Shahnaz Pahlavi
Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi | |||||
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Princess of Iran | |||||
Spouse |
Ardeshir Zahedi (1957–1964) Khosrow Jahanbani (1971–2014) | ||||
Issue |
Zahra Mahnaz Zahedi Keykhosrow Jahanbani Fawzia Jahanbani | ||||
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House | House of Pahlavi | ||||
Father | Mohamad Rezā Ŝāh Pahlavi | ||||
Mother | Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt | ||||
Born |
Tehran, Iran | 27 October 1940
Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (Persian: شهناز پهلوی, born 27 October 1940) is the first child of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt.[1]
Early life and education
Shahnaz Pahlavi was born in Tehran on 27 October 1940. She is the only child of Muhammad Rezā Pahlavi and his first wife Princess Fawzia.[2][3] Shahnaz is the half-sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi, Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi II, and Princess Leila Pahlavi - the four children of the Shah by his third wife, Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi.[4] Her maternal grandparents were King Fuad I and Queen Nazli of Egypt; and her paternal grandparents were Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Queen Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran. She is also the niece of King Farouk I of Egypt - and thus cousin of the last Egyptian king, Fuad II. Therefore, her ancestry includes Circassian, Persian, French, Turkish, Albanian, and Azerbaijani.
Shahnaz Pahlavi was educated in Switzerland.[5]
Personal life
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Her first marriage was to Ardeshir Zahedi on 11 October 1957,[1][5] one time Iranian foreign minister and twice Iranian ambassador to the United States (1957–1964 and 1972–1979). She was seventeen when she got married at Golestan Palace in Tehran.[5][6] Zahedi and she first met in Germany in 1955.[5] The couple have one daughter, Princess (styled "Vala Gohari") Zahra Mahnaz Zahedi (born 2 December 1958 in Tehran).[7] They divorced in 1964.
Shahnaz later married Khosrow Jahanbani in February 1971 at the Iranian Embassy, Paris.[8] Their marriage lasted until Jahanbani's death in April 2014. They have one son, Keykhosrow (born 1971) and one daughter, Fawzia (born 1973).
During her father's reign, Shahnaz had investments in agricultural enterprises and assembly plants of Honda bicycles and motorcycles.[9]
After the 1979 revolution
Since the Iranian revolution Shahnaz Pahlavi has lived in Switzerland.[4]
Titles, styles and Honours
- Titles
- 27 October 1940 - 25 October 1967: Her Royal Highness Princess Shahnaz of Iran
- 25 October 1967 - Present: Her Imperial Highness Princess Shahnaz of Iran
- Honours
- : Grand Cross of the Order of Aryahmer[10][11]
- : Grand Cross of the Order of the Pleiades, 1st class
- : 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire
Gallery
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Queen Fawzia and Reza Pahlavi with Shahnaz
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Princess Shahnaz with her parents in Tehran during the Second World War. Photo by Cecil Beaton
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Queen Fawzia and Shahnaz Pahlavi
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Coronation of the Shah of Iran in 1967 - Princess Shahnaz (second from left)
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Ancestors
16. Captain Murad Ali Khan | ||||||||||||||||
8. Major Abbas Ali Khan | ||||||||||||||||
4. Shah Rezā Pahlavi of Iran | ||||||||||||||||
9. Noush Afarin Ayromlou | ||||||||||||||||
2. Shah Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi of Iran | ||||||||||||||||
10. General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou | ||||||||||||||||
5. Nimtaj Ayromlou | ||||||||||||||||
11. Zahra Khanum | ||||||||||||||||
1. Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi of Iran | ||||||||||||||||
24. Ibrahim Pasha, Wāli of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
12. Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
25. Hoshiar Walda | ||||||||||||||||
6. King Fuad I of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
13. Ferial Hanem | ||||||||||||||||
3. Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
14. Abdel Rahim Sabri Pasha, Governor of Cairo | ||||||||||||||||
7. Nazli Sabri | ||||||||||||||||
30. Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
15. Tewfika Hanim | ||||||||||||||||
31. Nazli Hanim | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Royal Beauty: Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (1960's/70's)". Iranian. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ Charmody, Diedre (27 July 1973). "Nixon forth to see Shah". The Leader Post (New York). Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "A quick look at the Shah's life". Lawrence Journal. AP. 28 July 1980. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Shah's daughter 'could not stand' exile". BBC. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Only child of Shah of Iran will marry in simple rites". Ocala Star Banner (Tehran). AP. 10 October 1957. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Iran Shah's daughter to wed engineer in simple ceremony". Lewiston Evening Journal (Tehran). AP. 10 October 1957. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ↑ "Milestones, Dec. 15, 1958". Time. 15 December 1958. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Qajar Dynasty". Royal Ark. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ↑ "105 Iranian films said controlled by royal family". The Leader Post (Tehran). AP. 22 January 1979. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ↑ Royal Ark
External links
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