Nakihat Khanum

Nakihat Khanum (Persian: نکهت خانم) was the first consort of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II of Iran (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. She became the mother of Abbas II's successor, shah 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]