List of royal consorts of Persia explained

Royal Title:Shahbanu
Realm:Iran (Persia)
Coatofarms:Imperial Arms of the Shahbanou of Iran.svg
Coatofarmscaption:Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
Style:Shahbanu
Banbishn
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
Began:678 BC
Ended:11 February 1979
Pretender:Yasmine Pahlavi

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.[1] The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.

Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)

See main article: Median dynasty.

Teispid Kingdom (705–559 BC)

See main article: Teispids and Anshan (Persia).

Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)

See main article: Achaemenid Empire and Achaemenid dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
CassandaneCyrus II[4]
PhaedymiaCambyses II[5]
AtossaCambyses II (disputed)
Darius I		also a sister of Cambyses II.[6]
ArtystoneDarius I[7]
Parmys[8]
AmestrisXerxes I[9]
DamaspiaArtaxerxes I[10]
ParysatisDarius II[11]
StateiraArtaxerxes II[12]
Amestrisalso a daughter of Artaxerxes II.[13]
AtossaArtaxerxes III
StateiraDarius III

Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
RoxanaAlexander III[14]
Stateira[15]
Parysatis
EurydicePhilip III[16]

Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)

See main article: Seleucid Empire and Seleucid dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
ApamaSeleucus I Nicator[17]
StratoniceSeleucus I Nicator
Antiochus I Soter		[18]
Laodice IAntiochus II Theos[19]
Berenice Syra[20]
Laodice IISeleucus II Callinicus[21]
Laodice IIIAntiochus III the Great[22]
Laodice IVSeleucus IV Philopator
Antiochus IV Epiphanes		[23]
Laodice VDemetrius I Soter[24]
Cleopatra TheaAlexander Balas
Demetrius II Nicator
Antiochus VII Sidetes		[25]
RhodoguneDemetrius II Nicator[26]

Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)

See main article: Parthian Empire.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
RinnuMithridates I[27]
AriazateGotarzes I[28]
LaodiceOrodes II[29]
MusaPhraates IVlater a queen regnant in her own right.[30]

Sasanian Empire (224–651)

See main article: Sasanian Empire and Sasanian dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
DenagArdashir Ialso a sister of Ardashir I.
Murrod[31]
KhwarranzemArdashir I or
Shapur I
Shapurdukhtak IBahram II
Shapurdukhtak IINarseh
Ifra HormizdHormizd II[32]
Yazdan-Friy ShapurShapur III[33]
ShushandukhtYazdegerd I[34]
DenagYazdegerd II
SambiceKavad Ialso a sister of Kavad I.
MariaKhosrow II
Shirin
Gordiya
BorandokhtKavad IIalso a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right.[35] [36]

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

See main article: Umayyad Caliphate.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
MaysunMu'awiya I[37]
Umm Khalid FakhitaYazid I
FakhitahMarwan I
AtikahAbd al-Malik[38]
Umm al-Baninal-Walid I
FatimaUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Umm HakimHisham[39]

Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)

See main article: Abbasid Caliphate and Abbasid dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Umm SalamaAl-Saffah[40]
ArwaAl-Mansur[41]
Fatimah[42]
RaytaAl-Mahdi[43]
Al-Khayzuran[44]
LubabahAl-Hadi
ZubaidahHarun al-Rashid[45]
Umm Muhammad[46]
Abbasa[47]
LubanaAl-Amin[48]
Umm IsaAl-Ma'mun
Buran[49]
FaridahAl-Mutawakkil

Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)

See main article: Buyid dynasty.

Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)

See main article: Seljuk Empire.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Altun Jan KhatunTughril[50]
Terken KhatunMalik-Shah I[51]
Zubayda Khatun[52]

Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)

See main article: Khwarazmian Empire.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Terken KhatunIl-Arslan
Terken KhatunAla al-Din Tekish[53]

Mongol Empire (1153–1220)

See main article: Mongol Empire.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
BörteGenghis Khan[54]
Khulan Khatun[55]
Yesugen[56]
Yesui
Ibaqa Beki
Sorghaghtani BekiTolui[57]
Möge KhatunÖgedei Khan[58]
Töregene Khatun[59]
Oghul QaimishGüyük Khan[60]

Ilkhanate (1256–1357)

See main article: Ilkhanate.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Doquz KhatunHulagu Khan[61]
Buluqhan KhatunAbaqa Khan
Arghun Khan		[62]
KököchinGhazan[63]
Uljay Qutlugh KhatunAbu Sa'id Bahadur Khan
Baghdad Khatun[64]
Dilshad Khatun[65]

Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)

See main article: Jalayirid Sultanate.

Timurid Empire (1370–1467)

See main article: Timurid Empire.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Saray Mulk KhanumTimur[66]
Gawhar ShadShah Rukh[67]

Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)

See main article: Aq Qoyunlu.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Despina KhatunUzun Hasan[68]
Aynışah SultanAhmad Beg[69]

Safavid Empire (1501–1736)

See main article: Safavid Iran and Safavid dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Tajlu KhanumIsmail I[70]
Behruzeh Khanum[71]
Sultanum BegumTahmasp I[72]
Sultan-Agha Khanum[73]
Khayr al-Nisa BegumMohammad Khodabanda[74]
Yakhan BegumAbbas I[75]
Marta[76]
Tamar Amilakhori[77]
Anna KhanumSafi[78]
Nakihat KhanumAbbas II[79]

Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)

See main article: Afsharid Iran and Afsharid dynasty.

Qajar Empire (1794–1925)

See main article: Qajar Iran and Qajar dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Maryam KhanomAgha Mohammad Khan
Fath-Ali Shah		[81]
Taj ol-DowlehFath-Ali Shah[82]
Golbadan Baji[83]
Aghabeyim agha Javanshir[84]
Malek Jahan KhanomMohammad Shah[85]
Galin KhanomNaser al-Din Shah[86]
Taj al-Dawlah
Shokouh al-Saltaneh
Jeyran[87]
Anis al-Dawla
Amina Aqdas[88]
Khazen al-Dawlah[89]
Munir al-Saltaneh
Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi
Taj ol-MoloukMozaffar ad-Din Shah[90]
Malekeh JahanMohammad Ali Shah[91]
Badr al-MoloukAhmad Shah[92]

Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)

See main article: Pahlavi Iran and Pahlavi dynasty.

PortraitNameMonarchNotes
Tadj ol-MoloukReza Shah[93]
Turan Amirsoleimani[94]
Esmat Dowlatshahi[95]
Fawzia bint FuadMohammad Reza Shah[96]
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary[97]
Farah Diba[98]

See also

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