List of royal consorts of Persia

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Shahbanu of Iran (Persia)
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Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
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Last in role
Farah Pahlavi

21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
Details
Style Shahbanu
Banbishn [1]
Formation678 BC
Abolition11 February 1979
Residence Apadana
Tachara
Palace of Darius
Palace of Ardashir
Taq Kasra
Ālī Qāpū Palace
Hasht Behesht
Golestan Palace
Sa'dabad Palace
Niavaran Palace
Appointer Shah or Ruler of Persia
Pretender(s) Yasmine Pahlavi

This is a list of royal consorts of rulers that held power over Persia (present-day Iran). The title Shahbanu was used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including the Sassanids and Pahlavis. [2] The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.

Contents

Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Aryenis Astyages [3]

Teispid Kingdom (c.705–559 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Mandana Cambyses I [4]

Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Cassandane Cyrus II [5]
Phaedymia Cambyses II [6]
Atossa Cambyses II (disputed)
Darius I
also a sister of Cambyses II. [7]
Artystone Darius I [8]
Parmys [9]
Amestris Xerxes I [10]
Damaspia Artaxerxes I [11]
Parysatis Darius II [12]
Stateira Artaxerxes II [13]
Amestris also a daughter of Artaxerxes II. [14]
Atossa Artaxerxes III [15] [16]
Stateira Darius III [17]

Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Roxana Alexander III [18]
Stateira [19]
Parysatis [20]
Eurydice Philip III [21]

Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Apama Seleucus I Nicator [22]
Stratonice Seleucus I Nicator
Antiochus I Soter
[23]
Laodice I Antiochus II Theos [24]
Berenice Syra [25]
Laodice II Seleucus II Callinicus [26]
Laodice III Antiochus III the Great [27]
Laodice IV Seleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
[28]
Laodice V Demetrius I Soter [29]
Cleopatra Thea Alexander Balas
Demetrius II Nicator
Antiochus VII Sidetes
[30]
Rhodogune Demetrius II Nicator [31]

Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Rinnu Mithridates I [32]
Ariazate Gotarzes I [33]
Laodice Orodes II [34]
The portrait of Musa of Parthia on the reverse of a drachm, Ecbatana mint.jpg Musa Phraates IV later a queen regnant in her own right. [35]

Sasanian Empire (224–651)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Sasanian art in Hermitage by Darafsh Gl-979.jpg Denag Ardashir I also a sister of Ardashir I. [36]
Murrod [1]
Khwarranzem Ardashir I or
Shapur I
[37]
Shapurdukhtak I Bahram II [1]
Shapurdukhtak II Narseh [1]
Ifra Hormizd Hormizd II [38]
Yazdan-Friy Shapur Shapur III [39]
Shushandukht Yazdegerd I [40]
Denag Yazdegerd II [1]
Sambice Kavad I also a sister of Kavad I. [41]
Maria Khosrow II [1]
Khusraw Discovers Shirin Bathing, From Pictorial Cycle of Eight Poetic Subjects, mid 18th century.jpg Shirin [1]
Gurdiya (The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp).png Gordiya [1]
Gold coin of Boran, daughter of Khusrau II.jpg Borandokht Kavad II also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right. [42] [43]

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Maysun Mu'awiya I [44]
Umm Khalid Fakhita Yazid I
Fakhitah Marwan I
Atikah Abd al-Malik [45]
Umm al-Banin al-Walid I
Fatima Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Umm Hakim Hisham [46]

Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Umm Salama Al-Saffah [47]
Arwa Al-Mansur [48]
Fatimah [49]
Rayta Al-Mahdi [50]
Al-Khayzuran [51]
Lubabah Al-Hadi
Zubaidah Harun al-Rashid [52]
Umm Muhammad [53]
Abbasa [54] :328 [55]
Lubana Al-Amin [56]
Umm Isa Al-Ma'mun [57]
Buran [58]
Faridah Al-Mutawakkil [59]

Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Sayyida Shirin Fakhr al-Dawla [60]

Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Altun Jan Khatun Tughril [61]
Terken Khatun Malik-Shah I [62]
Zubayda Khatun [63]

Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Terken Khatun Il-Arslan
Terken Khatun Ala al-Din Tekish [64]

Mongol Empire (1153–1220)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Wife of Tumanba Khan.jpg Börte Genghis Khan [65]
Khulan Khatun [66]
Yesugen [67]
Yesui [67]
Ibaqa Beki [67]
TuluiWithQueenSorgaqtani.jpg Sorghaghtani Beki Tolui [68]
Möge Khatun Ögedei Khan [69]
Töregene Khatun [70]
Oghul Qaimish Güyük Khan [71]

Ilkhanate (1256–1357)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
HulaguAndDokuzKathun.JPG Doquz Khatun Hulagu Khan [72]
Buluqhan Khatun Abaqa Khan
Arghun Khan
[73]
Kököchin Ghazan [74]
Uljay Qutlugh Khatun Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan [73]
Baghdad Khatun [75]
Dilshad Khatun [76]

Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Dilshad Khatun Hasan Buzurg [76]

Timurid Empire (1370–1467)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Saray Mulk Khanum Timur [77]
Gawhar Shad Shah Rukh [78]

Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Despina Khatun Uzun Hasan [79]
Aynışah Sultan Ahmad Beg [80]

Safavid Empire (1501–1736)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Tajlu Khanum Ismail I [81]
Behruzeh Khanum [82]
Sultanum Begum Tahmasp I [83]
Portrait of Corasi, Sultan Agha Khanum, second wife of Tahmasp I.png Sultan-Agha Khanum [84]
Khayr al-Nisa Begum Mohammad Khodabanda [85]
Yakhan Begum Abbas I [86]
Marta [87]
Tamar Amilakhori [88]
Anna Khanum Safi [89]
Nakihat Khanum Abbas II [90]

Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Razia Begum Nader Shah [91]

Qajar Empire (1794–1925)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Maryam Khanom Agha Mohammad Khan
Fath-Ali Shah
[92]
Taj ol-Dowleh Fath-Ali Shah [93]
Golbadan Baji [94]
Aghabeyim agha Javanshir [95]
Begum Khanum
Badr Jahan Khanom
Antoin Sevruguin 43 8 SI.jpg Malek Jahan Khanom Mohammad Shah [96]
Galin Khanom Naser al-Din Shah [97]
Taj al-Dawlah [97]
Shokouh al-Saltaneh [97]
Jeyran [98]
Anis-aldole1.jpg Anis al-Dawla [99]
Amina Aqdas [100]
Khazen al-Dawlah [101]
Monirsaltaneh qajar.jpg Munir al-Saltaneh [97]
Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi [97]
tj lmlwkh dr jwny.jpg Taj ol-Molouk Mozaffar ad-Din Shah [102]
Malekeh Jahan 1.jpg Malekeh Jahan Mohammad Ali Shah [103]
Badr al-Molouk.jpg Badr al-Molouk Ahmad Shah [104]

Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Taj ol-Molouk - queen of Persia.jpg Tadj ol-Molouk Reza Shah [105]
Queen Touran.jpg Turan Amirsoleimani [106]
Esmat Dowlatshahi.jpg Esmat Dowlatshahi [107]
Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt.jpg Fawzia bint Fuad Mohammad Reza Shah [108]
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari-045.jpg Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary [109]
Farah Diba 1959 Iran.jpg Farah Diba [110]

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