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 an Iranian aristocrat and landowner.

Early life

Shahabi took interest in the arts from an early age, practicing the piano, horseback riding, and learning three languages. She was also the first woman in Iran to obtain a driving license.^{[1] [2]}

White Revolution

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

Lineage

A member of one of Iran's oldest royal dynasties, Shahabi was the granddaughter of Prince Mir 'Ali Mardan Khan, Nuzrat ol-Molk and the great-granddaughter of Mohammad Shah Qajar. ^[5]

Private life

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

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