Samira Shahbandar
Samira Shahbandar | |
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Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Baghdad, Iraq |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Occupation | Physician |
Spouse |
Samira Shahbandar (
Early life
Shahbandar was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1946 into an aristocratic Baghdad family.[1][2][3]
Career
Shahbandar was reported to have had careers as a flight attendant and as a physician.[4]
Personal life
Shahbandar was married to Noureddine Safi, an Iraqi pilot and manager of Iraqi Airways.[3][5] They have two children.[3] Shahbandar's son Mohammad Saffi was born in 1966.[6][7]
In 1983, Shahbandar met Saddam Hussein, whom she reportedly had a son with.[8] Saddam's eldest son Uday was reported to have envied him.[9] Saddam Hussein forced her husband to divorce her.[5] In 1986, Shahbandar was married to Saddam Hussein in secret.[5][4] In the late 1980s, Shahbandar appeared in public with Saddam Hussein.[5]
In 2002, Shahbandar's son from her first marriage, Mohammad Saffi, a resident of New Zealand and a flight engineer with
As of 2004, Shahbandar was acknowledged as the wife of Saddam Hussein by United Nations.[13]
Depictions
Her character was featured heavily in the plot of BBC adaptation of House of Saddam and was played by Australian actress Christine Stephen-Daly. In the drama, Shahbandar is portrayed as a schoolteacher, the occupation of Sajida Talfah.
Possible issue
In a 2007 "Saddam had only two wives, the first was Umm [Mother of] Uday and Qusay, Sajida Khairallah Talfah and the other he married after a while, [was] Samira al-Shahbandar, he married her when she was 40 years old and she had no children from him."[14]
See also
References
- ^ "United Nations ...IQi.060". United Nations. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Colvin, Marie (15 December 2003). "Saddam's wife in gold ... and exile". breakfornews.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Wife No2 – and only surviving son – are alive and wealthy in Lebanon". The Scotsman. 15 December 2003. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Report: Saddam "second wife" lives in Beirut". albawaba.com. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sudakov, Dmitry (16 July 2013). "Will Saddam Hussein's children have to answer for their father?". pravdareport.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Saddam's Stepson detained in Miami". BBC. 4 July 2002. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Stepson's arrest sheds light on Saddam's love life". billingsgazette.com. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Wife No2 - and only surviving son - are alive and wealthy in Lebanon". 15 December 2003.
- ^ Sherrill, Martha (25 January 1991). "Bride of Saddam, Matched Since Childhood". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Saddam's Minister of Mass Destruction?". ABC News. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ Khairallah was killed in a helicopter crash, caused by "mechanical failure." Hussein's bodyguard said that he was told to place a bomb on the helicopter.
- ^ "Bride of Saddam, Matched Since Childhood". The Washington Post. 10 April 1998. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "United Nations Security Council ... IQi060. Samira Shahbandar". United Nations. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "صدام راهن على حرب الشوارع.. والخيانة كانت أكبر من التضحيات". alriyadh (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 June 2023.