Sultanum Begum

Sultanum Begum
Sultanum Begum
Chief consort of the Safavid Shah
Tenure	23 May 1524 – 25 May 1576
Born	c. 1516
Died	c. 1593 (aged 76–77); Qazvin, Persia
Burial	Imam Reza shrine, Mashhad
Spouse	Tahmasp I
Issue	Mohammad Khodabanda; Ismail II; Gawhar Sultan Begum;
House	Mawsillu (by birth); Safavid (by marriage)
Father	Isa bey Mawsillu
Religion	Islam

Sultanum Begum (Persian: سلطانم بیگم; (c. 1516 – 1593), also known as Kadam Ali Soltan Khanum,^[1] was the first wife and chief consort^[2] of the second Safavid king Tahmasp I. She was the mother of her husband's successor, Ismail II, and the mother of Mohammad Khodabanda, who reigned from 1578 until his overthrow in 1587.

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