Farah Pahlavi
| Farah Pahlavi | |
|---|---|
| Shahbânu | |
Official portrait, c. 1973 | |
| Empress consort of Iran[a] | |
| Tenure | 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979 |
| Coronation | 26 October 1967 |
| Born | Farah Diba 14 October 1938 Tehran, Imperial State of Iran[3] |
| Spouse | |
| Issue |
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| House | Pahlavi (by marriage) |
| Father | Sohrab Diba |
| Mother | Farideh Ghotbi |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Signature | Persian signature Latin signature |
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی; née Diba [دیبا]; born 14 October 1938) is a Iranian royal who was the last Empress of Iran from 1959 to 1979 as the third wife and widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
After the Shah's death, Farah spent two years in Egypt, where President Anwar Sadat allowed her and the children to stay in the Koubbeh Palace. She was the regent in pretence from 27 July to 31 October 1980.[4] President Ronald Reagan informed her that she was welcome in the United States.[5]
Farah first settled in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and later bought a home in Greenwich, Connecticut. After the death of her daughter Princess Leila in 2001, she purchased a smaller home in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. to be closer to her son and grandchildren. Farah divides her time between Washington, D.C. and Paris and makes an annual July visit to Mohammad Reza Shah's mausoleum at Cairo's al-Rifa'i Mosque.
References
- ↑ "Shahbanou (Documentary)". Farah Pahlavi's Official YouTube Channel. 25 December 2016.
- ↑ "Queen Farah Pahlavi". farahpahlavi.org. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Afkhami, Gholam Reza (12 January 2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520942165.
- ↑ "Former Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi will proclaim himself the new shah of Iran", United Press International, 17 October 1980,
His Imperial Highness Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, will reach his constitutional majority on the 9th of Aban, 1359 (31 October 1980). On this date, and in conformity with the Iranian Constitution, the regency of Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi, Shahbanou of Iran, will come to an end and His Imperial Highness, who on this occasion will send a message to the people of Iran, will succeed his father, His Imperial Majesty Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, deceased in Cairo on Mordad 5, 1359 (27 July 1980).
- ↑ Pahlavi, Farah. "An Enduring Love: My life with Shah. A Memoir" 2004
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