Nakihat Khanum

Nakihat Khanum was the first consort of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II ((r. undefined – undefined)1642–1666).

She was of Circassian origin and came, probably as a victim of the Crimean slave trade, to the Safavid Imperial harem, were she became the concubine to Abbas II of Persia. She became the mother of Abbas II's successor, king Suleiman I ((r. undefined – undefined)1666–1694).

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).