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Shahnaz Pahlavi

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Shahnaz Pahlavi
Shahnaz in 1967
Born (1940-10-27) 27 October 1940 (age 85)
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse
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    (m. 1957; div. 1964)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1971; died 2014)​
Issue
  • Zahra Mahnaz Zahedi
  • Keykhosrow Jahanbani
  • Fawzia Jahanbani
HousePahlavi
FatherMohammad Reza Pahlavi
MotherFawzia of Egypt

Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi (Persian: شهناز پهلوی; born 27 October 1940) is the first child of the former Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Fawzia of Egypt.

Early life and education

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Princess Shahnaz with her parents, early 1940s

Shahnaz Pahlavi was born in Tehran, Iran, on 27 October 1940, a year before the accession of her father to the throne.[1] She is the only child of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his first wife Queen Fawzia.[2][3] Her parents separated when she was five years old, with her remaining in Iran with her father, and divorced when she was eight years old, [4]

Shahnaz is the paternal half-sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi, Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi and Princess Leila Pahlavi — the four children of the Shah by his third wife, Farah Pahlavi.[5] Her maternal grandparents were King Fuad I and Queen Nazli of Egypt; and her paternal grandparents were Reza Shah and Queen Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran. She is also the niece of King Farouk I of Egypt and thus a cousin of the last Egyptian king, Fuad II.[6]

Shahnaz Pahlavi was educated in a Belgian boarding school, the Lycée Léonie de Waha in Liège, Belgium, and then in Switzerland.[7]

Personal life

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Princess Shahnaz and Ardeshir Zahedi, 1957

Her father had plans for Shahnaz's marriage with King Faisal II of Iraq, which did not materialise due to her unwillingness.[8]

Her first marriage, at age 16, was to Ardeshir Zahedi on 11 October 1957, at Golestan Palace, Tehran.[7] He was one-time Iranian foreign minister and twice Iranian ambassador to the United States (1957–64 and 1972–79).[7][9] She and Zahedi first met in Germany in 1955.[7] The couple have one daughter.[10] They divorced in 1964.

Princess Shahnaz, 1960.

Shahnaz later married Khosrow Jahanbani, the son of Iranian general Amanullah Jahanbani, in February 1971 at the Iranian embassy in Paris.[11] Their marriage lasted until Jahanbani's death on 13 April 2014.

During her father's reign, Shahnaz had investments in agricultural enterprises and assembly plants of a joint venture with Honda bicycles and motorcycles in Iran.[12]

Later years

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Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Shahnaz Pahlavi has lived in Switzerland.[5] She has Swiss citizenship.[1] In December 2013, she was granted Egyptian citizenship by the Egyptian government.[1]

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "تابعیت مصری برای شهناز پهلوی، نخستین فرزند شاه سابق ایران". BBC (in Persian). 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Diedre Charmody (27 July 1973). "Nixon forth to see Shah". The Leader Post. New York. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "A quick look at the Shah's life". Lawrence Journal. Associated Press. 28 July 1980. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Royal Blood, Lonely Childhood, Married At 16: Life Of Iran’s Forgotten Princess," News18, March 25, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Shah's daughter 'could not stand' exile". BBC. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Ashraf Pahlavi: Portrait of a Persian Princess". payvand.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Only child of Shah of Iran will marry in simple rites". Ocala Star Banner. Tehran. Associated Press. 10 October 1957. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Banafsheh Keynoush (2016). Saudi Arabia and Iran. Friends or Foes?. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 68. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-58939-2. ISBN 978-1-137-58939-2. S2CID 156413085.
  9. ↑ "Iran Shah's daughter to wed engineer in simple ceremony". Lewiston Evening Journal. Tehran. Associated Press. 10 October 1957. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Milestones, Dec. 15, 1958". Time. 15 December 1958. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Centers of Power in Iran" (PDF). CIA. May 1972. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "105 Iranian films said controlled by royal family". The Leader Post. Tehran. Associated Press. 22 January 1979. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  13. ↑ Pinterest
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