Esmat Dowlatshahi

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Esmat Dowlatshahi
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BornEsmat ol-Molouk Dowlatshahi
1905 (1905)
Tehran, Iran
Died25 July 1995(1995-07-25) (aged 89–90)
Tehran, Iran
Burial
Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran
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Issue
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HouseQajar dynasty (by birth)
Pahlavi dynasty (by marriage)
FatherPrince Gholam Ali Mirza Dowlatshahi
MotherMobtahej Od-dowlah Morad

Esmat ol-Molouk Dowlatshahi (Persian: عصمت‌الملوک دولتشاهی; 1905 – 25 July 1995) was an Iranian royal and the fourth and last wife of Reza Shah.

Early life[]

Dowlatshahi was born in 1905.[1][2] She was a member of the Qajar dynasty.[3] Her parents were cousins.[3] Her father was Gholam Ali Mirza "Mojalal Dowleh" Dowlatshahi (1878–1934).[4] Her mother was Mobtahedj-od-Dowleh, daughter of Ebtehadj Saltaneh and Abou Nasr Mirza "Hessam Saltaneh II".[3] Her paternal grandfather was Hessam-Saltaneh I.[3] She had two brothers and one sister.[3] Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi, member of the Majlis and Iranian ambassador, was her cousin.[5]

Marriage[]

Dowlatshahi and Reza Shah wed in 1923.[5][6] She was his fourth, last and favourite wife.[7][8] Reza Shah was the minister of war when they married.[5] From this marriage five children were born: Abdul Reza, Ahmad Reza, Mahmoud Reza, Fatemeh and Hamid Reza Pahlavi.[9] Her husband became Shah of Iran in 1925. However, it was her husband's second wife Tadj ol-Molouk who was given a public role as queen.

Dowlatshahi and Reza Shah lived in the Marble Palace in Tehran with their children.[7] She accompanied her husband to Mauritius when he was exiled there in September 1941, but she returned to Iran after a few months.[10]

Later life and death[]

Grave of Esmat Dolatshahi (2nd from the left) in Behesht-e Zahra

Dowlatshahi stayed in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.[10] She died on 25 July 1995.[11] She was buried in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Tehran.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "خاطرات عصمت‌‏الملوك دولتشاهی آخرین همسر رضاخان". سیمرغ (in Persian). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Esmat Dowlatshahi – (1904 – 1995)". A Bit of History. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Dowlatshahi-Qajar (Kadjar)". Qajar Pages. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Dowlatshahi family". Qajar Pages. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Camron Michael Amin (1 December 2002). The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman: Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865-1946. University Press of Florida. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8130-3126-2.
  6. ^ Cyrus Ghani (6 January 2001). Iran and the Rise of the Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power. I.B.Tauris. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-86064-629-4.
  7. ^ a b Diana Childress (2011). Equal Rights Is Our Minimum Demand: The Women's Rights Movement in Iran 2005. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7613-7273-8.
  8. ^ "Iranian Princess Fatemeh Pahlavi". The Beaver County Times. London. 2 June 1987. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  9. ^ "The Qajars (Kadjars) and the Pahlavis". Qajar Pages. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  10. ^ a b Mehdi Jangravi. "Reza Shah's Wives". Institute for Iranian Studies. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Reza Shah Pahlavi". Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery". Harmsen. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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