Yakhan Begum
Daughter of the Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan (died 1602)
About Yakhan Begum
Lived 1501 – 1602 (aged 100–101).
Yakhan Begum (also Gilani Yakhan Begum) (b. c. 1586/1587 CE) was a Karkiya princess, who was the daughter of the last Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan (r. 1538–1592), and the Safavid princess Maryam Begum.
In 1591, the Safavid prince Mohammad Baqer Mirza was engaged to Yakhan Begum, but in the end a marriage did not take place due to the opposition of her father. Mohammad Baqer's father Shah Abbas I (r. 1588–1629) then decided to marry Yakhan Begum in 1602, but she died in the same year.
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Who was Yakhan Begum?
daughter of the Karkiya ruler Khan Ahmad Khan (died 1602)
When was Yakhan Begum born?
Yakhan Begum was born in 1501.
When did Yakhan Begum die?
Yakhan Begum died in 1602.
What nationality was Yakhan Begum?
Yakhan Begum's recorded nationality: Safavid Iran.
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