| Queen/Empress of Iran | |
|---|---|
| ملکه/شهبانوی ایران (Persian) | |
Imperial | |
| Imperial arms of Empress Farah of Iran | |
| | |
| Details | |
| Style | Her Imperial Majesty |
| Formation | c. 727 BC (Median dynasty) or 550 BC (Achaemenid dynasty) |
| Abolition | 11 February 1979 (Islamic Revolution) |
| Appointer | Shah or Ruler of Iran |
The royal consorts of Iran [a] were the consorts of the rulers of the various states and civilizations in Iran (Persia) from antiquity until the abolition of the Iranian monarchy in the Iranian Revolution (1979). Certain titles were used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including Banbishn for the Sassanids and Shahbanu for the Pahlavis. [4] [5]
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aryenis | Astyages | [6] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassandane | Cyrus II | [7] | |
| Phaedymia | Cambyses II | [8] | |
| Atossa | Cambyses II (disputed) Darius I | also a sister of Cambyses II. [9] | |
| Artystone | Darius I | [10] | |
| Parmys | [11] | ||
| Amestris | Xerxes I | [12] | |
| Damaspia | Artaxerxes I | [13] | |
| Parysatis | Darius II | [14] | |
| Stateira | Artaxerxes II | [15] | |
| Amestris | also a daughter of Artaxerxes II. [16] | ||
| Atossa | Artaxerxes III | [17] [18] | |
| Stateira | Darius III | [19] |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Roxana | Alexander III | [20] |
| Stateira | [21] | ||
| Parysatis | [22] | ||
| Eurydice | Philip III | [23] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rinnu | Mithridates I | [34] | |
| Ariazate | Gotarzes I | [35] | |
| Laodice | Orodes II | [36] | |
| | Musa | Phraates IV | later a queen regnant in her own right. [37] |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Denag | Ardashir I | also a sister of Ardashir I. [38] |
| Murrod | [4] | ||
| Khwarranzem | Ardashir I or Shapur I | [39] | |
| Shapurdukhtak I | Bahram II | [4] | |
| Shapurdukhtak II | Narseh | [4] | |
| Ifra Hormizd | Hormizd II | [40] | |
| | Yazdan-Friy Shapur | Shapur III | [41] |
| Shushandukht | Yazdegerd I | [42] | |
| Denag | Yazdegerd II | [4] | |
| Sambice | Kavad I | also a sister of Kavad I. [43] | |
| Maria | Khosrow II | [4] | |
| | Shirin | [4] | |
| | Gordiya | [4] | |
| | Borandokht | Kavad II | also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right. [44] [45] |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaynab bint Maz'un | Umar | [46] : 204 | |
| Atika bint Zayd | [47] | ||
| Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham | [48] | ||
| Umm Kulthum bint Ali | [49] | ||
| Na'ila bint al-Furafisa | Uthman | [50] | |
| Umama bint Abi al-As | Ali | [51] | |
| Umm al-Banin | [52] | ||
| Asma bint Umais | [53] : 12 | ||
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maysun | Mu'awiya I | [54] | |
| Umm Khalid Fakhita | Yazid I | ||
| Fakhitah | Marwan I | ||
| Atikah | Abd al-Malik | [55] | |
| Umm al-Banin | al-Walid I | ||
| Fatima | Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz | ||
| Umm Hakim | Hisham | [56] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umm Salama | Al-Saffah | [57] | |
| Arwa | Al-Mansur | [58] | |
| Fatimah | [59] | ||
| Rayta | Al-Mahdi | [60] | |
| Al-Khayzuran | [61] | ||
| Lubabah | Al-Hadi | ||
| Zubaidah | Harun al-Rashid | [62] | |
| Umm Muhammad | [63] | ||
| Abbasa | [64] : 328 [65] | ||
| Lubana | Al-Amin | [66] | |
| Umm Isa | Al-Ma'mun | [67] | |
| Buran | [68] | ||
| Faridah | Al-Mutawakkil | [69] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayyida Shirin | Fakhr al-Dawla | [70] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altun Jan Khatun | Tughril | [71] | |
| Terken Khatun | Malik-Shah I | [72] | |
| Zubayda Khatun | [73] | ||
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terken Khatun | Il-Arslan | ||
| Terken Khatun | Ala al-Din Tekish | [74] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Börte | Genghis Khan | [75] |
| Khulan Khatun | [76] | ||
| Yesugen | [77] | ||
| Yesui | [77] | ||
| Ibaqa Beki | [77] | ||
| | Sorghaghtani Beki | Tolui | [78] |
| Möge Khatun | Ögedei Khan | [79] | |
| Töregene Khatun | [80] | ||
| Oghul Qaimish | Güyük Khan | [81] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saray Mulk Khanum | Timur | [87] | |
| Gawhar Shad | Shah Rukh | [88] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Despina Khatun | Uzun Hasan | [89] | |
| Aynışah Sultan | Ahmad Beg | [90] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razia Begum | Nader Shah | [101] | |
| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Tadj ol-Molouk | Reza Shah | [115] |
| | Turan Amirsoleimani | [116] | |
| | Esmat Dowlatshahi | [117] | |
| | Fawzia bint Fuad | Mohammad Reza Shah | [118] |
| | Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary | [119] | |
| | Farah Diba | [120] |
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