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This is a list of royal consorts of rulers that held power over 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 title was used in its Persian form (šāhān šāh) after Greek ceased being used. [64] The first Parthian capital was at Nisa in Parthia. In 217 BC, the capital was moved to Qumis and in 50 BC a multi-capital system was established, with royal residences at Ctesiphon, Ecbatana, and Ray. [65] This list omits rival kings and claimants.
Vashti (Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי , romanized: Vaštī; Koinē Greek: Ἀστίν, romanized: Astín; Modern Persian: واشتی, romanized: Vâšti) was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Queens consort of the Achaemenid Empire (14 P) S. Sasanian queens consort (1 C, 12 P) W. Wives of Iranian shahs by person (3 C) Pages in category "Queens consort of ...
Parysatis was the daughter of King of Kings Artaxerxes I of Persia and Andria of Babylon.She was the half-sister of Xerxes II, Sogdianus, and Darius II.She married her half-brother Darius II [1] and had 13 sons, of which four survived to adulthood: Artaxerxes II, Cyrus the Younger, Ostanes, and Oxathres.
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی; née Diba [دیبا]; born 14 October 1938) is the former Queen and last Empress (شهبانو, Shahbânu) of Iran and is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. She was born into a prosperous Iranian family whose fortunes were diminished after her father's early death.
Hence the title bearer is the mother of the next Shah), associated with some Qajar (Kadjar) queens, especially Fath Ali Shah's mother and Nasser-ed-Din Shah's mother. A'laa Hazrat "Your Most High Majesty" in reference to the king. Appellation of Persian/Iranian kings. Oliaa' Hazrat Literally meaning "Your Most High Majesty" in reference to the ...
Imperial arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran 1972 portrait of Farah Pahlavi, describing her as Shahbanu Farah. Shahbanu (Persian: شهبانو, romanized: Šahbānū, lit. ' lady king ') was the title for empress regnant or empress consort in Persian and other Iranian languages.