This is a list of royal consorts of rulers that held power over Persia (present-day Iran). The title Shahbanu was used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including the Sassanids and Pahlavis.[2] The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.
Shahbanu of Iran (Persia) | |
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![]() Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran | |
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Details | |
Style | Shahbanu Banbishn[1] |
Formation | 678 BC |
Abolition | 11 February 1979 |
Residence | Apadana Tachara Palace of Darius Palace of Ardashir Taq Kasra Ālī Qāpū Palace Hasht Behesht Golestan Palace Sa'dabad Palace Niavaran Palace |
Appointer | Shah or Ruler of Persia |
Pretender(s) | Yasmine Pahlavi |
Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
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Aryenis | Astyages | [3] |
Teispid Kingdom (c.705–559 BC)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Mandana | Cambyses I | [4] |
Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
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Cassandane | Cyrus II | [5] | |
Phaedymia | Cambyses II | [6] | |
Atossa | Cambyses II (disputed) Darius I | also a sister of Cambyses II.[7] | |
Artystone | Darius I | [8] | |
Parmys | [9] | ||
Amestris | Xerxes I | [10] | |
Damaspia | Artaxerxes I | [11] | |
Parysatis | Darius II | [12] | |
Stateira | Artaxerxes II | [13] | |
Amestris | also a daughter of Artaxerxes II.[14] | ||
Atossa | Artaxerxes III | [15][16] | |
Stateira | Darius III | [17] |
Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Roxana | Alexander III | [18] | |
Stateira | [19] | ||
Parysatis | [20] | ||
Eurydice | Philip III | [21] |
Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)
Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
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Rinnu | Mithridates I | [32] | |
Ariazate | Gotarzes I | [33] | |
Laodice | Orodes II | [34] | |
![]() | Musa | Phraates IV | later a queen regnant in her own right.[35] |
Sasanian Empire (224–651)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
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![]() | Denag | Ardashir I | also a sister of Ardashir I.[36] |
Murrod | [1] | ||
Khwarranzem | Ardashir I or Shapur I | [37] | |
Shapurdukhtak I | Bahram II | [1] | |
Shapurdukhtak II | Narseh | [1] | |
Ifra Hormizd | Hormizd II | [38] | |
Yazdan-Friy Shapur | Shapur III | [39] | |
Shushandukht | Yazdegerd I | [40] | |
Denag | Yazdegerd II | [1] | |
Sambice | Kavad I | also a sister of Kavad I.[41] | |
Maria | Khosrow II | [1] | |
![]() | Shirin | [1] | |
![]() | Gordiya | [1] | |
![]() | Borandokht | Kavad II | also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right.[42][43] |
Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Maysun | Mu'awiya I | [44] | |
Umm Khalid Fakhita | Yazid I | ||
Fakhitah | Marwan I | ||
Atikah | Abd al-Malik | [45] | |
Umm al-Banin | al-Walid I | ||
Fatima | Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz | ||
Umm Hakim | Hisham | [46] |
Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)
Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sayyida Shirin | Fakhr al-Dawla | [60] |
Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
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Altun Jan Khatun | Tughril | [61] | |
Terken Khatun | Malik-Shah I | [62] | |
Zubayda Khatun | [63] |
Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Terken Khatun | Il-Arslan | ||
Terken Khatun | Ala al-Din Tekish | [64] |
Mongol Empire (1153–1220)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Börte | Genghis Khan | [65] |
Khulan Khatun | [66] | ||
Yesugen | [67] | ||
Yesui | [67] | ||
Ibaqa Beki | [67] | ||
![]() | Sorghaghtani Beki | Tolui | [68] |
Möge Khatun | Ögedei Khan | [69] | |
Töregene Khatun | [70] | ||
Oghul Qaimish | Güyük Khan | [71] |
Ilkhanate (1256–1357)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Doquz Khatun | Hulagu Khan | [72] | |
Buluqhan Khatun | Abaqa Khan Arghun Khan | [73] | |
Kököchin | Ghazan | [74] | |
Uljay Qutlugh Khatun | Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan | [73] | |
Baghdad Khatun | [75] | ||
Dilshad Khatun | [76] |
Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Dilshad Khatun | Hasan Buzurg | [76] |
Timurid Empire (1370–1467)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Saray Mulk Khanum | Timur | [77] | |
Gawhar Shad | Shah Rukh | [78] |
Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Despina Khatun | Uzun Hasan | [79] | |
Aynışah Sultan | Ahmad Beg | [80] |
Safavid Empire (1501–1736)
Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Razia Begum | Nader Shah | [91] |
Qajar Empire (1794–1925)
Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)
Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tadj ol-Molouk | Reza Shah | [105] |
![]() | Turan Amirsoleimani | [106] | |
![]() | Esmat Dowlatshahi | [107] | |
![]() | Fawzia bint Fuad | Mohammad Reza Shah | [108] |
![]() | Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary | [109] | |
![]() | Farah Diba | [110] |
See also
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