List of royal consorts of Iran

The royal consorts of Iran^[a] were the consorts of the rulers of the various states and civilizations in Iran (Persia) from antiquity until the abolition of the Iranian monarchy in the Iranian Revolution (1979). Certain titles were used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including Banbishn for the Sassanids and Shahbanu for the Pahlavis.^[4][5]

Queen/Empress of Iran
ملکه/شهبانوی ایران (Persian)
Imperial
Imperial arms of Empress Farah of Iran
Last in role: Farah Pahlavi 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
Details
Style	Her Imperial Majesty
Formation	c. 727 BC (Median dynasty) or 550 BC (Achaemenid dynasty)
Abolition	11 February 1979 (Islamic Revolution)
Appointer	Shah or Ruler of Iran

Ancient Iran (c. 727 BC–AD 651)

Medes (c. 727–550 BC)

See also: Median kingdom and Medes

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Aryenis	Astyages	[6]

Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)

See also: Achaemenid dynasty and Achaemenid Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Cassandane	Cyrus II	[7]
	Phaedymia	Cambyses II	[8]
	Atossa	Cambyses II (disputed) Darius I	also a sister of Cambyses II.[9]
	Artystone	Darius I	[10]
	Parmys		[11]
	Amestris	Xerxes I	[12]
	Damaspia	Artaxerxes I	[13]
	Parysatis	Darius II	[14]
	Stateira	Artaxerxes II	[15]
	Amestris		also a daughter of Artaxerxes II.[16]
	Atossa	Artaxerxes III	[17][18]
	Stateira	Darius III	[19]

Hellenistic rule (331–129 BC)

See also: Hellenistic period

Alexander's empire (331–305 BC)

See also: Argead dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Roxana	Alexander III	[20]
	Stateira		[21]
	Parysatis		[22]
	Eurydice	Philip III	[23]

Seleucid Empire (305–129 BC)

See also: Seleucid dynasty and Seleucid Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Apama	Seleucus I Nicator	[24]
	Stratonice	Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter	[25]
	Laodice I	Antiochus II Theos	[26]
	Berenice Syra		[27]
	Laodice II	Seleucus II Callinicus	[28]
	Laodice III	Antiochus III the Great	[29]
	Laodice IV	Seleucus IV Philopator Antiochus IV Epiphanes	[30]
	Laodice V	Demetrius I Soter	[31]
	Cleopatra Thea	Alexander Balas Demetrius II Nicator Antiochus VII Sidetes	[32]
	Rhodogune	Demetrius II Nicator	[33]

Parthian Empire (c. 250/247 BC–224 AD)

See also: Parthian Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Rinnu	Mithridates I	[34]
	Ariazate	Gotarzes I	[35]
	Laodice	Orodes II	[36]
	Musa	Phraates IV	later a queen regnant in her own right.[37]

Sasanian Empire (224 AD–651 AD)

See also: Sasanian dynasty, Sasanian Empire, and Banbishn

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Denag	Ardashir I	also a sister of Ardashir I.[38]
	Murrod		[4]
	Khwarranzem	Ardashir I or Shapur I	[39]
	Shapurdukhtak I	Bahram II	[4]
	Shapurdukhtak II	Narseh	[4]
	Ifra Hormizd	Hormizd II	[40]
	Yazdan-Friy Shapur	Shapur III	[41]
	Shushandukht	Yazdegerd I	[42]
	Denag	Yazdegerd II	[4]
	Sambice	Kavad I	also a sister of Kavad I.[43]
	Maria	Khosrow II	[4]
	Shirin		[4]
	Gordiya		[4]
	Borandokht	Kavad II	also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right.[44][45]

Medieval Iran (651–1501)

See also: Islamic dynasties of Iran

Arab (caliphal) rule (638–861)

See also: Iran during the Caliphate and List of caliphs

Rashidun Caliphate (638–661)

See also: Rashidun Caliphate

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Zaynab bint Maz'un	Umar	[46]: 204
	Atika bint Zayd		[47]
	Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham		[48]
	Umm Kulthum bint Ali		[49]
	Na'ila bint al-Furafisa	Uthman	[50]
	Umama bint Abi al-As	Ali	[51]
	Umm al-Banin		[52]
	Asma bint Umais		[53]: 12

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

See also: Umayyad Caliphate

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Maysun	Mu'awiya I	[54]
	Umm Khalid Fakhita	Yazid I
	Fakhitah	Marwan I
	Atikah	Abd al-Malik	[55]
	Umm al-Banin	al-Walid I
	Fatima	Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
	Umm Hakim	Hisham	[56]

Abbasid Caliphate (749–861)

See also: Abbasid Caliphate

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Umm Salama	Al-Saffah	[57]
	Arwa	Al-Mansur	[58]
	Fatimah		[59]
	Rayta	Al-Mahdi	[60]
	Al-Khayzuran		[61]
	Lubabah	Al-Hadi
	Zubaidah	Harun al-Rashid	[62]
	Umm Muhammad		[63]
	Abbasa		[64]: 328 [65]
	Lubana	Al-Amin	[66]
	Umm Isa	Al-Ma'mun	[67]
	Buran		[68]
	Faridah	Al-Mutawakkil	[69]

Iranian Intermezzo (821–1090)

See also: Iranian Intermezzo

Buyids (934–1062)

See also: Buyid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Sayyida Shirin	Fakhr al-Dawla	[70]

Turco-Mongol rule (1038–1508)

Seljuk Empire (1038–1194)

See also: Seljuk Empire and Seljuk dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Altun Jan Khatun	Tughril	[71]
	Terken Khatun	Malik-Shah I	[72]
	Zubayda Khatun		[73]

Khwarazmian Empire (1097–1220/1221)

See also: Khwarazmian Empire and Anushtegin dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Terken Khatun	Il-Arslan
	Terken Khatun	Ala al-Din Tekish	[74]

Mongol Empire (1220–1259)

See also: Mongol Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Börte	Genghis Khan	[75]
	Khulan Khatun		[76]
	Yesugen		[77]
	Yesui		[77]
	Ibaqa Beki		[77]
	Sorghaghtani Beki	Tolui	[78]
	Möge Khatun	Ögedei Khan	[79]
	Töregene Khatun		[80]
	Oghul Qaimish	Güyük Khan	[81]

Ilkhanate (1256–1388)

See also: Ilkhanate and Division of the Mongol Empire

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Doquz Khatun	Hulagu Khan	[82]
	Buluqhan Khatun	Abaqa Khan Arghun Khan	[83]
	Kököchin	Ghazan	[84]
	Uljay Qutlugh Khatun	Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan	[83]
	Baghdad Khatun		[85]
	Dilshad Khatun		[86]

Timurid Empire (1370–1458)

See also: Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Saray Mulk Khanum	Timur	[87]
	Gawhar Shad	Shah Rukh	[88]

Aq Qoyunlu (1465–1508)

See also: Aq Qoyunlu

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Despina Khatun	Uzun Hasan	[89]
	Aynışah Sultan	Ahmad Beg	[90]

Modern Iran (1501–1979)

Safavid Iran (1501–1722)

See also: Safavid Iran, Safavid imperial harem, and Safavid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Tajlu Khanum	Ismail I	[91]
	Behruzeh Khanum		[92]
	Sultanum Begum	Tahmasp I	[93]
	Sultan-Agha Khanum		[94]
	Khayr al-Nisa Begum	Mohammad Khodabanda	[95]
	Yakhan Begum	Abbas I	[96]
	Marta		[97]
	Tamar Amilakhori		[98]
	Anna Khanum	Safi	[99]
	Nakihat Khanum	Abbas II	[100]

Intermediate period (1722–1796)

Afsharids (1736–1796)

See also: Afsharid Iran and Afsharid dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Razia Begum	Nader Shah	[101]

Qajar Iran (1789–1925)

See also: Qajar Iran, Qajar harem, and Qajar dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Maryam Khanom	Agha Mohammad Khan Fath-Ali Shah	[102]
	Taj ol-Dowleh	Fath-Ali Shah	[103]
	Golbadan Baji		[104]
	Aghabeyim agha Javanshir		[105]
	Begum Khanum
	Badr Jahan Khanom
	Malek Jahan Khanom	Mohammad Shah	[106]
	Galin Khanom	Naser al-Din Shah	[107]
	Taj al-Dawlah		[107]
	Shokouh al-Saltaneh		[107]
	Jeyran		[108]
	Anis al-Dawla		[109]
	Amina Aqdas		[110]
	Khazen al-Dawlah		[111]
	Munir al-Saltaneh		[107]
	Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi		[107]
	Taj ol-Molouk	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah	[112]
	Malekeh Jahan	Mohammad Ali Shah	[113]
	Badr al-Molouk	Ahmad Shah	[114]

Pahlavi Iran (1925–1979)

See also: Pahlavi Iran and Pahlavi dynasty

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Tadj ol-Molouk	Reza Shah	[115]
	Turan Amirsoleimani		[116]
	Esmat Dowlatshahi		[117]
	Fawzia bint Fuad	Mohammad Reza Shah	[118]
	Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary		[119]
	Farah Diba		[120]

See also

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

Notes

1. The exonym "Persia" was used by the ancient Greeks to refer to the Achaemenid Empire, derived from the Persians (the Iranian ethnic group to which the Achaemenid dynasty belonged). Historically, "Persia" was subsequently used in the Western world to refer to Iran and Iranians. "Iran" (Īrān, ایران) is the country's endonym, first attested under the Sasanian Empire as Ērān, though earlier forms of the name (see Aryan) date back to Proto-Indo-Iranian times^[1][2][3] and had been used ever since. In 1935, the Iranian monarch Reza Shah requested that foreign delegates begin using "Iran" rather than "Persia" in formal correspondence, whereafter "Iran" has also become the common name used internationally. See name of Iran for further details.