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Despina Khatun
Theodora Megale Komnene (), also known as Despina Khatun (; from the Greek title "Despoina" and Mongol title "Khatun", both meaning "Lady, princess, queen"), was the daughter of John IV of Trebizond, who married the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan in 1458. She became the mother of Martha (Halima) who became the mother of first Safavid king, Shah Ismail I.
Some older writers refer to her as "Catherine". Charles Diehl has shown that it was
for the execution of Ali Mirza Safavi. Realizing his inevitable fate, shortly before his death, Ali Mirza Safavi appointed his brother Ismail as his successor. Ismail, in turn, eventually came to establish the Safavid Empire, with the regnal name Ismail I (1501–1524). 
Biography.
Ali Mirza Safavi was the eldest son of Shaykh Haydar by his wife Alam-Shah Begum (Halima, Mart[h]a), daughter of Uzun Hasan by Despina Khatun (Theodora Megale Komnene). He succeeded his father as head of the