Shahbanu

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Imperial arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
1972 portrait of Farah Pahlavi, describing her as Shahbanu Farah

Shahbanu (

Sassanian empresses regnant, Boran and Azarmidokht, c. 630, were the last two that carried the title before Farah Pahlavi, the wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (Persia),[1] assumed the title for the first time since the Muslim conquest of Persia
in the 7th century.

As an empress during Sassanid times, the principal Shahbanu was also titled

shahanshah
(lit. "King of Kings") to distinguish her from the other queens in the royal household.

Farah Pahlavi sometimes continues to be referred to as Shahbanu, as is customarily done internationally for titleholders associated with

abolished monarchies, but the title is no longer valid in Iran. According to the Persian Constitution of 1906, Yasmine Pahlavi
would currently hold this title.

See also
  • Shah
  • List of queens of Persia

References

  1. ISBN 9781139463720
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