Nakihat Khanum (Persian: نکهت خانم) was the first consort of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II (r. 1642–1666).
She was of Circassian origin and came, probably as a victim of the Crimean slave trade, to the Safavid Imperial harem, where she became the concubine to Abbas II of Persia. She became the mother of Abbas II's successor, king Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694).[1][2][3]
Alike other females of the royal court, Nakihat bequeathed property to the Shia shrines in Iraq, which were "formally" under Ottoman control since the Treaty of Zuhab (1639).[4]
- ^ Matthee 2012, p. 56.
- ^ Newman 2008, pp. 55, 93, 100.
- ^ Bierbrier 1998, pp. 66, 73.
- ^ Newman 2008, p. 100.