Sultan-Agha Khanum

Sultan-Agha Khanum , also in Western sources Corasi, was a Safavid wife of Kumyk origin, as the second wife of Safavid shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576).

Life She was of Kumyk origin. Although she is often referred to as being of Circassian heritage; though, in Persian, the word Cherkes (چرکس, 'Circassian') is sometimes applied generally to peoples of the Caucasus living beyond Derbent in Dagestan. Her father was Choban b. Budai (d. 1574), Shamkhal of Tarki.

She was the sister of the Safavid-Kumyk noble Shamkhal Sultan, future shamkhals Eldar, Mohammad, Andi and Girai,

She married Tahmasp I , and became the mother of princess Pari Khan Khanum and prince Suleiman Mirza (b. 28 March 1554, Nakhchivan).