Maryam Begum

Maryam Begum (Persian: مریم بیگم) was a Safavid princess, who was a daughter of shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576) and in 1577 married the Kia'i ruler Khan Ahmad Khan—they later had an unnamed son and daughter named Yakhan Begum. Maryam Begum died in 1608/9.

Sources

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