Ezzat ed-Dowleh

Maleknesa Khanom (Persian: ملک‌نسا خانم), also known as Ezzat ed-Dowleh (عزت‌الدوله) or Malekzadeh Khanom (ملک‌زاده خانم) (1834 or 1835 – 27 June 1905),^[1] was the daughter of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahan Khanom Amirsoleimani, and a sister of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.^[2] Ezzat ed-Dowleh married four times in her life time.^[1]

Ezzat ed-Dowleh (right), Malek Jahan Khanom (middle), Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (her brother, the fourth shah of the Qajar dynasty, left). The photo is taken before 1874.

Biography

Ezzat ed-Dowleh was born in Kahnamu near Tabriz, north western Iran. Ezzat ed-Dowleh was married four times. The first time when she married Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani in 1849.^[3][4] The marriage ended after Amir Kabir was murdered on 10 January 1852.^[5] The second time she married Mirza Kazem Nezam-ol-Molk Son of Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri.^[6] The marriage lasted seven years, until Ezzat ed-Dowleh divorced her husband^[1] and married for the third time with her cousin Anoushirvan Khan Qajar.^[1] After Anoushirvan Khan Qajar had died in 1868, Ezzat ed-Dowleh married for the fourth time with Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh in 1868.^[7] Ezzat ed-Dowleh died on 27 June 1905 and was buried in Isfahan.

Children

Ezzat ed-Dowleh had two daughters by her first husband Amir Kabir: Taj ol-Molouk, a future consort of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, and Hamdam al-Molouk.^[1][8]