Khosrow Jahanbani
| Khosrow Jahanbani | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Shahnaz Pahlavi |
| Issue |
Keykhosrow Jahanbani Fawzia Jahanbani |
| House | Qajar dynasty |
| Father | Amanullah Jahanbani |
| Born | 1942 |
| Died |
16 April 2014 (aged 71–72) Geneva, Switzerland |
Khosrow Jahanbani (1942 – 16 April 2014) was the son of Iranian general Amanullah Jahanbani and second husband of Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi.
Early life
Jahanbani was born in 1942[1] and was the youngest son of Iranian general Amanullah Jahanbani, great grandson of Fath Ali Shah.[2][3] His mother, Helen Kasminsky, was from the Russian aristocracy in Petrograd.[2][3] His grandfather served as governor of Azerbaijan.[3] He was the younger brother of Nader Jahanbani who was executed in February 1979 after the Iranian revolution.[2]
Personal life and death
Jahanbani was married to Shahnaz Pahlavi, the eldest daughter of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.[4] They married at the Iranian Embassy in Paris in February 1971.[2] In a publication of the Islamic Republic of Iran it is argued that the marriage was not supported by Shahnaz Pahlavi's father, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[5]
They had two children; a son, Keykhosrow, (born 20 November 1971) and a daughter, Fawzia, (born 1973).[2]
Jahanbani died on 16 April 2014 after combatting cancer for several years.[6]
References
- ↑ The Pahlavi Dynasty Royal Ark Retrieved 25 November 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Qajar Dynasty". Royal Ark. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Centers of Power in Iran". CIA. May 1972. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ↑ "Khosrow Jahanbani". GeneAll. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ (ed.) Gholamali Haddad Adel, Mohammad Jafar Elmi, Hassan Taromi-Rad (1 October 2012). Pahlavi Dynasty: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. MIU Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-908433-01-5. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ "Husband of Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi Khosrow Jahanbani passed away". Lenziran.com. Retrieved 23 April 2014.