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Nakihat Khanum was a Safavid queen consort of Circassian origin, as the first wife of Safavid king (shah) Abbas II ({{Reign}}1642–1666). Originally a concubine, she was the mother of Abbas II's successor, king Suleiman I ({{Reign}}1666–1694).{{sfn|Matthee|2012|page=56}}{{sfn|Newman|2008|pages=55, 93, 100}}{{sfn|Bierbrier|1998|pages=66, 73}} Alike other females of the royal court, Nakihat bequaethed property to the Shia shrines in Iraq, which were "formally" under Ottoman control since the Treaty of Zuhab (1639).{{sfn|Newman|2008|page=100}} ReferencesSources- {{cite journal|last=Bierbrier|first=Morris|title=The Descendants of Theodora Comnena of Trebizond|journal=The Genealogist|year=1998|volume=12|issue=1|ref=harv}}
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