Tahmasp I was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Shah Ismail I and his principal consort, the Mawsillu princess Tajlu Khanum.
Shah Tahmasp I near the end of his life, circa 1575.
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Shah Ismail I, father of Shah Tahmasp, in the style of Kamal al-din Behzad. Topkapı Palace Museum, H. 2169.
Likely contemporary painting of Tahmasp reading a poem. Painted before 1549, Bahram Mirza Album.
Tajlu Khanum or Tajli Begum, also known by her title of Shah-Begi Khanum, was a Turkoman princess from the Mawsillu tribe of the Aq Qoyunlu confederation. She was the principal wife of Shah Ismail, an
Tahmasp I
…second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Shah Ismail I and his principal consort, the Mawsillu princess Tajlu Khanum. Tahmasp ascended the throne after the death of his father on 23 May 1524. The first years of Tahmasp's reign were marked by civil wars between the…
Likely depiction of Tajlu Khanum, Shah Ismail's first Queen, and Shah Tahmasp's mother. Painted circa 1531.
Likely depiction of Mahinbanu Soltanum, daughter of Tajlu Khanum with Shah Ismail. Qazvin, circa 1544.
Likely contemporary portrait of Bahram Mirza, son of Tajlu Khanum, in Prince and Courtier, attributed to Dust Muhammad, circa 1540.
Shah Tahmasp, elder son of Tajlu Khanum, at his court. Nighttime in a City, by Mir Sayyid Ali. c. 1540, Tabriz (Sackler Museum, 1958.76).