Jan Aqa Ḵanom
Jan
Aqa Ḵanom, the daughter of Morad Beg Bayandor Torkman, and the wife of the late
Aliqoli Khan Shamlu, the grandson of Durmish Khan. When Aliqoli Khan Shamlu was
governor-general at Herat and guardian of the infant prince Abbas, Jan Aqa Ḵanom
looked after the latter, and cared for the prince for more years than any of
the other women of the harem. As a result, she was given the distinguished
title of nana, or mother, and became
the doyenne of the royal harem and the object of the Shah’s special favor. She
died this year as the court was leaving its winter quarters in Mazandaran, and
the Shah had her body taken to Karbala for burial.
Eskandar Beg Monshi, Tārikh-e ʿĀlamārā-ye ʿAbbāsi, tr.
R. M. Savory as History of Shah ʿAbbâs the Great, 2 vols., Boulder, Colorado,
1978, p. 1231.
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