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

  1. The Pahlavi Dynasty Royal Ark Retrieved 25 November 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Qajar Dynasty". Royal Ark. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Centers of Power in Iran". CIA. May 1972. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  4. "Khosrow Jahanbani". GeneAll. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  5. (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.
  6. "Husband of Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi Khosrow Jahanbani passed away". Lenziran.com. Retrieved 23 April 2014.