List of royal consorts of Persia

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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)
Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
Last in role
Farah Pahlavi

21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
Details
StyleShahbanu
Banbishn[1]
Formation678 BC
Abolition11 February 1979
ResidenceApadana
Tachara
Palace of Darius
Palace of Ardashir
Taq Kasra
Ālī Qāpū Palace
Hasht Behesht
Golestan Palace
Sa'dabad Palace
Niavaran Palace
AppointerShah or Ruler of Persia
Pretender(s)Yasmine Pahlavi

Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
AryenisAstyages[3]

Teispid Kingdom (c.705–559 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
MandanaCambyses I[4]

Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
CassandaneCyrus II[5]
PhaedymiaCambyses II[6]
AtossaCambyses II (disputed)
Darius I
also a sister of Cambyses II.[7]
ArtystoneDarius I[8]
Parmys[9]
AmestrisXerxes I[10]
DamaspiaArtaxerxes I[11]
ParysatisDarius II[12]
StateiraArtaxerxes II[13]
Amestrisalso a daughter of Artaxerxes II.[14]
AtossaArtaxerxes III[15][16]
StateiraDarius III[17]

Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
RoxanaAlexander III[18]
Stateira[19]
Parysatis[20]
EurydicePhilip III[21]

Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
ApamaSeleucus I Nicator[22]
StratoniceSeleucus I Nicator
Antiochus I Soter
[23]
Laodice IAntiochus II Theos[24]
Berenice Syra[25]
Laodice IISeleucus II Callinicus[26]
Laodice IIIAntiochus III the Great[27]
Laodice IVSeleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
[28]
Laodice VDemetrius I Soter[29]
Cleopatra TheaAlexander Balas
Demetrius II Nicator
Antiochus VII Sidetes
[30]
RhodoguneDemetrius II Nicator[31]

Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
RinnuMithridates I[32]
AriazateGotarzes I[33]
LaodiceOrodes II[34]
MusaPhraates IVlater a queen regnant in her own right.[35]

Sasanian Empire (224–651)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
DenagArdashir Ialso a sister of Ardashir I.[36]
Murrod[1]
KhwarranzemArdashir I or
Shapur I
[37]
Shapurdukhtak IBahram II[1]
Shapurdukhtak IINarseh[1]
Ifra HormizdHormizd II[38]
Yazdan-Friy ShapurShapur III[39]
ShushandukhtYazdegerd I[40]
DenagYazdegerd II[1]
SambiceKavad Ialso a sister of Kavad I.[41]
MariaKhosrow II[1]
Shirin[1]
Gordiya[1]
BorandokhtKavad IIalso a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right.[42][43]

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
MaysunMu'awiya I[44]
Umm Khalid FakhitaYazid I
FakhitahMarwan I
AtikahAbd al-Malik[45]
Umm al-Baninal-Walid I
FatimaUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Umm HakimHisham[46]

Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Umm SalamaAl-Saffah[47]
ArwaAl-Mansur[48]
Fatimah[49]
RaytaAl-Mahdi[50]
Al-Khayzuran[51]
LubabahAl-Hadi
ZubaidahHarun al-Rashid[52]
Umm Muhammad[53]
Abbasa[54]: 328 [55]
LubanaAl-Amin[56]
Umm IsaAl-Ma'mun[57]
Buran[58]
FaridahAl-Mutawakkil[59]

Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Sayyida ShirinFakhr al-Dawla[60]

Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Altun Jan KhatunTughril[61]
Terken KhatunMalik-Shah I[62]
Zubayda Khatun[63]

Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Terken KhatunIl-Arslan
Terken KhatunAla al-Din Tekish[64]

Mongol Empire (1153–1220)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
BörteGenghis Khan[65]
Khulan Khatun[66]
Yesugen[67]
Yesui[67]
Ibaqa Beki[67]
Sorghaghtani BekiTolui[68]
Möge KhatunÖgedei Khan[69]
Töregene Khatun[70]
Oghul QaimishGüyük Khan[71]

Ilkhanate (1256–1357)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Doquz KhatunHulagu Khan[72]
Buluqhan KhatunAbaqa Khan
Arghun Khan
[73]
KököchinGhazan[74]
Uljay Qutlugh KhatunAbu Sa'id Bahadur Khan[73]
Baghdad Khatun[75]
Dilshad Khatun[76]

Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Dilshad KhatunHasan Buzurg[76]

Timurid Empire (1370–1467)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Saray Mulk KhanumTimur[77]
Gawhar ShadShah Rukh[78]

Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Despina KhatunUzun Hasan[79]
Aynışah SultanAhmad Beg[80]

Safavid Empire (1501–1736)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Tajlu KhanumIsmail I[81]
Behruzeh Khanum[82]
Sultanum BegumTahmasp I[83]
Sultan-Agha Khanum[84]
Khayr al-Nisa BegumMohammad Khodabanda[85]
Yakhan BegumAbbas I[86]
Marta[87]
Tamar Amilakhori[88]
Anna KhanumSafi[89]
Nakihat KhanumAbbas II[90]

Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Razia BegumNader Shah[91]

Qajar Empire (1794–1925)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Maryam KhanomAgha Mohammad Khan
Fath-Ali Shah
[92]
Taj ol-DowlehFath-Ali Shah[93]
Golbadan Baji[94]
Aghabeyim agha Javanshir[95]
Malek Jahan KhanomMohammad Shah[96]
Galin KhanomNaser al-Din Shah[97]
Taj al-Dawlah[97]
Shokouh al-Saltaneh[97]
Jeyran[98]
Anis al-Dawla[99]
Amina Aqdas[100]
Khazen al-Dawlah[101]
Munir al-Saltaneh[97]
Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi[97]
Taj ol-MoloukMozaffar ad-Din Shah[102]
Malekeh JahanMohammad Ali Shah[103]
Badr al-MoloukAhmad Shah[104]

Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Tadj ol-MoloukReza Shah[105]
Turan Amirsoleimani[106]
Esmat Dowlatshahi[107]
Fawzia bint FuadMohammad Reza Shah[108]
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary[109]
Farah Diba[110]

See also

References