Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary Explained

Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
Office1:Iranian Ambassador to West Germany
Term Start1:1952
Term End1:1961
Monarch1:Mohammad Reza Shah
Primeminister1:Mohammad Mosaddegh
Fazlollah Zahedi
Hossein Ala'
Manouchehr Eghbal
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Predecessor1:Abdullah Entezam
Successor1:Amir Khosrow Afshar
Birth Date:3 April 1901
Birth Place:Izeh, Iran
Death Place:Munich, West Germany
Spouse:Eva Karl
Children:Soraya
Bijan
Relatives:Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (uncle)
Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (uncle)
Parents:Esfandiar Khan (Sardar Asad)
Bibi Maryam

Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: خلیل اسفندیاری بختیاری; April 3, 1901 – January 19, 1983), was an Iranian politician and diplomat.[1] Bakhtiary was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961.[2] [3] He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

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  1. Web site: خلیل اسفندیاری بختیاری. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142159/http://www.iichs.ir/News-997/%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C/?id=997 . 2018-06-12. fa. Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies .
  2. Web site: Princess Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari. www.bakhtiarifamily.com. July 6, 2024.
  3. Web site: Bakhtiari Family - Princess Soraya. www.bakhtiarifamily.com. July 6, 2024.