[1][3] Dilaram Khanum was of Georgian origin and came to the Safavid Imperial harem as a slave concubine to Mohammad Baqer Mirza.
In 1632, a court intrigue came to light that involved opposition to Safi's rule originating in the king's harem.
This resulted in the king's ordering the massacre of forty women of the harem as well as the blinding and killing of almost all the sons of the daughters of Abbas I (r.
[4] Prior to the 1632 event, one of Abbas I's aunts, Zeynab Begum, was the leading female in the harem.
[1] In the early years of Abbas II's reign, when he was still young, grand vizier Saru Taqi functioned as his regent, with Dilaram's strong support.