Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی; née Diba [دیبا]; born 14 October 1938) is an 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.
| Farah Pahlavi | |
|---|---|
| Shahbânu[a] | |
 Official portrait, c. 1973 | |
| Empress consort of Iran | |
| 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979 | |
| 26 October 1967 | |
| Born | Farah Diba 14 October 1938 (aged 87) 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 |
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.
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Farah with Iranian Boy Scouts in Paris, (c. 1956)
Farah and Mohammad Reza with their four children, 1973
The Empress photographed while working in her office in Tehran, c. 1970s
Farah visiting an orphanage in Iran, c. 1968
Farah shaking hands with Egyptian actress Soad Hosny and Egyptian writer Youssef Francis in the Tehran International Film Festival, 1973
Farah photographed while on a state visit to China in 1972
Farah inside the Jameh Mosque of Sabzevar, 1974
The Shah and the Shahbanu on 16 January 1979, shortly before leaving Iran due to the Islamic Revolution
Notes
References
- ↑ Shahbanou (Documentary) (25 December 2016)Farah Pahlavi's Official YouTube Channel.
- ↑ Queen Farah Pahlavi. farahpahlavi.org. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Afkhami, Gholam Reza. The Life and Times of the Shah (12 January 2009)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).
- ↑ Pahlavi, Farah. "An Enduring Love: My life with Shah. A Memoir" 2004