Mahd-i Ulya
Mahd-i Ulyā or Mahd-e Olyā (Persian: مهد علیا, lit. 'Sublime Cradle' or 'Highest-ranked Cradle') was a common title for empress mother, mothers of Shahs, or crown princes, in Iran during the Safavid and Qajar eras, and title of mothers of Ottoman Sultans like Valide Sultan.This title was bestowed upon women who were powerful and of very high rank. It is also occasionally used in a similar context for the wife or the mother of a local ruler or a religious leader: Seljuk Shah Begum was Uzun Hasan’s principal wife and the mother of Sultan Khalil and Yaqub Aq Qoyunlu Tajlu Khanum was the principal wife of Shah Ismail I and the mother of Shah Tahmasp Mahinbanu Sultan was the youngest daughter of Shah Ismail and the sister of Shah Tahmasp.