Nakihat Khanum was the first wife of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II (r. 1642–1666).
She was of Circassian origin. Originally a (slave) concubine, she was 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]
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