Who was Abbas II's mother?
Anna Khanum
Saru Taqi's wife
Vakhtang V's wife
Mohammad Beg's wife
Answer
Anna Khanum was the mother of Abbas II, who was the ruler of Safavid Persia from 1642 to 1666. She was born in the Russian town of Astrakhan, and her father was a Russian merchant. She was taken to Persia as a young girl, and she became a concubine of Shah Abbas I. She gave birth to Abbas II in 1632, and she later became his chief wife.
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