Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (born 1514)

Tahmasp I

Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576

Tahmasp I was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Shah Ismail I and his principal consort, the Mawsillu princess Tajlu Khanum.