List of royal consorts of Iran

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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]

StyleShahbanu, Banbishn and various others
Formationc. 727 BC (Median dynasty) or 550 BC (Achaemenid dynasty)
Abolition11 February 1979 (Islamic Revolution)
AppointerShah of Iran
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Queen/Empress of Iran
ملکه/شهبانوی ایران (Persian)
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Imperial arms of Empress Farah of Iran
Last in role:
Farah
21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
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StyleShahbanu, Banbishn and various others
Formationc. 727 BC (Median dynasty) or 550 BC (Achaemenid dynasty)
Abolition11 February 1979 (Islamic Revolution)
AppointerShah of Iran
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Ancient Iran (c. 727 BC–AD 651)

Medes (c. 727–550 BC)

See also: Median kingdom and Medes
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Aryenis Astyages [6]
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Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)

See also: Achaemenid dynasty and Achaemenid Empire
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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]
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Hellenistic rule (331–129 BC)

See also: Hellenistic period

Alexander's empire (331–305 BC)

See also: Argead dynasty
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Portrait Name Monarch Notes
Roxana Alexander III [20]
Stateira [21]
Parysatis [22]
Eurydice Philip III [23]
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Seleucid Empire (305–129 BC)

See also: Seleucid dynasty and Seleucid Empire
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Portrait Name Monarch Notes
Apama Seleucus I Nicator [24]
Stratonice Seleucus I Nicator
Antiochus I Soter		 [25]
Laodice I Antiochus II Theos [26]
Berenice Syra [27]
Laodice II Seleucus II Callinicus [28]
Laodice III Antiochus III the Great [29]
Laodice IV Seleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes		 [30]
Laodice V Demetrius I Soter [31]
Cleopatra Thea Alexander Balas
Demetrius II Nicator
Antiochus VII Sidetes		 [32]
Rhodogune Demetrius II Nicator [33]
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Parthian Empire (c. 250/247 BC–224 AD)

See also: Parthian Empire
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Rinnu Mithridates I [34]
Ariazate Gotarzes I [35]
Laodice Orodes II [36]
Musa Phraates IV later a queen regnant in her own right.[37]
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Sasanian Empire (224 AD–651 AD)

See also: Sasanian dynasty, Sasanian Empire, and Banbishn
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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]
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Medieval Iran (651–1501)

See also: Islamic dynasties of Iran

Arab (caliphal) rule (638–861)

See also: Iran during the Caliphate and List of caliphs

Rashidun Caliphate (638–661)

See also: Rashidun Caliphate
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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 [46]: 12 
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Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

See also: Umayyad Caliphate
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Maysun Mu'awiya I [53]
Umm Khalid Fakhita Yazid I
Fakhitah Marwan I
Atikah Abd al-Malik [54]
Umm al-Banin al-Walid I
Fatima Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Umm Hakim Hisham [55]
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Abbasid Caliphate (749–861)

See also: Abbasid Caliphate
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Umm Salama Al-Saffah [56]
Arwa Al-Mansur [57]
Fatimah [58]
Rayta Al-Mahdi [59]
Al-Khayzuran [60]
Lubabah Al-Hadi
Zubaidah Harun al-Rashid [61]
Umm Muhammad [58]
Abbasa [62]: 328 [63]
Lubana Al-Amin [64]
Umm Isa Al-Ma'mun [65]
Buran [66]
Faridah Al-Mutawakkil [67]
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Iranian Intermezzo (821–1090)

See also: Iranian Intermezzo

Buyids (934–1062)

See also: Buyid dynasty
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Sayyida Shirin Fakhr al-Dawla [68]
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Turco-Mongol rule (1038–1508)

Seljuk Empire (1038–1194)

See also: Seljuk Empire and Seljuk dynasty
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Altun Jan Khatun Tughril [69]
Terken Khatun Malik-Shah I [60]
Zubayda Khatun [70]
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Khwarazmian Empire (1097–1220/1221)

See also: Khwarazmian Empire and Anushtegin dynasty
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Terken Khatun Il-Arslan
Terken Khatun Ala al-Din Tekish [71]
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Mongol Empire (1220–1259)

See also: Mongol Empire
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Börte Genghis Khan [72]
Khulan Khatun [73]
Yesugen [74]
Yesui [74]
Ibaqa Beki [74]
Sorghaghtani Beki Tolui [75]
Möge Khatun Ögedei Khan [76]
Töregene Khatun [77]
Oghul Qaimish Güyük Khan [78]
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Ilkhanate (1256–1388)

See also: Ilkhanate and Division of the Mongol Empire
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Doquz Khatun Hulagu Khan [79]
Buluqhan Khatun Abaqa Khan
Arghun Khan		 [80]
Kököchin Ghazan [81]
Uljay Qutlugh Khatun Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan [80]
Baghdad Khatun [82]
Dilshad Khatun [83]
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Timurid Empire (1370–1458)

See also: Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty
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Saray Mulk Khanum Timur [84]
Gawhar Shad Shah Rukh [85]
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Aq Qoyunlu (1465–1508)

See also: Aq Qoyunlu
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Despina Khatun Uzun Hasan [86]
Aynışah Sultan Ahmad Beg [87]
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Modern Iran (1501–1979)

Safavid Iran (1501–1722)

See also: Safavid Iran, Safavid imperial harem, and Safavid dynasty
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Tajlu Khanum Ismail I [88]
Behruzeh Khanum [89]
Sultanum Begum Tahmasp I [90]
Sultan-Agha Khanum [91]
Khayr al-Nisa Begum Mohammad Khodabanda [92]
Yakhan Begum Abbas I [93]
Marta [94]
Tamar Amilakhori [95]
Anna Khanum Safi [96]
Nakihat Khanum Abbas II [97]
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Intermediate period (1722–1796)

Afsharids (1736–1796)

See also: Afsharid Iran and Afsharid dynasty
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Razia Begum Nader [98]
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Qajar Iran (1789–1925)

See also: Qajar Iran, Qajar harem, and Qajar dynasty
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Asiye Khanum Ezzeddin Qajar Agha Mohammad
Maryam Khanom Agha Mohammad
Fath-Ali		 [99]
Badr Jahan Khanom Fath-Ali
Asiya Khanom Devellu
Badralensa Khanum
Sonbol Baji
Taj ol-Dowleh [100]
Golbadan Baji [101]
Agha Baji Javanshir [102]
Naneh Khanom Barforoush
Naneh Khanum Ostad
Begum Khanum
Malek Jahan Khanom Mohammad [103]
Galin Khanom Naser al-Din [104]
Taj al-Dawlah [104]
Shokouh al-Saltaneh [104]
Jeyran [105]
Anis al-Dawla [106]
Amina Aqdas [107]
Khazen al-Dawlah [108]
Monir al-Saltaneh [104]
Fatemeh Soltan Baghbanbashi [104]
Taj ol-Molouk Mozaffar ad-Din [109]
Sarvar al-Saltaneh
Malekeh Jahan Mohammad Ali [110]
Badr al-Molouk Ahmad [111]
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Pahlavi Iran (1925–1979)

See also: Pahlavi Iran and Pahlavi dynasty
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Tadj ol-Molouk Reza [112]
Turan Amirsoleimani [113]
Esmat Dowlatshahi [114]
Fawzia bint Fuad Mohammad Reza [115]
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary [116]
Farah Diba [117]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The exonym "Persia" was used by the ancient Greeks to refer to the Achaemenid Empire, derived from the Persians (the Iranian ethnic group to which the Achaemenid dynasty belonged). Historically, "Persia" was subsequently used in the Western world to refer to Iran and Iranians. "Iran" (Īrān, ایران) is the country's endonym, first attested under the Sasanian Empire as Ērān, though earlier forms of the name (see Aryan) date back to Proto-Indo-Iranian times[1][2][3] and had been used ever since. In 1935, the Iranian monarch Reza Shah requested that foreign delegates begin using "Iran" rather than "Persia" in formal correspondence, whereafter "Iran" has also become the common name used internationally. See name of Iran for further details.

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