor of Luristan. m. (fourth) June/July 1597, Fakhr-i-Jahan Begum, daughter of H.M. Bagrat VII, King of Kartli, by his wife, Queen Ana, second daughter of H.M. Aleksandri II, King of Kakheti. m. (fifth) at Isfahan, 1^st September 1602, Yakshan Begum (b. at Gilan, 1586), daughter of H.E. Khan Ahmad Khan, sometime Governor of Gilan, by his wife, Princess Mariam Sultan Begum [Mirza Begum], daughter of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin, ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Shah Tahmasp bin Shah Ismail al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. m. (sixth) at Gokca Deniz, 20^th September 1604 (div. ca. 1614), H.H. Princess Marta, daughter of H.M. Davit II, King of Kakheti, by his wife, H.M. Queen St Kethavan, daughter of Prince Archotone Bagrationi, of Mukhrani. m. (seventh) 1607, a daughter of Rustam Khan Daghistani. m. (eighth) 1607, a daughter of Masum Khan, sometime Governor of Tabarsaran. m. (ninth) after September 1605 (div. ca. 1614) Peri Lala Fatima Sultan Begum, née H.H. Princess Tinatina (m. second, Paykhar Khan, Governor of Kakheti), daughter of H.M. Giorgi X, King of Kartli, by his wife, H.M. Queen Mariami, daughter Giorgi Dadiani, Prince of Salipartiano [Giorgi Lipartian]. m. (tenth) at Gavdol, 6^th July 1610, a daughter of Shaikh Haidar Mokri, Governor of Maraghah. He d. at Ashraf, 31^st October 1628, having had issue, six sons and six daughters:

1) Sultan Muhammad Baqir Fayzi Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan. b. at Mashhad, 15^th September 1587 (s/o a Georgian mother), educ. privately. Governor of Mashhad 1587-1588, and of Hamadan 1591-1592. m. (first) at Isfahan, November 1601, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Fakhr-i-Jahan Khanum, former wife of Husain Khan Shamlu, and second daughter of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Ismail Shah II, Shahanshah of Persia. m. (second) Dil Aram Khanum (d. ca. 1647), a Circassian or Georgian. m. (third) Martha, daughter of Sikandar Mirza. He was k. by a slave on the orders of his father, while returning from his bath, at Rasht, Gilan, 25^th January 1615 o.s. (bur. Ardabil), having had issue, two sons:
- a) Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abu’l Nasir Sam Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Safi I bin Fayzi Mirza Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Dil Aram Khanum) – see below.
- b) Prince (Shahzada) Sulaiman Mirza (s/o Fakhr-i-Jahan). Blinded 1621. He was k. (executed) at Alamut, August 1632.
2) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Hasan Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan. b. at Lar, August/September 1588. Governor of Mashhad. He d. at Qazvin, 18^th August 1591.
3) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Husain Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan. b. at Qazvin, 26^th February 1591. He d. young.
4) Prince (Shahzada) Tahmasp Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan. He d.v.p.
5) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Muhammad Mirza Khuda Banda [Ranuk Mirza]. b. at Qazvin, 18^th March 1591 (s/o a Georgian). Blinded on the orders of his father, 1621. He was k. (executed) at Alamut, August 1632, having had issue, a daughter:
- a) Gowhar Shad Begum. m. Mirza Qazi, Shaikh ul-Islam of Isfahan until 1645. She had issue, at least one son.
6) Prince (Shahzada) Ismail Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan. b. at Isfahan, 6^th September 1601. He d.v.p. there, 16^th August 1613 (bur. Mashhad).
7) Prince (Shahzada) Imam Quli Amanu’llah Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan. b. at Isfahan, 12^th November 1602. Blinded on the orders of his father, 1627. He was k. (executed) at Alamut, August 1632, having had issue, one son:
- a) Prince (Shahzada) Najaf Quli Mirza. b. ca. 1625. He was k. at Alamut, 1632.
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahzada Begum. m. Mirza Muhsin Rizavi (d. September/October 1645), Supt. of the Shrine of Imam Reza at Mashhad, son of Mirza Ulugh. She d. before 1629, having had issue, two sons.
2) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Zubaida Begum. b. 4^th December 1586? (d/o Fakhr-i-Jahan Begum). m. General ‘Isa Khan Safawi (k. 1632; bur. Karbala), Qurchibashi 1612-1632, son of Said Beg Safawi, of Shaikhwand. She was k. (executed) 20^th February 1632, having had issue three sons and one daughter, including:
- a) Jahan Banu Begum. m. 1623, H.M. Svimeon II [Simon Khan], King of Kartli (b. and educ. in Isfahan; k. 1629), son of H.M. Bagrat VII, Khan of Kartli, by his wife, H.M. Queen Anna, daughter of H.M. Aleksandré II, King of Kakheti. She had issue, a daughter:
  - i) H.H. Princess ‘Izz-i-Sharif. m. Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah al-Husaini al-Marashi, son of Mirza Muhammad Shafi, and had issue, one son and three daughters, including:
    - (1) Sayyid Muhammad Daud al-Husaini al-Marashi. m. Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum, daughter of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Sulaiman Safi II, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.
3) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Khan Agha Begum. m. Mirza Abu Talib ‘Ala ud-din Muhammad al-Husaini al-Marashi, Nawab Khalifa Sultan (b. ca. 1541; d. at Ashraf, 13^th January 1654; bur. Najaf), Vizier 1623-1632 and 1645-1654, son of Mir Rafi ud-din Muhammad Khalifa Isfahani. She had issue, four sons and four dughters:
- a) Nawab Sayyid Husain al-Husaini al-Marashi. He had issue:
  - i) Nawab Mirza Muhammad Baqir. He had issue:
    - (1) Mirza Muhammad Jafar. He had issue, a son:
      - (a) Mirza Muhammad Zaman. He d. at Cambay, India, 8^th January 1769 (bur. Bara Muqbara).
- b) Mirza Ala ud-din Husain. He had issue:
  - i) Nawab Mirza Sayyid Hassan. He had issue:
    - (1) Nawab Mirza Muhammad Baqir. He had issue:
      - (a) Mirza Ala ud-din Husain. He had issue, a son:
        
        (i) Mirza ‘Abdu’l Baqi. He d. at Cambay, India, 23^rd June 1785.
4) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Hava Begum. m. (first) Mirza Razi (d. Zanjan, 1617; bur. Qum), son of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Isfahani. m. (second) Mirza Rafi ud-din Muhammad Shahristani. She d. before 1629, having had issue, three sons.
5) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum. m. Mir ‘Abd’ul Azim al-Marashi, son of Mir Husain Khan Mazandarani.Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Malika un-nisa Begum. m. Mirza Jalal Shahristani (d. before 23^rd April 1640), a noted poet under the pen-name of “Asir” and author of “Divan-e Ghazaliyat-e Mirza Jalal Asir”, son of Mirza Mumin Shahristani. She d. before 1629.

1629 - 1642 H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Safi I bin Fayzi Mirza al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. b. 1611, as Shahzada ‘Abu’l Nasir Sam Mirza, eldest son of Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Baqir Fayzi Mirza ibn ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, by his wife, Dil Aram Khanum, educ. privately. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 1^st November 1628. Crowned at Isfahan, 29^th January 1629. m. (a) ca. 1634, a daughter of H.H. Mamuka [Manuchir] I Dadiani, Eristav Eristavi of Mingrelia, by his wife, H.H. Princess Thamar. m. (b) 1637, H.H. Princess Tinatina, younger daughter of H.M. Taimuraz I [Taimuraz Khan], King of Kartli and Kakheti, by his second wife, H.M. Queen Khoreshan-Darejan, daughter of H.M. Giorgi X, King of Kartli. m. (c) a daughter of Bika, a Circassian. m. (d) a daughter of Urgurlu Beg, his former slave. m. (e) Ana Khanum (d. 9^th September 1647), a Circassian lady, possibly the same as one of the above. m. (f) a daughter of a Turkish or Persian court official from Nakhichivan. He d. from drink, at Kashan, 12^th May 1642, having had issue, six sons and two daughters:Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© C J Buyers

1) Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abbas Mirza. b. 30^th August 1632. He d.v.p. before 1642.
2) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Muhammad Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas II bin Shah Safi al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Ana Khanum) – see below.
3) Prince (Shahzada) Tahmasp Mirza. Blinded 1642.
4) Prince (Shahzada) Bahram Mirza. Blinded 1642.
5) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Haidar Mirza. Blinded 1642.
6) Prince (Shahzada) Ismail Haidar Mirza. Blinded 1642.
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Mariam Begum*. b. ca. 1640. m. General Mirza Abu Salih (d. 1686), son of Mirza Muhsin. She d. at Isfahan, after October 1719.
2) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Pari Rukhshah Begum*. m. General Mirza Abu Talib (d. 22^nd March 1688), son of Mirza Baqir. She had issue, two sons.
3) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) [Azim?] Begum.
* the husbands of Shahzadi 'Alamiyan Mariam and Shahzadi 'Alamiyan Pari Rukhshah may have been reversed. Copyright©

1642 - 1666 H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas II bin Shah Safi al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Isfahan (or Qazvin), 17^th January 1633, as Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Mirza, second son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah Safi I bin Fayzi Mirza al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia, by his Circassian wife, Ana Khanum, educ. privately. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 12^th May 1642. Crowned at Kashan, 16^th May 1642. m. several wives, including (a) Naqiyat Khanum, a Circassian lady. m. (b) Nur un-nisa Khanum, a Georgian lady. m. (c) 1660, H.H. Princess Anouka (m. second, 1668 (div. 1695), Shah Verdi Khan of Luristan, and d. 1697), daughter of H.M. Vakhtang V [Shah Nawaz Khan II], King of Kartli, by his first wife, H.M. Queen Rwadam, daughter of Prince Qaphlan Baratashvili-Orbeliani. He d. ar Khusravabad, Damghan, 26^th October 1666 (bur. Qum), having had issue, three sons and two daughters.

1) Prince (Shahzada) Safi Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Mansur Shah Sulaiman bin Shah ‘Abbas II al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Naqiyat Khanum) – see below.
2) Prince (Shahzada) Ismail Mirza.
3) Prince (Shahzada) Hamza Mirza (s/o Nur un-nisa Khanum).
4) A son (s/o Princess Anouka?), who had issue, a son:

a) Nawab Shah Nawaz Khan [Mirza ‘Ali Naqi al-Safawi]. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mensab of 3,000 zat and 1,000 sowar 1705, 3^rd Bakhshi 1706-1707. Granted the titles of Mirza Safawi Khan 1705, and prom. to Shah Nawaz Khan before 1707. m. 1707, a daughter of Nawab Mu‘azzam Khan [Mirza Muhammad Mu‘azzam]. He was k. in battle, at Jajau, near Dholpur, in Central India, 19^th June 1707.

1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Khanum. m. and had issue two sons.

2) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Khanum. m. her cousin, Mirza Sayyid Murtaza Khalifa Sultani, son of Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali Sultani.

1666 - 1694 H.M. Zillu’llah ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Mansur Shah Sulaiman bin Shah ‘Abbas II al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. b. 1647, eldest son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas II bin Shah Safi al-Safawi al-Husaini al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 25^th September 1666. Crowned at Isfahan for the first time as Safi II, 2^nd October 1666. Crowned at Isfahan for the second time, under the name of Sulaiman, 20^th March 1668. Lived the life of a recluse, shutting himself up in his harem for seven years. m. several wives, including (a) Elena, daughter of the Atabegi of Samtzkhé, in Georgia. He d. at Isfahan, 29^th July 1694 (bur. Qum), having had issue, seven sons and four daughters:

1) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Husain Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Adil al-Kamil al-Hadi al-Wathiq ‘Abu’l Muzaffar al-Sultan bar al-Sultan Shah Sultan Husain Padshah Khan bin Shah Sulaiman al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.
2) Shahzada ‘Abbas Mirza. b. 1671, educ. privately. Involved in several plots to seize the throne. He was k. with his brothers on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
3) Shahzada Murtaza Mirza. He was k. with his brothers on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
4) Shahzada Mustafa Mirza. He was k. with his brothers on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
5) Shahzada Sultan Hamza Mirza. He was k. with his brothers on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
6) Shahzada Sultan Ibrahim Mirza. He was k. with his brothers on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
7) Shahzada Ahmad Mirza. He was k. with his brothers on the orders of Mahmud Shah, at Isfahan, 8^th February 1725 (bur. Qum).
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shahbanu Begum. m. at Isfahan, 5^th April 1713, as his first wife, Sayyid Mirza Muhammad Daud al-Husaini al-Marashi (b. at Isfahan, 25^th January 1655; there, before 27^th December 1715), Mutawali of the Shrine of the Imam Reza at Mashhad, eldest son of Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah al-Husaini al-Marashi, by his wife Princess ‘Izz-i-Sharaf, daughter of H.M. Simon II, King of Kartli. She d. at Isfahan, 13^th December 1738, having had issue, two sons:
- a) Sayyid ‘Abu’l Qasim Mirza al-Husaini al-Marashi. He had issue two sons:
  - i) Sayyid Mirza Ahmad, who succeeded as H.M. Shah Ahmad I, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.
  - ii) Sayyid Mirza ‘Abdu’l Aimra. He was k. with his brother, August 1728.
- b) Sayyid Sultan Muhammad Mirza Safawi, who succeeded as H.M. Shah Sulaiman II, Shahanshah of Persia – see below.
2) Another daughter, who had issue, a son:
- a) Latif Khan. He d. after, 1724.Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© Christopher Buyers

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1524 - 1576 H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin, ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Shah Tahmasp bin Shah Ismail al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Shahabad, 3^rd March 1513, educ. privately. Governor of Khorasan 1515-1521. Succeeded on the death of his father, 23^rd May 1525. Entered into commercial relations with the English Muscovy Co. 1561-1563. m. (first) his maternal first cousin, Kadamali Sultan Begum, née Sultanum Begum (b. ca. 1516; d. at Qazvin, 1593), daughter of Musa Sultan bin ‘Isa Beg Musullu (Bayanduri), of the Aq Quyunlu, Governor of Azerbaijan. m. (second) before 1548, Sultan Agha Khanum, a Circassian, sister of Shamkhal Kara-Musal Sultan, sometime Governor of Sakki. m. (third) before 1555, Sultanzada Khanum, daughter of ‘Ali Khan Gorji, a Georgian. m. (fourth) at Tiflis, 1548, Zahra Baji (d. after 1577), daughter of Prince Otar Shalikashvili, of Meskhia, in Georgia. m. (fifth) Khan-Parwar Khanum, a sister of Zali Beg Gorji, a Georgian. m. (sixth) Huri-Khan Khanum, another Georgian. m. (seventh) a daughter of the Governor of Daghastan. m. (eighth) 1546, Aisha Begum, daughter of Sufian Khan, Khan of Khiva. m. (ninth) after 1549, Zainab Sultan Khanum (d. at Qazvin, October 1570), widow of his younger brother Shahzada ‘Abdl Fath Muiz ud-din Bahram Mirza, and sister of Imad ud-din Shirvani. m. (tenth) Zahra Baji, a Georgian. He d. (poisoned) at Qazvin, 25^th May 1576 (bur. Ardabil), having had issue, thirteen sons and eight daughters:Copyright©

1) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan ‘Ali Quli Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. Governor of Khorasan. He d. 1529.
2) Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abu’l Ghalib Sultan Muhammad Muran Mirza al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, who succeeded as H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Kadamali Sultan Begum) – see below.
3) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Ismail Mirza al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, who succeeded as H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Ismail Shah II, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Kadamali Sultan Begum) – see below.
4) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Murad Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. 1538. Governor of Kandahar 1545. He d. at Kandahar, a few days after 5^th September 1545. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
5) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Sulaiman Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. at Nikhichivan, 28^th March 1554 (s/o Sultan-aqa Khanum). Governor of Fars 1555-1557, and Mashhad 1576. He was k. on the orders of his half-brother, Shah Ismail II, 2^nd November 1576 (bur. Shrine of Imamzada Husain, Qazvin).
6) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Haidar Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. 1555 (s/o Sultanzada Khanum). He was k. at Qazvin, after having attempted to seize the throne, 14^th May 1576 (bur. Qazvin), having had issue, one daughter:
- a) A daughter. m. Hasan Khan Ustajalu (d. 1624), sometime Governor of Hamadan. She had issue, four sons.
7) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Mustafa Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. 1557 (s/o Zahra Baji). He was k. at Qazvin, on the orders of his halfbrother, Shah Ismail II, 2^nd November 1576 (bur. Shrine of Imamzada Husain, Qazvin), having had issue, two daughters:
- a) H.M. the Mahd-i-Aliya. m. at Qazvin, November 1587, H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abbas Shah I {Shah ‘Abbas The Great], Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Herat, 27^th January 1571; d. at Ashraf, 21^st January 1629), third son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, Khair un-nisa Begum, H.M. The Mahd-i-Aliya, daughter of Mir ‘Abdu’llah Khan, Governor of Mazandaran.
- b) Another daughter. m. after 1587, Zulfikhar Khan Karamanlu (k. 1610), Governor of Shirvan 1607-1610, son of Husam Beg Karamanlu. She had issue, two sons.
8) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Mahmud Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. 1559 (s/o a Georgian slave). Governor Shirvan 1566-1567, and of of Lahijan 1567-1571. He was k. with his son at Qazvin, on the orders of his half brother, Shah Ismail II, 24^th February 1577 (bur. Qazvin), having had issue, one son:
- a) Prince (Shahzada) Muhammad Bakar Mirza. b. 1575. He was k. with his father at Qazvin, on the orders of his halfbrother, Shah Ismail II, 24^th February 1577 (bur. Qazvin).
9) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Imam Quli Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. 1562 (s/o Khan-Parwar Khanum). He was k. at Qazvin, on the orders of his halfbrother, Shah Ismail II, 24^th February 1577 (bur. Qazvin).
10) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan ‘Ali Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. at Qazvin, 1563 (s/o Zahra Baji). Governor of Ganja 1570-1577. Blinded and imprisoned by Shah ‘‘Abbas I at Alamut. m. at Isfahan, 1613, Kabuli Begum, widow of Amir Shahrukh Mirza, sometime Governor of Badakhsan and Malwa, and daughter of Shahzada Muhammad Hakim Mirza, sometime Governor of Kabul, by his wife, a daughter of Sulaiman Mirza Ilkhshi, sometime Governor of Badakshan. He d. at Isfahan, 31^st January 1642, having had issue, one son:
- a) Prince (Shahzada) Mustafa Mirza.
11) Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abu’l Nasir Sultan Ahmad Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. b. 1564 (s/o a slave). He was k. at Qazvin, on the orders of his half brother, Shah Ismail II, 24^th February 1577 (bur. Qazvin).
12) Prince (Shahzada) Zainal Abidin Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. He d. young at Qazvin, before 1576.
13) Prince (Shahzada) Musa Mirza bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan. He d. young at Qazvin, before 1576.
1) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Gowhar Sultan Begum. b. March/April 1540. m. 1555, Shahzada ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Ibrahim Mirza (b. 1543; k. at Qazvin, on the orders of Shah Ismail II, 24^th February 1577), sometime Governor of Mashhad and Sabzawar, son of paternal uncle, Shahzada ‘Abu’l Fath Muiz ud-din Bahram Mirza, sometime Governor of Khorasan, Gilan and Hamadan, by his wife, Zainab Sultan Khanum, sister of Imad ud-din Khan Shirvani. She d. from grief, at Qazvin, 19^th May 1577 (bur. Mashhad), having had issue, one daughter – see above.
2) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Durr-i-Durat-i-Padhsahi Shahzadi Jahan va Jahaniyan Fatima uz-Zamani Khanum [Pari-Khan Khanum]. b. at Tabriz, August 1548 (d/o Sultan-aqa Khanum). Raised to the title of Bani-ye Kubra * 1556, and Malika-i-Zamani in 1577. She was k. unm. at Qavzin, 17^th February 1578 (bur. there). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
3) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Khadija Sultan Begum (d/o the Daghistan lady). m. (first) 1567, her cousin, Jamshid Khan Gilani (b. 1557; k. at Quhdom, 1580), sometime Governor of Biya Pas, son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza Gilani, sometime Governor of Fuman. m. (second) 1608, as his third wife, Mir Nimatu’llah Yazdi Zu’l-Nurain, eldest son of Murtarda-i-Mammalik-i-Islam Amir Ghiyath ud-din Muhammad Yazdi, sometime Mir-i-Miran. She d. after 1627, having had issue, two sons, by her first husband.
4) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Zainab Begum [Nam Khanum] (d/o Huri-Khan Khanum). She d. unm. at Isfahan, 14^th May 1641 (bur. Mashhad).
5) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Mariam Sultan Begum [Mirza Begum] (d/o Huri-Khan Khanum). m. (first) at Qavzin, 1576, H.E. Khan Ahmad Khan (b. 1535; d. at Constantinople, after August 1592), Governor of Gilan 1537-1567 and 1576-1592, fled to Shirvan after his rebellion was suppressed in August 1592, a relative of H.M. The Mahd-i-Aliya Nawab-i-Sipihr Istibah Bilqis uz-Zamani Khair un-nisa Begum and son of Sayyid Sultan Hasan Karkiya, of Lahijan, in Gilan. m. (second) after 1592, as his second wife, Mir Nimatu’llah Yazdi Zu’l-Nurain, eldest son of Murtarda-i-Mammalik-i-Islam Amir Ghiyath ud-din Muhammad Yazdi, sometime Mir-i-Miran. She d. at Isfahan, 1608 (bur. Mashhad), having had issue one daughter, and possibly one son, by her first husband.
6) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) … Begum. m. 1576, Musib Beg Khan, son of Muhammad Khan Takahi.
7) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Khanish Begum. b. after 1562 (d/o Zal Beg’s sister). m. 1579, as his first wife, Mir Nimatu’llah Yazdi Zu’l-Nurain, eldest son of Murtarda-i-Mammalik-i-Islam Amir Ghiyath ud-din Muhammad Yazdi, sometime Mir-i-Miran. She d. at Isfahan, 1590, having had issue, two sons.
8) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Fatima Sultan Begum (d/o a Georgian slave). m. at Tabriz, 29^th May 1580, Amir Khan Musallu (k. at Qahqaha, 1584), Governor of Khorasan 1578-1584, son of Muhsmmad Beg Musallu, a Turkoman. She d.s.p. at Tabriz, 1581 (bur. Ardibil).
9) Princess (Shahzadi Alamiyan) Shahbanu Khanum (d/o the Daghistan lady). m. 1580/1582, as his first wife, her cousin, Amir Salman Khan Ustajalu (m. second, Princess Gowhar Sultan Khanum, and d. at Isfahan, 1623), Governor of Qazvin 1612, Vizier to ‘Abbas Shah I 1620-1623, son of Shah ‘Ali Quli Mirza Ustajalu. She d.s.p. at Tabriz, 1583.r

1576 - 1577 H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Sultan Ismail II bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. b. at Qum, May 1537, as Shahzada Sultan Ismail Mirza, third son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin, ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Shah Tahmasp bin Shah Ismail al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia, by his first wife, Kadamali Sultan Begum, née Sultanum, daughter of Musa Sultan bin ‘Isa Musullu, of the Aq Quyunlu, educ. privately. Governor of Shirvan 1547-1548, of Hamadan 1555-1556, and of Khorasan 1556. Arrested and imprisoned at Qahqahan 1556. Proclaimed at Qazvin after the death of his father, 23^rd May 1576. Crowned there, 1^st September 1576. m. (first) at Qazvin, or Tabriz, 1555, Safia Sultan Begum (b. after 1537), née Pari Peykar Khanum, daughter of Sayyid Nur ud-din Nimatu’llah Baqi Yazdi, by his wife, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Janish Khanum, eldest daughter of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Ismail Shah I, Shahanshah of Persia. m. (second) at Qazvin, 1576, a daughter of Amir Pira Muhammad Khan Ustajalu. m. (third) at Qazvin, 1576, a daughter of Shamkhal Sultan, sometime Governor of Sakki. m. (fourth) at Qazvin, 1576, a daughter of Amir Husain Khan Sultan Kinislu. He d. at Qazvin, from an overdose of opium, 4^th December 1577 (bur. Qazvin, later reinturred at Mashhad), having had issue, one son and three daughters:Copyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© Christopher BuyersCopyright© Christopher Buyers

1) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Shah Shuja ud-din Muhammad Mirza. b. at Qazvin, 16^th October 1577 (s/o a slave). He was k. at Qazvin, 17^th February 1578.
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Safia Sultan Begum [Shahzada Khanum]. b. 1555 (d/o Safia Sultan Begum). m. 1578, Mir Khalilu’llah Yazdi (d. of diarrhœa, at Agra, India, 19^th June 1608 o.s.), Governor of Yazd, who entered the Mughal service and was appointed to an Imperial mansab of 1,000 zat and 200 sowar 1607, younger son of Murtarda-i-Mammalik-i-Islam Amir Ghiyath ud-din Muhammad Yazdi, sometime Mir-i-Miran. She d. before 3^rd September 1617 o.s., having had issue, four sons:

a) Mir Miran. m. Salihbanu Begum, daughter of Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Asaf Khan Bahadur.
b) Mir Muhammad Zahir ud-din ‘Ali Yazdi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
c) Mir ‘Abdu’l Hadi Asalat Khan.
d) Mir Khalilu’llah Khan.

2) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Fakhr-i-Jahan Khanum. b. before 1577 (d/o a slave). m. (first) Husain Mirza Shamlu (or Vali Khan Shamlu?), son of ‘Ali Quli Khan Shamlu. m. (second) at Isfahan, November 1601, Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Baqir Safi Mirza (b. at Mashhad, 15^th September 1587; k. on the orders of his father, at Rasht, 2^nd February 1614), son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abbas Shah I [Shah ‘Abbas The Great], Shahanshah of Persia. She had issue, one son by her first husband and another son by her second – see below.
3) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Gowhar Sultan Khanum. b. posthumously, 1578. m. Salman Khan Ustajalu (d. at Isfahan, 1623), Governor of Qazvin 1612, Vizier to ‘Abbas Shah I 1620-1623, son of Shah ‘Ali Quli Ustajalu. She d.s.p. after July 1618.

1578 - 1588 H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Sultan Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah bin Shah Tahmasp al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. b. 1531, as Shahzada ‘Abu’l Ghalib Sultan Muhammad Muran Mirza, second son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin, ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Shah Tahmasp bin Shah Ismail al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia, by his first wife, Kadamali Sultan Begum, née Sultanum, daughter of Musa Sultan bun ‘Isa Musullu, of the Aq Quyunlu, educ. privately. Governor of Khorasan 1535-1556, 1556-1565 and 1566-1571, and of Fars 1571-1578. Succeeded on the death of his younger brother, 4^th December 1577 (having been passed over on account of his poor sight in 1576). Crowned 23^th February 1578. Active power being held by his wife, the Mahd-i-Aliya and his sister Pari Khan Khanum. Abdicated in favour of his third son, 9^th September 1588. Poet and man of letters under the pen-name ‘Fahmi’. m. (first) at Herat, 1549, a daughter of Mir ‘Abdu’l Azim Saifi Husaini, of Gilan, by his wife, a daughter of Qazi Jahan Qazvini, sometime Vizier. m. (second) at Qazvin, 1565, Nawab-i-Sipihr Istibah Bilqis uz-Zamani Khair un-nisa Begum, H.M. The Mahd-i-Aliya (k. (strangled in the Harem) at Qazvin, 26^th July 1579; bur. Mashhad), daughter of Mir ‘Abdu’llah Khan II Mar‘asi, Governor of Mazandaran, by his wife, Fakhr un-nisa Begum. He d. at Alamut, between July 1595 and July 1596 (bur. Sultanieh), having had issue, six sons and one daughter:

1) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Hasan Mirza. b. at Herat, 1558 (s/o the first wife), educ. privately. Governor of Mazandaran 1569-1577. He was k. at Teheran, 1578 (bur. Mashhad). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
2) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Hamza Mirza. b. 1566 (s/o Khair un-nisa Begum), educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahad, 1577. Governor of Isfahan 1577-1786. Vakil of the supreme Diwan, 1578. m. (first) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Oglan Pasha Khanum (m. second, at Qazvin, November 1587, his younger brother, H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abbas Shah I [Shah ‘Abbas the Great], Shahanshah of Persia – see below), daughter of Shahzada Sultan Husain Mirza. m. (second) 1579, H.H. Princess Tinatina, daughter of H.M. Aleksandré II, King of Kakheti, by his wife, H.M. Queen Tinatina, daughter of Bardzim I Amilakhvari. m. (third) 1582, a daughter of H.M. Svimon I [Shah Nawaz Mahmud Khan], King of Kartli, by his wife, Princess Nestan-Daredjan, daughter of Levan, King of Kahketi. m. (fourth) at Qazvin, April 1582 (div. 1583), Safiya Begum (b. ca. 1572), daughter of Mirza Salman Jaberi, I’timad ud-Daula, of Isfahan, sometime Grand Vizier. m. (fifth) a daughter of Muhammad Khan ‘Abbasi, Governor of Luristan. He was k. at Ganja, 6^th December 1586 (bur. Ardabil), having had issue two sons and seven daughters:

a) Prince (Shahzada) Ismail Mirza. Imprisoned at Alamut on the orders of Shah ‘Abbas the Great, and d. there after 1591.
b) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Haidar Mirza. Sent to Constantinople as a hostage 1592. He d. there, 1596.

3) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan ‘Abbas Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Zillu’llah Amir al-Mu’minin Haidar ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Shah ‘Abbas al-Husaini al-Musavi al-Safawi Bahadur Khan [Shah ‘Abbas The Great], Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Khair un-nisa Begum) – see below.
4) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Abu Talib Mirza. b. at Shiraz, 1574 (s/o Khair un-nisa Begum), educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahad, 1586 (rescinded 1587). Blinded and imprisoned on the orders of Shah ‘Abbas The Great, 1590. He d. at Alamut, 1619.
5) Prince (Shahzada) Tahmasp Mirza. b. at Shiraz, after 14^th May 1576 (s/o Khair un-nisa Begum), educ. privately. Imprisoned on the orders of Shah ‘Abbas the Great, 1590. He d. at Alamut, after 1591.
6) Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Abu Talib Mirza.
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shah Begum. b. at Qazvin, 13^th May 1578 (d/o Khair un-nisa Begum). m. (first) Sayyid Nasir.Copyright© Christopher Buyers

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H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Ismail Shah I, Shahanshah of Persia. b. 17th July 1487, third and youngest son of ‘Abu’l Wilayat Sultan Haidar Safawi, Grand Master of the Safawi Order, by his wife, Alam Shah Begum [Halima Begi Agha], daughter of Sultan ‘Abu’l Nasir Hasan Khan [Uzun Hasan], Khan of the Aq Quyunlu, by his wife, Princess Catherine [Despina Khatun], second daughter of H.M. Emperor Ioannis IV [Kaloyan] Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond. Imprisoned with his brother and mother at Isfahan 1489-1493, nominated Grand Master of the Safawi Order 1494, and took refuge in Lahijan 1494-1499, conquered Shirvan 1500 and defeated the Aq Quyunlu, 1501. His Empire extended from Baghdad in the West to Herat in the East. Proclaimed as Shahanshah at Tabriz, July 1501. Crowned there, 12^th March 1502. Established Shi’ism as the state religion. m. (first) Tajlu Begum (d. at Istakhr-i-Fars, near Persepolis, before 7^th May 1540 o.s.), daughter of Abdi Beg Shamlu. m. (second) after 1507, Shah-Begi Khanum (d. at Shiraz, 1540; bur. Ardibil), daughter of Mahmud Beg Bektash Musullu, of the Aq Quyunlu. m. (third) Khan-Begi Khanum (d. after 1547), a kinswoman of Sufi Khalil Beg Musullu. m. (fourth) (div.) Bihruza Khanum (m. second, 1514, Takizada Ja’afar Shalabi), daughter of Hulefa, Governor of Baghdad. m. (fifth) at Tabriz, 4^th November 1523 (or 1^st March 1524 o.s.), a daughter of Shaikh Shah Sultan Ibrahim bin Farrukh Yasar, Governor of Shirvan. He d. at Manqutai, near Sarab, 23^rd May 1525 (bur. Ardibil), having had issue, five sons and seven daughters:Copyright© Christopher Buyers

1) Prince (Shahzada)‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Tahmasp Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin, ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Shah Tahmasp bin Shah Ismail al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia (s/o Shah-Begi) – see below.
2) Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abu’l Ghazi Sultan Alqas Mirza. b. at Tabriz, 15^th March 1515 (s/o Khan-Begi). Governor of Shirvan 1538-1547. Rebelled against his brother Tahmasp, then defected to the Ottomans in 1547. Captured and imprisoned at the Fortress of Qahqahan 1549. m. Khadija Sultan Khanum (d. after 1559). He was k. in prison at Qahqahan, 9^th April 1550, having had issue, two sons:
- a) Sultan Ahmad Mirza. Imprisoned with his father at Qahqaha. He was k. in prison with his brother, December 1567/January 1568.
- b) Sultan Farrukh Mirza. Imprisoned with his father at Qahqaha. He was k. in prison with his brother, December 1567/January 1568.
3) Prince (Shahzada)Sultan Rustam Mirza. b. at Maraghah, 13^th September 1517. He d.s.p. young (bur. Ardibil).
4) Prince (Shahzada) ‘Abu’l Nasir Sultan Sam Mirza. b. at Dizaward, Surluq, 28^th August 1518 (s/o Khan-Begi), educ. privately. Governor-General of Khorasan 1521-1529 and 1532-1534, and of Ardabil 1549-1571. Author and man of letters. Rebelled against his brother Tahmasp, captured and imprisoned at the Fortress of Qahqahan. m. a daughter of Husain Khan-e Shamlu. He d. in prison at Qahqahan, December 1567, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Sultan … Mirza. Imprisoned with his father at Qahqaha. He was k. in prison with his brother, December 1567/January 1568.
- b) Sultan … Mirza. Imprisoned with his father at Qahqaha. He was k. in prison with his brother, December 1567/January 1568.
- a) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) … Khanum. m. 1578, Prince Jésé [‘Isa Khan Gorji] (d. 1580), Governor of Sakki 1558-1580, third son of H.M. Levan I, King of Kakheti in Georgia – see Georgi (Kakheti). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
Prince 'Abu'l Nasir Sam Mirza, also left a reputed son:
- c) Prince (Shahzada)Arif Mirza Ardabili. m. (div.) a daughter of ‘Ali Khan of Kashmir. He d. at Agra, India, ca. 31^st January 1599.
5) Prince (Shahzada)‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Muiz ud-din Bahram Mirza. b. at Surluq, 7^th September 1518 (s/o Shah-Begi), educ. privately. Governor of Khorasan 1529-1532, Gilan 1536-1537 and Hamadan 1546-1549. m. Zainab Sultan Khanum (m. second, after 1549, H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Tahmasp Shah I, Shahanshah of Persia; and d. at Qazvin, October 1570), sister of Imad ud-din Shirvani. He d. 16^th September 1550 (bur. Mashhad), having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
- a) Sultan Hasan Mirza (twin with his brother Husain?). Adopted by his uncle Tahmasp Shah I. He d. young (?).
- b) Sultan Husain Mirza. Governor of Sistan 1555-1557, Kandahar 1557-1576, Zamindawar and Garmsir 1558-1566. m. several wives, including (a) (k. by the Biyats, while defending Kalat fort for her son, before 1592). He d. at Kandahar, September/October 1576, having had issue, five sons and one daughter:
  - i) Sultan Muhammad Husain Mirza. b. at Kandahar, 1559, educ. privately. He was k. at Qazvin, 23^rd February 1577.
  - ii) Farzand Sultan Muzaffar Husain Mirza. b. at Kandahar, 1562, educ. privately. Governor of Kandahar 1578-1595. Surrendered Kandahar to Emperor Akbar I of India and entered his service, 1594. Granted the title of Farzand, and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 5,000 zat and 4,000 sowar 1594, retd 1599. m. (first) a daughter of Malik Mahmud Khan, sometime Governor of Sistan. m. (second) a daughter of Sulaiman Mirza Ilkhshi, sometime Governor of Badakshan. He d. at Delhi, October 1603 (bur. there), having had issue, five sons and one daughter: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    - (1) Mirza Bahram Safawi. Entered the Mughal service under Emperor Jahangir, Sardar of Kutch 1620.
    - (2) Mirza Haidar Safawi. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 500 zat and 150 sowar by Emperor Jahangir, prom. to 1,000 zat and 200 sowar in 1627. He d. 5^th September 1631, having had issue, two sons:
      - (a) Nawab Nauzar Khan [Mirza Anwar Safawi]. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 900 zat by Emperor Shah Jahan, prom. to 1,000 zat and 200 sowar 1637, prom. to 400 sowar 1638, prom. to 2,000 zat and 1,400 sowar 1639, prom. to 2,500 zat and 2,000 sowar 1645, prom. to 3,000 zat 1646, prom. to 2,500 sowar 1647, and prom. to 4,000 zat and 3,000 sowar 29/1/1649. Lord High Falconer (Qushbegi) 1645-1647, Faujdar of Kot 1639, Bahraich 1649-1650, and of Mandu 1650-1653. He d. at Agra, India, before 22^nd November 1653.
      - (b) Mirza Sultan Safawi. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 1,000 zat by Emperor Shah Jahan, prom. to 400 sowar 1645, prom. to 1,500 zat and 500 sowar 1647, prom. to 2,000 zat 1650, prom. to 2,500 zat and 600 sowar 1651, prom. to 1,000 sowar 1652, prom. to 3,000 zat 1654, prom. to 1,200 sowar 1655, prom. 1,500 sowar 1656, prom. to 4,000 zat 1659 and 2,000 sowar in 1659, prom. to 3,000 sowar in 1666. Qurbegi 1650-1657, Subadar of Kabul 1675. m. a daughter of Bakshi ul-Mamalik, Nawab Islam Khan [Mir ‘Abdu’s Salam Mashhadi], sometime Paymaster-General and Subadar of Gujarat, Bengal and the Deccan. He d. in the Deccan, after 1675 (bur. near Jaisinghpur), having had issue, two sons:
        
        (i) Bakshi ul-Mamalik, Hisam ud-Daula, Nawab Shah Nawaz Khan Bahadur [Mirza Sadr ud-din Muhammad Khan Safawi]. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 2,000 zat 1698, prom. to 2,500 zat and 800 sowar in 1703, prom. to 3,000 zat and 1,000 sowar 1704, prom. to 3,500 zat in 1706, prom. to 5,000 zat in 1707. Faujdar of Ramgir 1684, of Irij Bhander, and of Punar, Paymaster Corps of Gentlemen (Bakshi-i-Ahdiyan), Subadar of Khandesh 1702-1704, 3^rd Bakshi 1704-1706, 2^nd Bakshi 1706-1707. Granted the titles of Khan 1684, Mirza 1703, Hisam ud-Daula 1707, and Shah Nawaz Khan Bahadur by Emperor Bahadur Shah. He d. from wounds received fighting for Prince Azim us-Shan, having left the battlefield near Lahore with seventeen arrows sticking in his body, 18^th March 1712.
        
        (ii) Nawab Mirza Khan [Mirza Abu Talib Safawi]. He had issue, one son:
        
        1. Nawab Nazir Khan [Mirza Muhammad Yar Safawi]. He d. 1739.
    - (3) Mirza Alqasp Safawi.
    - (4) Mirza Tahmasp Safawi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    - (5) Mirza Ismail Safawi.
    - (1) The elder daughter. m. as his first wife, Sultan Parviz Mirza (b. at Ajmer, 23rd June 1616; d. at Burhanpur, 28th October 1625), fourth son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, ‘Abdu’l Fath Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah, Emperor of India, by his wife, Sahib-i-Jamal Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khwaja Hasan. She had issue - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
    - (2) Nawab Kandahari Begum Sahiba previously Kandahari Mahal. b. at Kandahar, before 1594. m. at Agra, 12^th December 1609, as his first wife, H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah [Firdaus-Ashiyani], Emperor of India (b. at Lahore, 15^th January 1592; d. at the Musamman Burj, Agra, 2^nd February 1666), fourth son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, ‘Abu’l-Fath Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah [Jannat-Maksani], Emperor of India, by his wife, Jagat Gosain, Bilqis Makani Begum Sahiba, née Rajkumari Shri Mani Baiji Lall Sahiba, daughter of Raja Shri Udai Singhji, Raja of Marwar. She had issue, one daughter – see India Pensioners (Delhi).
  - iii) Nawab ‘Iffat Khan [Sultan Rustam Mirza]. b. at Kandahar, 1565 (s/o the lady k. at Kalat), educ. privately. Governor of Zamindawar and Garmsir 1578-1589. Disputed control over Sistan and Zamindawar with his elder brother, Muzaffar Husain. Surrendered his rights to the government to Emperor Akbar I of India, 1594. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 5,000 zat and 150 sowar 1594, prom to 5,000 zat and 500 sowar 1613, prom to 5,000 zat and 1,000 sowar 25/3/1617 o.s., prom to 5,000 zat and 1,500 sowar 1618, prom to 6,000 zat and 6,000 sowar 1613, retd. 1627. Subadar of Patna 1611-1613, Thatta 1613-1615, Kandahar 1617-1618, Allahabad 1622-1626, and Bihar 1626-1627. Received Multan in jagir together with several parganas in Baluchistan 1594, exchanged for Chittor 1596, and granted Pathankot 1597, exchanged for Raisin in 1599. A poet under the nom de plume of ‘Fidai’. He d. at Agra, India, before 1^st April 1642, having had issue, five sons and two daughters:
    - (1) Nawab Iltifat Khan [Mirza Murad Safawi]. Appointed to an Imperial mansab of 2,000 zat and 700 sowar by Emperor Jahangir, prom to 2,500 zat 1639, retd 1642. Granted the title of Iltifat Khan 1616. m. a daughter of Khan-i-Khanan, Nawab Mirza ‘Abdu’r Rahim Khan, sometime Subadar of Gujarat and Multan, by his wife, Mah Banu Begum. He d. at Patna, after 1657, having had issue, one son:
      - (a) Mirza Mukarram Khan [Mirza Murad Kam Safawi]. Appointed to an Imperial mansab of 800 zat, prom to 1,000 zat 1639, prom to 2,000 zat 1648, prom to 3,000 zat and 3,000 sowar 1652, prom to 4,000 zat and 4,000 sowar 1659, prom. to 5,000 zat 1659, and 5,000 sowar in 1667. Qurbegi 1639-1651, Qarawalbegi 1654-1655, Faujdar of Lucknow and Banswara 1651-1652, and of Jaunpur 1652-1654, 1658-1661 & 1666-1668, and Subadar of Oudh 1661-1666. Granted the titles of Mukarram Khan 1654, and Mirza Mukarram Khan 1668. He d. 12^th September 1669, having had issue, one son and two daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (i) Mirza Rustam Safawi. He had issue, a daughter:
        
        1. Nawab Saidat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Ahmadnagar, 30^th August 1684, as his third wife, H.M. Shahanshah-i-Ghazi ‘Abu’l-Fath Mu’iz ud-din Muhammad Jahandar Shah Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah-i-Jahan Ghazi [Khuld Aramgah], Emperor of India (b. in the Deccan, 10^th May 1661; k. at Delhi, 11^th February 1713), eldest son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu’azam Shah ‘Alamgir II Abu’l Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din ‘Abdu’l-Muzaffar Muhammad Shah ‘Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi [Khuld Manzil], Emperor of India, by his third wife, Nizam Bai Sahiba (d. at Delhi, 1692), daughter of Nawab Fathyawar Jang, of Hyderabad - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
        
        (i) A daughter. m. at Agra, 13^th October 1676, as his first wife, H.M. Shahanshah-i-Ghazi ‘Abu’l-Fath Mu’iz ud-din Muhammad Jahandar Shah Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah-i-Jahan Ghazi [Khuld Aramgah], Emperor of India (b. in the Deccan, 10^th May 1661; k. at Delhi, 11^th February 1713), eldest son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu’azam Shah ‘Alamgir II Abu’l Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din ‘Abdu’l-Muzaffar Muhammad Shah ‘Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi [Khuld Manzil], Emperor of India, by his third wife, Nizam Bai Sahiba (d. at Delhi, 1692), daughter of Nawab Fathyawar Jang, of Hyderabad. She d. before August 1684 - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
        
        (ii) Another daughter. m. her cousin, 1653, Mir Muhammad Nimatu’llah, third son of Mir Muhammad Zahir ud-din ‘Ali Yazdi – see above.
    - (2) Nawab Suhrab Khan [Mirza Shahrukh Safawi]. b. ca. 1594, educ. privately. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 1,000 zat and 400 sowar by Emperor Jahangir, prom. to 1,000 sowar 1618, Naib Mutsadi of Surat 1615-1618. m. 1619, a daughter of ‘Itimad ud-Daula, Nawab Mirza Ghias ud-din Muhammad Khan Tehrani, sometime Wazir ul-Mamalik. He d. (drowned) in the River Jhelan, near Kahtai, Kashmir, 25^th March 1620.
    - (3) Nawab Kifayat Khan [Mirza Hasan Safawi]. Granted Fatehpur in jagir and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 1,000 zat and 300 sowar 31/10/1616 o.s., prom. to 1,200 zat 1617, prom to 400 sowar 1618, prom to 500 sowar 1619, prom to 1,500 zat and 500 sowar 1622, prom to 700 sowar 1627, prom to 2,000 zat and 1,000 sowar 1629, prom to 2,500 zat 1638, prom to 1,400 sowar 1640, prom to 3,000 zat and 1,500 sowar 1642, prom to 2,000 sowar 1646, and prom to 3,000 zat 1646, and to 3,000 sowar 1649. Dewan of Gujarat 1617-1622 & 1627-1629, Faujdar of Broach 1622-1627, Miyan-i-Doab 1638-1641, Fatehpur and Biyana 1646-1647, and Jaunpur 1647-1648, Qiladar of Pethan 1641-1646, and thanadar of Cooch Behar 1649. Granted the title of Kifayat Khan 1617. m. a daughter of Khan-i-Azam, Mirza Aziz Koka, sometime Subadar of Gujarat, Bengal and Malwa. He d. in Bengal, before 4^th January 1650 n.s., having had issue, one son:
      - (a) Nawab Saf Shikan Khan [Mirza Muhammad Tahir Safawi]. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 700 zat and 250 sowar by Emperor Jahangir, prom to 1,000 zat 1639, prom to 400 sowar 1641, prom to 1,500 zat and 500 sowar 1647, prom to 2,000 zat and 1,000 sowar 1646. Qarawalbegi 1639-1640, Qurbegi 1641, Faujdar of Jessore 1647-1653, thanadar of Junair 1653-1656. m. Shahzadi Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mir-i-Miran Muhammad Ghaus ud-din Yazdi, by his wife, Saliha Banu Begum, elder daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab ‘Abul-Hasan Asaf Khan, Khan-i-Khanan, sometime Chief Minister and C-in-C under Emperor Jahangir. He d. before 5^th August 1663 n.s., having had issue, two sons:
        
        (i) Nawab Kamyab Khan [Mirza Muhammad Saif ud-din Safawi] (s/o Shahzadi Begum). Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 800 zat, prom. to 1,000 zat 1659, prom to 1,500 zat 1684. Granted the title of Kamyab Khan 1665. Faujdar of Saharanpur 1678-1684, and Bakhshi of the Deccan 1684. m. Kabuli Begum Sahiba, daughter of his maternal uncle, Khalilu’llah Khan Yazdi Husaini Niamatilahi.
        
        (ii) Nawab Nusrat Khan [Mirza Muhammad Nasir Safawi]. He d. at Delhi, 1726.
    - (4) Mirza Ibrahim Safawi. b. before 27^th September 1593. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    - (5) Nawab Shah Nawaz Khan [Mirza Badi uz-Zaman Deccani]. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 500 zat and 200 sowar by Emperor Jahangir, prom to 2000 zat and 1,500 sowar 1628, prom to 2,000 sowar 1633, prom to 2,500 zat 1633, prom to 4,000 zat 1636, prom to 2,500 sowar 1637, prom to 3,000 sowar 1640, prom to 5,000 zat and 5,000 sowar 1647, prom to 6,000 zat and 6,000 sowar 1658. Faujdar of Agra 1633-1636, and Jaunpur 1643-1647, Qushbegi 1636-1640, Subadar of Orissa 1640-1643, Malwa 1648-1650 &1652-1653, the Deccan 1648-1649 &1657-1658, Oudh 1653-1657, and Gujarat 1658-1659, Guardian (Ataliq) to Prince Murad Bakhsh 1649-1650. Imprisoned by Prince Alamgir 1659. Supported Prince Dara Shikoh against his own former son-in-law, Aurangzeb. Granted the title of Shah Nawaz Khan 1624. m. Nauras Banu Begum Sahiba (d. at Agra, 31^st May 1671), daughter of Mirza Muhammad Sharif. He was k. by a cannon-ball in the battle of Gokla Pass, 23^rd March 1659 (bur. Dargah of Khwaja Muin ud-din Chishti, Ajmer), having had issue, three sons and five daughters:
      - (a) Mirza Masum Khan. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 500 zat 1653, prom. to 2,000 zat and 2,000 sowar 1659. Akhtabegi 1661, Qurbegi 1663, Faujdar of Tarhat 1664. He d. after 1670, having had issue:
        
        (i) Gowhar un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. Amir ul-Umara, Samsam ud-Daula, Nawab Husain Sa’adat Khan Bahadur, Zulfiqar Jang [Sayyid Muhammad Taqi] (d. of wounds received at Delhi, 28^th February 1719), previously entitled Sayyid Salabat Khan, sometime Paymaster-General and Subadar of Kashmir, son of Sayyid Husain Sa’adat Khan, of the Marashi clan.
        
        (b) Mirza Mu‘azzam Khan [Mirza Muhammad Mu‘azzam Safawi] (s/o Navras Begum). Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 500 zat 1653, prom to 1,500 zat and 1,500 sowar 1659, prom to 2,500 zat and 2,500 sowar 1688, Faujdar of Gorakpur 1668. Qushbegi (Lord High Falconer) 1684-1698. Granted the title of Siyadat Khan 1662, prom. to Mirza Mu‘azzam Khan 1685. He d. 1698, having had issue, two daughters:
        
        (i) Nawab Azam Banu Begum Sahiba. m. at Aurangabad, India, 14^th March 1683, Sultan Muhammad Kam Bakhsh (b. at Delhi, 25th February 1667; d. of wounds at Hyderabad, 13^th January 1709), fifth son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abu’l-Muzaffar Muhi ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi [Khuld Makan], Emperor of India, by his wife, Udaipuri Mahal. She d. at Delhi, 23rd February 1745 - see India Pensioners (Delhi). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        
        (ii) Another daughter. m. 1707, Nawab Shah Nawaz Khan [Mirza ‘Ali Naqi] (k. in battle, at Jajau, near Dholpur, in Central India, 19^th June 1707), alias Mirza Safawi Khan, a grandson of H.M. ‘Abbas Shah II, Shahanshah of Persia - see below.
      - (a) Nawab Rabia Daurani Dilrus Banu Begum Sahiba. m. at Agra, India, 18^th May 1637, H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abu’l-Muzaffar Muhi ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India (b. at Dohad, 3^rd November 1619; d. at Aurangabad, 3^rd March 1707), fourth son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah, Emperor of India, by his wife, H.M. H.M. Malika-i-Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, Arjumand Banu Qudsia Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, Chief Minister and C-in-C to the Emperor Jahangir. She d. at Aurangabad, 18^th October 1657 (bur. there), having had issue, two sons and three daughters - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
      - (b) Nawab Sakina Begum Sahiba. m. at Lahore, 20th July 1652, Sultan Muhammad Murad Bakhsh Bahadur (b. at Rohtas, 9^th October 1624; k. at Gwalior Fort, 4^th December 1661), sometime Subadar of Multan, Balkh, Kashmir, and the Deccan, seventh son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah, Emperor of India, by his wife, H.M. Malika-i-Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, Arjumand Banu Qudsia Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, Chief Minister and C-in-C to the Emperor Jahangir - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
      - (c) Another daughter. m. after 1672, Nawab Musavi Khan [Mirza Muiz] (b. at Qum, 1646; d. May 1690), Supt. of the Imperial jagirs 1689-1689 and Diwan of Bihar 1688, and of the Deccan 1689-1690, granted the title of Musavi Khan 1690, a poet under the nom de plume ‘Fitrat’, son of Mirza Fakhra, a Musavi Sayyid of Qum, by his wife, a daughter of Mir Muhammad Zaman, of Mashhad. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      - (d) Another daughter. m. ca. 1647, Nawab Asalat Khan [Mirza Muhammad] (d. at Moradabad, before 1^st June 1669), entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mensab of 2,000 zat and 1,000 sowar 1649, prom to 4,000 zat and 2,000 sowar 1658, prom to 2,500 sowar 1659, prom to 5,000 zat and 3,000 sowar 1661, prom to 4,000 sowar 1662, Faujdar of Mandasor 1650-1652, Mandu 1652-1657, and Moradabad 1661-1669, son of Mirza Badia, of Mashhad.
      - (e) Another daughter. m. Mir Muhammad Sualeh (d. in Bengal, 1665), appointed to an Imperial mansab of 2,000 zat 1659.
    - (1) The eldest daughter. m. at Agra, 29^th October 1610, as his second wife, Shahzada Sultan Muhammad Parviz Mirza (b. at Kabul, 12^th October 1590; d. at Burhanpur, 27^th October 1626), fourth son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, ‘Abu’l-Fath Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah, Emperor of India, by his fifth wife, Sahib-i-Jamal Begum Sahiba, daughter of Khwaja Hasan. She had issue - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
    - (2) Nawab Bilqis Begum Sahiba. m. at Patna, 5^th March 1633, Sultan Muhammad Shah Shuja’ Bahadur [Abu’l Fauz Nasir ud-din Muhammad Timur III Iskander II Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Shah Shuja’ Padshah Ghazi] (b. at Ajmer, 3^rd July 1616; k. in the Arakan, ca. 7^th February 1661), Viceroy of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, third son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah, Emperor of India, by his wife, H.M. Malika-i-Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, Arjumand Banu Qudsia Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, Chief Minister and C-in-C to the Emperor Jahangir. She d. 1634, having had issue, one daughter - see India Pensioners (Delhi).
  - iv) Sultan Sanjar Mirza (s/o the lady k. at Kalat). Entered the service of Emperor Akbar I of India and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 350 zat 1594. He d. in India, before 15^th August 1597.
  - v) Sultan ‘Abu Said Mirza (s/o the lady k. at Kalat). Entered the service of Emperor Akbar I of India and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 350 zat 1594. He d. in India, before 15^th August 1597. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  - i) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Oglan Pasha Khanum. m. (first) Shahzada Sultan Hamza Mirza, Vali Ahad (b. 1566; k. at Ganja, 4^th December 1586), second son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, Khair un-nisa Begum, H.M. The Mahd-i-Aliya, daughter of Mir ‘Abdu’llah Khan, sometime Governor of Mazandaran. m. (second) at Qazvin, November 1587, H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abbas Shah I [Shah ‘Abbas The Great], Shahanshah of Persia (b. at Herat, 27^th January 1571; d. at Ashraf, 21^st January 1629), younger brother of her first husband and third son of H.M. ‘Abu’l Muzaffar Muhammad Khuda Banda Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, by his second wife, Khair un-nisa Begum, H.M. The Mahd-i-Aliya, daughter of Mir ‘Abdu’llah Khan, sometime Governor of Mazandaran.
- b) Shahzada ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Ibrahim Mirza. b. before 8^th April 1541 (s/o Zainab Sultan Khanum), educ. privately. Governor of Mashhad 1555-1562 and 1565-1567, Ardabil 1562, Qa’en 1562-1565, and of Sabzawar 1567-1574, Grand Master of Ceremonies 1574-1577. Patron, artist, poet. m. 1555, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Gowhar Sultan Begum (b. March/April 1540; d. from grief, at Qazvin, 19^th May 1577, bur. Mashhad), eldest daughter of his uncle, H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran, Sultan bar Salatin, ‘Abu’l Muzaffar ‘Abu’l Fath Sultan Shah Tahmasp bin Shah Ismail al-Safavi al-Husayni al-Musavi Bahadur Khan, Shahanshah of Persia. He was k. at Qazvin, 23^rd February 1577 (bur. Mashhad), having had issue, one daughter:
  - i) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Gowhar Shad Begum. b. at Mashhad, April/May 1561 (d/o Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Gowhar Sultan Begum). m. at Mecca, after 1587, Amir Nasir ud-din Husain (d. at Taif, Arabia, 1614; bur. Mecca), son of Sayyid Ibrahim Shirazi. She had issue, one daughter.
- c) Shahzada Sultan Badi uz-Zaman Mirza. Governor of Sistan 1558-1577. He was k. with his son on the orders of H.M. Shah Ismail II, at Sistan, ca. February 1577, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
  - i) Bahram Mirza. b. 1575. He was k. with his father on the orders of H.M. Shah Ismail II, 1577.
  - i) A daughter. m. at Qazvin, October/November 1591, Shah Verdi Khan (k. 1597), sometime Governor of Luristan, son of Muhammad Khan ‘Abbasi, sometime Governor of Lurista. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
6) Shahzada Sultan Husain Mirza. b. before 11^th December 1520. He d. young.
1) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) “Fulana” Begum. m. as his second wife, before 14^th May 1513, Prince (Shahzada) Murad Effendi (b. at Amasya, 1495; d. at Isfahan, Persia, May 1519), elder son of Prince (Shahzada) Sultan Ahmed Khan, Crown Prince of Turkey, by his wife, Princess Bul-bul Khanum Effendi, daughter of Prince (Shahzada) Ahmed Effendi – see Turkey.
2) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Janish Khanum. b. 26^th February 1507. m. (first) at Hamadan, 24^th August 1518, Amir-i-Dubaj Muzaffar Sultan Gurkhan (k. at Tabriz, 23^rd September 1536), sometime Governor of Rasht and Fuman 1516-1535, son of Amir Hisam ud-din, sometime Governor of Rasht and Gilan. She d. 2^nd March 1533. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
3) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Pari-Khan Khanum (d/o Shah-Begi Khanum). m. at Bunab, near Nabab-i-Maraghah, 4^th October 1521, Sultan Khalil (d. 5^th November 1535), Governor of Shirvan 1523-1536, son of Shaikh Shah Sultan Ibrahim bin Farrukh Yasar, sometime Governor of Shirvan, by whom she had no issue. m. (second) 1539, Darvish Muhammad Khan (d. 1551), sometime Governor of Shakki son of Hasan Sultan. She d. 1536.
4) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Khair un-nisa Khanish Khanum. m. 1537, Sayyid Nur ud-din Nimatu’llah Baqi Yazdi (d. at Hamadan, 21^st July 1564, bur. there), son of Mir Nizam ud-din ‘Abdu’l Baqi Yazdi, sometime Vakil to the Shah. She d. 12^th March 1564 (bur. Hamadan), having had issue, two sons and one daughter.
5) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Shah Zainab Khanum. b. 1519. m. Muhammad Khan Sharaf Ughali Takalu (d. 1556).
6) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Farangis Khanum.
7) Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Banu-i-Dauran Bilqis uz-Zamani Mahin Banu Khanum [Shahzada Sultanum Khanum]. b. 1519 (d/o Shah-Begi Khanum). She d. unm. at Qazvin, 20^th January 1562 (bur. there).
8) A daughter. m. her cousin, ‘Abdu’llah Khan Ustajalu (b. before 1517; d. at Shirvan, 2^nd October 1565), sometime Governor General of Shirvan, son of Kara Khan Ustajalu, sometime Governor General of Diyarbakir, by his wife, Princess (Shahzadi ‘Alamiyan) Fatima Sultan Begum, eldest daughter of ‘Abu’l Wilayat Sultan Haidar Safawi, Grand Master of the Safawi Order. She had issue, one son and one daughter.

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