List of royal consorts of Persia

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.^[2] The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.

Shahbanu of Iran (Persia)
Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
Last in role Farah Pahlavi 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
Details
Style	Shahbanu Banbishn[1]
Formation	678 BC
Abolition	11 February 1979
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
Pretender(s)	Yasmine Pahlavi

Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)

Main article: Median dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Aryenis	Astyages	[3]

Teispid Kingdom (c.705–559 BC)

Main articles: Teispids and Anshan (Persia)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Mandana	Cambyses I	[4]

Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)

Main articles: Achaemenid Empire and Achaemenid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Cassandane	Cyrus II	[5]
	Phaedymia	Cambyses II	[6]
	Atossa	Cambyses II (disputed) Darius I	also a sister of Cambyses II.[7]
	Artystone	Darius I	[8]
	Parmys		[9]
	Amestris	Xerxes I	[10]
	Damaspia	Artaxerxes I	[11]
	Parysatis	Darius II	[12]
	Stateira	Artaxerxes II	[13]
	Amestris		also a daughter of Artaxerxes II.[14]
	Atossa	Artaxerxes III	[15][16]
	Stateira	Darius III	[17]

Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)

Main article: Macedonian Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Roxana	Alexander III	[18]
	Stateira		[19]
	Parysatis		[20]
	Eurydice	Philip III	[21]

Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)

Main articles: Seleucid Empire and Seleucid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Apama	Seleucus I Nicator	[22]
	Stratonice	Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter	[23]
	Laodice I	Antiochus II Theos	[24]
	Berenice Syra		[25]
	Laodice II	Seleucus II Callinicus	[26]
	Laodice III	Antiochus III the Great	[27]
	Laodice IV	Seleucus IV Philopator Antiochus IV Epiphanes	[28]
	Laodice V	Demetrius I Soter	[29]
	Cleopatra Thea	Alexander Balas Demetrius II Nicator Antiochus VII Sidetes	[30]
	Rhodogune	Demetrius II Nicator	[31]

Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)

Main article: Parthian Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Rinnu	Mithridates I	[32]
	Ariazate	Gotarzes I	[33]
	Laodice	Orodes II	[34]
	Musa	Phraates IV	later a queen regnant in her own right.[35]

Sasanian Empire (224–651)

Main articles: Sasanian Empire and Sasanian dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Denag	Ardashir I	also a sister of Ardashir I.[36]
	Murrod		[1]
	Khwarranzem	Ardashir I or Shapur I	[37]
	Shapurdukhtak I	Bahram II	[1]
	Shapurdukhtak II	Narseh	[1]
	Ifra Hormizd	Hormizd II	[38]
	Yazdan-Friy Shapur	Shapur III	[39]
	Shushandukht	Yazdegerd I	[40]
	Denag	Yazdegerd II	[1]
	Sambice	Kavad I	also a sister of Kavad I.[41]
	Maria	Khosrow II	[1]
	Shirin		[1]
	Gordiya		[1]
	Borandokht	Kavad II	also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right.[42][43]

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

Main article: Umayyad Caliphate

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Maysun	Mu'awiya I	[44]
	Umm Khalid Fakhita	Yazid I
	Fakhitah	Marwan I
	Atikah	Abd al-Malik	[45]
	Umm al-Banin	al-Walid I
	Fatima	Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
	Umm Hakim	Hisham	[46]

Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)

Main articles: Abbasid Caliphate and Abbasid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Umm Salama	Al-Saffah	[47]
	Arwa	Al-Mansur	[48]
	Fatimah		[49]
	Rayta	Al-Mahdi	[50]
	Al-Khayzuran		[51]
	Lubabah	Al-Hadi
	Zubaidah	Harun al-Rashid	[52]
	Umm Muhammad		[53]
	Abbasa		[54]: 328 [55]
	Lubana	Al-Amin	[56]
	Umm Isa	Al-Ma'mun	[57]
	Buran		[58]
	Faridah	Al-Mutawakkil	[59]

Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)

Main article: Buyid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Sayyida Shirin	Fakhr al-Dawla	[60]

Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)

Main article: Seljuk Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Altun Jan Khatun	Tughril	[61]
	Terken Khatun	Malik-Shah I	[62]
	Zubayda Khatun		[63]

Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)

Main article: Khwarazmian Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Terken Khatun	Il-Arslan
	Terken Khatun	Ala al-Din Tekish	[64]

Mongol Empire (1153–1220)

Main article: Mongol Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Börte	Genghis Khan	[65]
	Khulan Khatun		[66]
	Yesugen		[67]
	Yesui		[67]
	Ibaqa Beki		[67]
	Sorghaghtani Beki	Tolui	[68]
	Möge Khatun	Ögedei Khan	[69]
	Töregene Khatun		[70]
	Oghul Qaimish	Güyük Khan	[71]

Ilkhanate (1256–1357)

Main article: Ilkhanate

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Doquz Khatun	Hulagu Khan	[72]
	Buluqhan Khatun	Abaqa Khan Arghun Khan	[73]
	Kököchin	Ghazan	[74]
	Uljay Qutlugh Khatun	Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan	[73]
	Baghdad Khatun		[75]
	Dilshad Khatun		[76]

Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)

Main article: Jalayirid Sultanate

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Dilshad Khatun	Hasan Buzurg	[76]

Timurid Empire (1370–1467)

Main article: Timurid Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Saray Mulk Khanum	Timur	[77]
	Gawhar Shad	Shah Rukh	[78]

Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)

Main article: Aq Qoyunlu

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Despina Khatun	Uzun Hasan	[79]
	Aynışah Sultan	Ahmad Beg	[80]

Safavid Empire (1501–1736)

Main articles: Safavid Iran and Safavid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Tajlu Khanum	Ismail I	[81]
	Behruzeh Khanum		[82]
	Sultanum Begum	Tahmasp I	[83]
	Sultan-Agha Khanum		[84]
	Khayr al-Nisa Begum	Mohammad Khodabanda	[85]
	Yakhan Begum	Abbas I	[86]
	Marta		[87]
	Tamar Amilakhori		[88]
	Anna Khanum	Safi	[89]
	Nakihat Khanum	Abbas II	[90]

Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)

Main articles: Afsharid Iran and Afsharid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Razia Begum	Nader Shah	[91]

Qajar Empire (1794–1925)

Main articles: Qajar Iran and Qajar dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Maryam Khanom	Agha Mohammad Khan Fath-Ali Shah	[92]
	Taj ol-Dowleh	Fath-Ali Shah	[93]
	Golbadan Baji		[94]
	Aghabeyim agha Javanshir		[95]
	Begum Khanum
	Badr Jahan Khanom
	Malek Jahan Khanom	Mohammad Shah	[96]
	Galin Khanom	Naser al-Din Shah	[97]
	Taj al-Dawlah		[97]
	Shokouh al-Saltaneh		[97]
	Jeyran		[98]
	Anis al-Dawla		[99]
	Amina Aqdas		[100]
	Khazen al-Dawlah		[101]
	Munir al-Saltaneh		[97]
	Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi		[97]
	Taj ol-Molouk	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah	[102]
	Malekeh Jahan	Mohammad Ali Shah	[103]
	Badr al-Molouk	Ahmad Shah	[104]

Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)

Main articles: Pahlavi Iran and Pahlavi dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Tadj ol-Molouk	Reza Shah	[105]
	Turan Amirsoleimani		[106]
	Esmat Dowlatshahi		[107]
	Fawzia bint Fuad	Mohammad Reza Shah	[108]
	Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary		[109]
	Farah Diba		[110]

See also

• Iran portal

• List of monarchs of Persia
• List of ancient Persians
• Monarchism in Iran
• Iranian National Jewels

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