Maryam Kalali Explained

Maryam Kalali
Birth Place:	Tehran, Imperial State of Persia
Father:	Showkat Ed-Dowleh
Mother:	Nosrat Saltaneh
Spouse:	Etemad Shahabi
Relatives:	Amirteymour Kalali, Nahid Mirza, Aga Khan IV

Maryam Shahabi (25 October 1914 – 4 October 2005) (Persian: مریم کلالی) was a Persian aristocrat and major landowner.

Early life

Raised in her parents' palace, Shahabi was interested in the arts from a young age, practicing the piano, horseback riding, and speaking three languages. She became the first woman in Iran to obtain a driving license.^{[1] [2]}

White Revolution

During the Shah's White Revolution, Shahabi was one of Iran's largest landowners. She was among the first female landowners to voluntarily distribute a portion of her land holdings.^{[3] [4]}

Family background

Shahabi is descended from the Timurid dynasty. Her maternal ancestry descends from Mohammad Shah Qajar. She is the granddaughter of Prince Mir 'Ali Mardan Khan, Nuzrat ol-Molk, and his wife, Ashraf us-Sultana Qajar.^[5]

Private life

She married Etemad Shahabi, and together they had four children:

• Helene Shahabi, married Bozorgmehr Sadr and has children:
  • Hedieh Sadr
  • Ramin Sadr
• Khosrow Shahabi, married Roya Akhavan and has children:
  • Maryam Shahabi
  • Teymour Shahabi
  • Cyrus Shahabi
• Nosrat Shahabi, married Ali-Naghi Farmanfarmaian and has children:
  • Fati Farman-Farmaian
  • Abdol Hamid Farman-Farmaian
  • Abou Farman-Farmaian
• Mahnaz Shahabi, married Essy Tayebi and has children:
  • Amirali Tayebi
  • Amirreza Tayebi

Further reading

• Habib Ladjevardi (Ed.). (2000). Memoirs of M.E. Amirteymour Kalali (Iranian Oral History Ser. 4). Persian edition. p. 56-59.
• Milani, Abbas. "The Shah." Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. p. 118-119.
• Agheli, Bagher, Teymourtash Dar Sahneye-h Siasate-h Iran ("Teimurtash in the Political Arena of Iran") (Javeed: Tehran, 1371). p. 150-155.
• Ansari, Ali, Modern Iran Since 1921: The Pahlavis and After (Longman: London, 2003). p. 140-147.
• Amirteymour, Kalali, Shahabi Genealogy, 20-05-2008

Notes and References

1. Habib Ladjevardi (Ed.). (2000). Memoirs of M.E. Amirteymour Kalali (Iranian Oral History Ser. 4). Persian edition. p. 56-59.
2. Milani, Abbas. "The Shah." Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. p. 118-119.
3. Agheli, Bagher, Teymourtash Dar Sahneye-h Siasate-h Iran ("Teimurtash in the Political Arena of Iran") (Javeed: Tehran, 1371). p. 150-155.
4. Ansari, Ali, Modern Iran Since 1921: The Pahlavis and After (Longman: London, 2003). p. 140-147.
5. https://kayhanlife.com/news/kayhan/obituary-nahid-iskandar-mirza-iranian-who-became-pakistans-first-lady/ Kayhan Life, "Obituary: Nahid Iskandar Mirza," 2020