| Tadj ol-Molouk | |
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| The Queen Mother of Iran | |
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| Tenure | 1919 - 1941 |
| Spouse | Reza Shah I of Iran |
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| Princess Shams of Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran Princess Ashraf of Iran Prince Ali Reza I of Iran |
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| English: Tadj ol-Molouk Persian: تاجالملوک |
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| House | House of Pahlavi |
| Father | General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou |
| Born | March 17, 1896 Baku, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 March 1982 (aged 85) Acapulco, Mexico |
| Religion | Twelver |
Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran (born Nimtaj Ayromlou, 17 March 1896 -10 March 1982) was the daughter of General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou, and the Queen Consort of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1915 and 1941. The title she was given after becoming Queen means "Crown of the King" in the Persian language. Her family were Ayrums; a sub-ethnic group of Azeris from the Caucasus who arrived in Iran in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Soon after arriving in Iran, some Ayrums became Iranian generals, notably her first cousin General Muhammad-Husayn Ayrom, but most others were to settle as nobility. A few Ayrum women, namely herself and Noushafarin Ayromlou (her mother-in-law), were to become royalty.
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Nimtaj Ayromlou was the first Queen of Iran to have played a public role, and to have performed an official position out in public society. She played an important part in the abolition of the veil in Iran during the reign of her husband. In the winter of 1934, Reza Shah demanded the presence of the Queen and the two princesses in an official ceremony at the Tehran Teacher's College. All three were present at this ceremony and were dressed in Western clothes, without a veil. This was the first time an Iranian Queen showed herself in public. Afterwards, the Shah had pictures of his wife and daughters published; other men were ordered to unveil their wives and daughters. With this, the veil was abolished. Her spouse was deposed in 1941.
Queen Nimtaj had four children: Shams Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and his twin sister Ashraf, and Ali Reza Pahlavi I.
She died in Acapulco (Mexico) after a lengthy battle with leukemia seven days before her 86th birthday.
| Styles of The Queen Mother of Iran |
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| Reference style | Her Imperial Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Majesty |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
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Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran
Born: 17 March 1896 |
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| Iranian royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Fatemeh Khanoum |
Queen consort of Iran 1926–1941 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Fawzia of Egypt |