IRAN

The Pahlavi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

Captain Murad 'Ali Khan, of the Bavani Palani tribe, 7^th Savad Kuh Regt. He was k. at the siege of Herat, 1856, having had issue, seven sons, including:

• 1) Colonel Cheraq 'Ali Khan. Ancestor of the Pahlavan family.
• 2) Nasru'llah Khan.
• 3) Fazlu'llah Khan.
• 4) 'Abbas Quli Khan.
• 5) Major 'Abbas 'Ali Khan [Dadash Beg]. b. ca. 1815. Cmsnd. 7^th Savad Kuh Regt., served in the Anglo-Persian War 1856,  m. five (or seven) wives, including (fifth) 1877, Nush Afarin Khanum (b. ca. 1836; m. second, ca. 1879, and d. at Teheran, 1884), sister of 'Abdu'l Qasim Khan, of a leading family from Nakhijavan, in Erivan. He d. suddenly at Alasht, 26^th November 1878, having  had issue 32 children of whom eight sons and four daughters survived infancy, including:
  • a) Captain Fathu'llah Khan, 7^th Savad Kuh Regt.
  • b) 'Abdu'llah Khan. Special Adj. to Nasir ud-din Shah.
  • c) H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran (s/o Nush Afarin, yngst son) - see below.

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1925 - 1941 H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran. b. at Alasht, Savad Kuh district, Mazandaran, 16^th March 1878, son of Major 'Abbas Quli Khan [Dadash Beg], Savad Kuh Regt. educ. privately. Enlisted in the Savad Kuh Regt. 1892, transf. Persian Cossack Bde. 1900, prom.through the ranks to Sergt. Maj. 1903, cmsnd. 2^nd Lieut. 1911, prom. Lieut. 1912, Maj. Machine-Gun Coy. 1915, Lt-Col. Hamadan Inf. Atriad 1916, Cdt. of a Cossack Regt at Teheran 1917, prom. Col. 1917, cdr. of a Cossack Regt. at Kermanshah 1918, prom. Brig. 1919, Cdr. of the infantry force sent against Bolshevik insurgents at Enzeli 1920, declared himself cdr. of the Cossack Bde. and prom. Brig-Gen. November1920.  Staged a coup d'etat 21^st February 1921 and established a new government with himself as Minister for War, Field Marshal and C-in-C of the Army. Became Prime Minister in addition to his other offices, together with the style of His Serene Highness (Janab-i-Ashraf), 28^th October 1923. Induced parliament to grant him dictatorial powers and assumed the style of Hazrat-i-Ashraf, February 1925. Became provisional Head of State, 31^st October 1925. Declared Shah by parliament, 12^th and took the oath of office 15^th December 1925. Crowned at the Museum Hall of the Gulistan Palace, Teheran, 25^th April 1926. Deposed by the Allies and forced to abdicate in favour of his appointed heir 16^th September 1941. Exiled to Mauritius and later to South Africa. Supreme Commander of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces. Founded the Nishan-i-Pahlavi (the Order of Pahlavi) in 1932, Nishan-i-Liaqat (the Order of Merit), and Nishan-i-Iftikhar (the Order of Glory) in 1937, and the Nishan-i-Humayun (the Order of the August) on 15^th February 1939. Rcvd: the Decoration of the Imperial Portrait 1^st class (28.10.1923), the Nishan-i-Aqdas 1^st class, 2^nd degree (28.10.1923), and the Order of the Lion & Sun 1^st class (mil), Knt. of the Orders of the White Eagle of Poland (24.4.1929), Seraphim of Sweden (10.11.1934), Elephant of Denmark (20.1.1937), and the Annunziata of Italy (23.4.1939), the Chain of Fuad I (1939), the Grand Collar of the Order of the Supreme Sun of Afghanistan (6.6.1928), and the Collar of the Order of Muhammad 'Ali of Egypt, the Grand Order of the Hashimites of Iraq (26.4.1932), GC of the Orders of Leopold (mil) of Belgium, the Legion of Honour of France (9.8.1937), SS Maurice & Lazarus of Italy (23.4.1939), etc. m. (first) 1895, Maryam Khanum (d. 22^nd February 1904), a cousin. m. (second) 1903 (div. 1904), Tajmah Khanum (d. 30^th June 1912), a lady from Hamadam. m. (third) 1913 (div. 1913), Safiah Khanum. m. (fourth) 1915, Nimtaj Khanum, Taj ul-Mulk [H.I.M. The Empress Mother] (b. at Tehran, 17^th March 1896; d. at Acapulco, Mexico, 10^th March 1982), styled Queen (Malika Taj ul-Mulk Pahlavi) and Her Majesty from 25^th April 1926, and Empress Mother from 29^th September 1967, rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 1^st class (1939), the Pleiades 1^st class (1957), the Decoration of al-Kamal in brilliants of Egypt (1939), etc., daughter of Brigadier-General Taimur Khan Ayramlu, Tadf ul-Mulk. m. (fifth) 1922 (div. at Teheran, April 1924) Turan Khanum, Sulaiman us-Sultana alias Qamar ul-Mulk (b. 1904; d. 1995), daughter of 'Isa Khan Amirsoleymani, Majd us-Saltana and grand-daughter of Major-General H.H. Haji Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu, Majd ud-Daula, KCMG. m. (sixth) at Teheran, 1923, H.H. Ismat ul-Mulk (b. 1905, m. second, as his second wife, H.E. Muhsin Rais, GCVO, sometime Iranian Ambassador at the Court of St James's, and d. 24^th July 1995), youngest daughter of H.H. Shahzada Ghulam 'Ali Mirza Dowlatshahi, Mujalal ud-Daula, sometime Governor-General of Khorasan. He d. at Johannesburg, South Africa, 26^th July 1944 (bur. Reza Shah Mausoleum, Rei, Iran, 1950), having had issue, seven sons and four daughters:

• 1) H.I.M. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran (s/o Taj ul-Mulk) - see below.
• 2) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) 'Ali Reza Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 1^st March 1922 (s/o Taj ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland, and Iranian Military Acad., Teheran. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Imperial Iranian Army, attached to French Army. Accompanied his father Reza Shah Pahlavi into exile in Mauritius and then in Johannesburg 1941-1944. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Pahlavi, the Orders of Merit 1^st and 2^nd class, and Glory, of Iran, GC of the Order of the Renaissance of Jordan (28.2.1949), and the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan. m. at Paris, France, 1946 (div. 1948), Christiane (d. 1995), née Cholewska. He was k. in a flying accident in the Alborz Mountains, 17^th October 1954, having had issue, a son:
  • a) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) 'Ali Patrick Pahlavi ['Ali Islami]. b. 1944 (officially 1^st September 1947). m. 1972, Sounia-Maryam, née Sonja Lauman, from Switzerland. He had issue, three sons:
    • i) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Davoud Pahlavi. b. 7^th December 1971. He has issue, one daughter:
      • (1) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Solvène Pahlavi.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Houd Pahlavi. b. 14^th November 1972.
    • iii) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Muhammad Yunes Pahlavi. b. 17^th May 1977.
• Prince 'Ali Reza Pahlavi, also adopted the son of Mlle. Christiane Cholewska, whom she had registered under the name of Pahlavi, at his birth:
  • b) Joachim Christian Philippe Pahlavan Nassab [Pahlavi Pahlavi]. b. at Paris, 15^th September 1941 (s/o Mlle. Christiane Cholewska). Adopted son of Prince 'Ali Pahlavi. m. 1960, Yana, née Afshar, a lady of Iranian-Kurdish and Danish stock. He had issue, three sons.
    • i) Xavier David Pahlavan Nassab [David Pahlavi]. b. 8^th December 1968.
    • ii) Pierre Cyril Cyrus Teymour Pahlavan Nassab [Pierre-Cyrus Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 4^th December 1972, educ. Montreal Univ. (BA 1995, MSc 1999), Univ. of Nice, Sophia Antipolis (M Hist 1997), and McGill Univ., Montreal (PhD 2003). Political science lecturer at Sherbrooke Univ. Author of "Entre Conquéte des Esprits et Esprit de Conquéte" (2004), "Mass Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the Age of Information Revolution" (2005). Mbr. Canadian Political Science Assoc. since 2001, American Political Science Assoc. since 2003, Assoc. Mbr. Interuniversity Consortium for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies since 1999, and the Research Group in International Security (R EGIS) since 2002.
    • iii) Axel Tahmoures Pahlavan Nassab [Axel Pahlavi]. b. 21^st June 1974. Artist and painter.
• 3) Lieutenant-General H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Gholam Reza Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 13^th April 1923 (s/o Qamar ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland, Harrow Sch., Mdsx., Officers' Training Coll., Tehran, Princeton Univ., and French Cav. Sch., Samur. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Imperial Iranian Army, Special Inspector for HM the Shah 1948, Insp-Gen. of the Army 1960, prom. Col. 1965, prom. Maj-Gen 1969, prom. Lieut-Gen. 1973, Commodore IIN. Hon. Presdt. Org. for Sports Educ., Presdt. Iranian Olympic Cttee. 1954 (Mbr. 1952-1954), Imperial Polo Club of Tehran, etc. Mbr. International Olympic Cttee. 1956. Author of "Mon pére, mon frére, les Shahs d'Iran" (2005). Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi, the Orders of Glory, Merit 2^nd class, and of Honour 2^nd class, the Rashtakhiz Decoration 1^st class, 28^th Amordad Medal (1953), Coron. Medal (1967), etc. GC of the Order of Isabela the Catholic of Spain (1978), the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan, etc. m. (first) at Teheran, 4^th April 1947 (div. 1956), Homa (m. second, Ebte Hadj, architect and d. 1974), daughter of H.E. Dr. Amir Khan Alam, Amir-i-'Alam, sometime Minister for Education and Public Works, by his wife, the eldest daughter of H.S.H. Mirza Hasan Khan Vossugh, Vossugh ud-Daula, GCB, sometime Prime Minister. m. (second) at Teheran, 6^th March 1962, H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Manizheh Pahlavi (b. 11^th May 1941), née H.H. Shahzadi Manijeh Khanum, daughter of General H.H. Shahzada Mansur Mirza [Mansur Jahanbani], by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Lida Khanum, a former wife of H.I.M. Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shahanshah of Persia. He had issue, two sons and three daughters:
  • a) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Bahman Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 30^th January 1950 (s/o Homa), educ. Deutschen Sch., Tehran, and Harrow, Mdsx. m. at Tehran, 1977, H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Shohreh Pahlavi, née Dowlati. He has issue, a daughter:
    • i) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Nazbanoo Pahlavi. b. at London, 1979, educ. Pitzer Coll., Claremont, California, and Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsberg, Pennsylvania, USA. Writer.
  • b) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Bahram Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 28^th November 1970 (s/o Manizheh), educ. Eton, Berks., Brown Univ., Providence, Rhode Island, USA (BA) and Georgetown Univ., Washington DC (MBA). Intern at the UN New York, Business Analyst for proprietary mutual funds at Chase Manhattan Bank 1994-1997, Financial Analyst in the Latin America group of J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Credit Analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank, and Assoc. at Morgan Joseph & Co 2003-2004. m. at Paris, France, 27^th August 1997, Dr Iman Ali [H.I.H. Princess Bahram Pahlavi], and Egyptian opthalmologist based in the USA.
  • a) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Mehrnaz Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 4^th February 1949 (d/o Homa). She d. after a long illness, 1956.
  • b) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Maryam Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 18^th March 1966 (d/o Manizheh). m. at Westminster, London, February 1988, Iradj Baghai.
  • c) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Azardokht Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 11^th December 1964 (d/o Manizheh). m. at Dallas, Texas, 29^th May 1992, Darab Ganji (b. 1965), Southern Methodist Univ. (BA), and Univ of Texas, Dallas (MA), Partner & Exec Vice-Presdt Best Assocs Merchant Bankers, Vice-Presdt for Intnl Business Dvpt Petro-Hunt Group, Snr Vice-Presdt for Strategic Dvpt Whitney International Univ, Principal World Edge LLC, Chair Dallas Protocol, Mbr Exec Brd of the Southern Methodist Univ Sch of Engineering, Brd of the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas, and Dallas Cttee on Foreign Relations.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 4) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) 'Abdu'l Reza Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 19^th August 1924 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland and Harvard Univ, USA (BA 1947). Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Imperial Iranian Army. Accompanied his father into exile in Mauritius and then in Johannesburg 1941-1944. Chair Plan Organization 1954-1955, Chair of the Brd of Trustees of the Harvard-affiliated Iran Centre for Management Studies 1969-1979, Chair Wildlife Conservation High Council. Presdt International Council for Game & Wildlife Conservation. Life Mbr Safari Club International, National Rifle Assoc, and North American Wild Sheep Fndn. Mbr Weatherby Award Selection Cttee, Game Conservation International, Shikar Safari International, etc. Rcvd: Knt. of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden (24.11.1970), GC of the Orders of Pahlavi, the Renaissance of Jordan (28.2.1949), and Merit of the Republic of Italy (15.12.1974), and the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan. m. at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, 12^th October 1950, H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Pari Sima Pahlavi (b. 1930), rcvd: the Order of the Pleiades 2^nd class, daughter of H.E. Ibrahim Zand, sometime Governor-General of Azerbaijan and Minister for War, by his wife, a sister of H.E. Mirza Faraju'llah Khan Bahrami, Dabir-i-A'zam, sometime Governor-General of Fars and Khorasan. He d. in Florida, USA, 11^th May 2004, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Kamyar Pahlavi. b. 1952. Lieut. IIAF 1977. Presdt. & Dir. Pegasus Aviation of San Diego until 2004, Dir. BC Holdings Inc. until 2004.
  • a) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Sarvnaz Pahlavi. b. 1955. Dir. BC Holdings Inc. until 2004. m. 198x (div.) Horatio Lonsdale-Hands (b. 1958), educ. Harrow Sch., Mdsx. and THF & IHC International Hote l Management; employed with Bear, Stearns & Co., Grosvenor Investments Ltd., and with Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. 1976-1982, Presdt. Interspace Restaurants & International Source Management Inc. 1982-1988, Chair. & CEO ZuZu. Inc. 1989-1998, Advance Informatica y Comunicaciones S.A. de C.V. since 1998, and Advance Global Communications. Ltd. since 1999, son? of Frederick Richard de Prilleux Lonsdale Hands, artist and designer. She has issue, one daughter:
    • i) Tiffany Lonsdale-Hands. b. 1985. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 5) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Ahmad Reza Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 17^th September 1925 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland, American Univ. of Beirut, and UCLA, California, USA. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi. m. (first) 1945 (div. 1954) Simin Taj Khanum, daughter of Mirza Husain Khan Bahrami, Ihya us-Sultana. m. (second) 30^th June 1957, H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Roza Pahlavi (b. 1935), daughter of Muhammad Danesh Bozorgnia. He d. from lymphatic cancer, at Geneva, Switzerland, April/May 1981, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
  • a) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Shahrukh Pahlavi. b. 1947 (s/o Simin).
  • b) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Shahin Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 7^th November 1959 (s/o Roza). He has issue, three sons and one daughter:
    • i) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Iskander Pahlavi. b. 15^th March 1993.
    • ii) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Zachary Pahlavi. b. 29^th December 1995.
    • iii) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Gregory Pahlavi. b. 30^th June 1997.
    • i) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Zara Pahlavi. b. 11^th October 2000.
  • a) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Shahlah Pahlavi. b. 10^th March 1949 (s/o Simin). m. 1977, Stephen R. Correia. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Shahrnaz Pahlavi. b. at Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 30^th August 1964 (d/o Roza). m. 1997, … Medvestsky. She has issue, two daughters:
    • i) Natasha Pahlavi-Medvestsky. b. 5^th April 1998.
    • ii) Sara Pahlavi-Medvestsky. b. 22^nd March 2000.
  • c) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Parinaz Pahlavi. b. 1^st July 1970 (d/o Roza). Investment Analyst with Prudential Securities Inc., New York.
• 6) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Mahmud Reza Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 3^rd November 1926 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi. m. (first) 1954 (div. 1957) Mehri Dokht (b. 1929), née Azam Zanganeh. m. (second) 1964 (div. 1965) Françoise Maryam (b. 1947, m. second, 1967, Captain H.H. Prince Shahriar Chafik, IIN, son of H.I.H. Princess Ashraf - see below), née Eghbal. He d.s.p. at Los Angeles, California, 15^th March 2001.
• 7) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Hamid Reza Pahlavi [Hamid Islami]. b. at Tehran, 4^th July 1932 (or 4^th December 1932) (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. in the USA and at Tehran. Deprived of the title of Prince by his brother, later changed his name to Islami. Imprisoned in 1986, following the Islamic Revolution. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Pahlavi, the Renaissance of Jordan (28.7.1949), and the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan. m. (first) at Teheran, 19^th March 1951 (div. 1954) H.H. Shahzadi Minou Khanum (b. 1933; m. second, Steven Marcus, and had one son), daughter of H.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’l Fath Mirza, Muin-i-Khalvat, of the Dowlatshahi family, sometime Governor-General of Fars, by his wife, Parirukh Khanum, daughter of Mirza Hashim Ashtiyani. m. (second) 1955 (div. 1959) Homa Khamnei, daughter of Essi Khamnei. m. (third) 1968, Houri, née Khamenei. m. (fourth) 1974, Doris, née Thomas. He d. at Evin Prison, Tehran, 27^th July 1992, having had  issue, three sons and two daughters:
  • a) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Behzad Pahlavi. b. 1957 (s/o Homa), educ. in the UK and at the Teheran Military Sch. m. H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Simin Pahlavi, née Sadogh. He d. at Madrid, Spain, 19^th December 1981, having had issue, one son.
  • b) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Ja'afar Pahlavi. b. 1969 (s/o Houri).
  • c) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) … Pahlavi. b. 1975 (s/o Doris).
  • a) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Niloufar Pahlavi. b. August 1953 (d/o Minou).
  • b) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Nazak Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 12^th February 1958 (d/o Homa), educ. Chatelard Sch, Les Avants, International Sch, Brillantmont, Lausanne, and the Institution Chateau Mont-Choisi, Geneva, Switzerland, Harlaxton Coll, Grantham, Lincolnshire, and the Brooks Inst, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Artist and photographer under the name “Nazak Zartosht”. m. (?) at São Paulo, Brazil, 1980, Marcus Vinicius Briso Mainardi (b. at São Paulo, Brazil, 1956), educ. at the Catholic Univ of São Paulo, Brazil, Univ of California at Berkeley, and the Brooks Inst, Santa Barbara, California, USA, filmmaker and cinematographer, Dir Brothers in Pictures Produções Ltda, elder son of Ênio Saldanha Mainardi, of Pindorama, São Paulo, Brazil, sometime advertiser and publicist, by his first wife, Júlia Luiz Briso Mainardi. She d. at Paris, France, 27^th December 1987 (bur. there at Thiers Cemetery). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 1) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Fatemah Khanum, Hamdam us-Sultana [H.I.H. Princess Fatemeh Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 22^nd February 1903 (d/o Maryam Khanum). Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (1957). m. (first) 1924, Major-General H.E. Hadi Atabay, MD (d. 1971), sometime Chief of the Iranian AMC and Insp-Gen. of Public Health. m. (second) (div.) M… Behrun, Engineer. m. (third) (div.) N…Amir Aslani. She d. 1992, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Amir Reza Atabay [Reza Niazmand]. b. 1925. Author "Az Tavalhud ta Saltanat" (Reza Shah: From Birth to Kingship) (1995). m. (first) 1959 (div. 1960), Gail Mildred (b. USA, 1935), daughter of William A. Hohlweg, civil engineer, by his wife, Elsie, née Borden. m. (second) 1960 (div. 1963) Roxana, daughter of Abol Hassan Saba, the father of Iranian classical music. m. (third) 1963, Mahindokht, née Amir Mokri. m. (fourth) Batul, née Gharaguzlu, a Turkish citizen. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Reza Atabay. b. 1964 (s/o Mahindokht).
    • i) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Aria Atabay. b. 1960 (d/o Gail).
    • ii) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Donia Atabay. b. 1961 (d/o Roxana). m. ... Enu. She has issue, one son:
      • (1) Amir Ali Enu. b. 1989. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • iii) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Massumeh Atabay. b. 6^th August 1964 (d/o Roxana). m. 15^th March 1986, Muhammad Mottahedan. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Sam Mottahedan. b. at Westminster, London, 1^st November 1993.
      • (1) Lily Mottahedan. b. at New Jersey, USA, 18^th August 1987.
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Cyrus Atabay. b. at Teheran, 6^th September 1929, educ. at Eton, in Berlin and Zurich, and Munich Univ. Poet and translator. Author "Das magische Buch und andere Gedichte (The Magic Book and Other Poems)". He d. at Munich, 26^th January 1996.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Simine Atabay [Simindokht?]. b. 1927, educ. m. (first) at Los Angeles, California, 1947, (div. 1957) Kenneth Eugene Hägström (b. Howard Co., Nevada, 7^th August 1926; m. second, at Los Angeles, California, 1^st October 1960, Gretchen, née Steffen, by whom he had further issue, two sons and one daughter), third son of Gustav Leonard Hägström, by his wife, Olga Eugenia Victoria, née Oakeson. m. (second) 1965 (div. 1971) Frank Manley. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) John Manouchehr Manley. b. 1966.
    • i) Minou Hägström. b. 1949. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 2) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Shams ul-Mulk [H.I.H. Princess Shams Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 18^th October 1917 (d/o Taj ul-Mulk). Chair. Red Lion and Sun Assn. Deprived of her ranks and titles after her second marriage, and lived abroad 1945-1947. Converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1940s.  Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (1957). m. (first) at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, in a double wedding with her sister, March 1937 (div. September 1941), Lieutenant-General H.E. Fereidun Jam, CVO (2.3.1961) (b. 29^th April 1914; m. second, 1943, Firouzeh N…), educ. Reza Shah Sch., Lycee Pasteur, Military Acad., Tehran and St Cyr, France. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Imperial Iranian Army 1937, prom. Maj-Gen. 1961, and Lieut-Gen. 1965, COAS 1969-1971, Ambassador to Spain 1971-1975, rcvd: the Orders of Humayun 1^st class, Taj 2^nd class, and Military Merit, GC of the Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, Hilal-i-Pakistan, and Cdr. US Legion of Merit, elder son of H.E. Mirza Mahmud Khan [Mahmoud Jam], Mudir ul-Mulk, sometime Prime Minister and Minister of the Imperial Court, by his wife, Malika Zaman Khanum. m. (second) at Cairo, Egypt, 21^st June 1945, H.E. Mehrdad Pahlbod [Ezzatollah Minbashian] (b. 16^th March 1917), Minister for Culture and the Arts 1964-1978, rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1^st class, GC of the Order of Merit of Italy (15.12.1974), etc., he also converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1940s, younger son of Colonel Nasrollah Khan Minbashian, Imperial Iranian Army Band Corps. She d. Santa Barbara, California, 29^th February 1996, having had issue, one daughter by her first husband, and two sons and one daughter by her second:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahboz Pahlbod. b. at Tehran, 6^th December 1946, educ. m. 11^th January 1969, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Boutoudine Pahlbod (b. September 1946), née Beatrice Anne Young. He had issue, three daughters:
    • i) Anahita Pahlbod [Ann Claire Van Shaick]. b. at Tehran, July 1973. Actress and model.
    • ii) Mandana Pahlbod. b. 1976.
    • iii) Mitra Pahlbod. b. 1978. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahyar Pahlbod. b. in the USA, 21^st July 1949, educ. m. (first) at Tehran, 16^th December 1971 (div. there 16^th September 1973), Ladislaja Maria Karolina (b. at Graz, Austria, 8^th September 1950; m. second, at Brussels, Belgium, 2^nd September 1976, Douwe Namna Uninga van Hoytema), née Baroness von Seyffertitz, only daughter of H.E. Baron Dr Georg Haubold Guido Maria von Seyffertitz, sometime Austran Ambassador to Iran and Afghanistan, by his wife, Ladislaja Anna Caroline Maria, daughter of Barthold Maria Carl Georg Christophe, Count von Stürgh, Baron auf Halbenrain ud Klorch, sometime Governor of Steirmark. m. (second) 17^th December 1988, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Ladan Pahlbod, née Mojaheed Bakhtiar. He has issue, one son and one daughter by his second wife:
    • i) Shahin Peter Pahlbod. b. 29^th June 1989. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • i) Adelia Lydia Theresa Pahlbod. b. 7^th December 1992.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) … Jam. b. before 1941.
  • b) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Shahrazad Pahlbod. b. 12^th September 1952. m. 16^th September 1976 (div. at Bexar, Texas, USA), Howard Lay Burris (b. 1950), son of Colonel Howard Lay Burris, late USAF, sometime Air Force Aide to Presdt. Lyndon B. Johnson, by his wife, Barbara J. Burris.
• 3) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Ashraf ul-Mulk [H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi]. b. at the Ahmadiyeh Hospital, Teheran, 26^th October 1919 (twin with H.I.M. Shahanshah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi) (d/o Taj ul-Mulk). Hon. Presdt. Red Lion and Sun Org. 1944, Chair. Imperial Foundation for Social Services, and  U.N. High Cmsn. for Human Rights 1970, Presdt.  Women's Org. of Iran 1967-1979, and Consultative Cttee. International Women's Year Conference 1975. Hon. Fellow, Wadham Coll., Oxford. Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (1957), and the Order of the Red Flag of Labour of the USSR (x.7.1946). m. (first) at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, in a double wedding with her sister, March 1937 (div.1942), Mirza 'Ali Muhammed Khan Ghavam, Nasir ud-Daula (b. 1911), educ. American Univ. of Beirut and Bristol Univ., Assist. Mil. Attaché at Washington DC 1941, eldest son of H.H. Mirza Ibrahim Khan Ghavam, Qavam ul-Mulk, sometime Prime Minister of Iran, by his wife and cousin, Fakhr un-nisa Khanum. m. (second) at Cairo (nikah) and Tehran (zifaf), 1944 (div. 1959) (Sahib ul-Izza) Ahmed Chafik Bey (b. 21^st September 1911; m. second, Deloris Pianezzola, an Italian national, and d. from cancer, at Tehran, 1976, bur. there), sometime Dir-Gen. of Civil Aviation, forth son of H.E. (Hazrat Sahib ul-Sa'ada) Ahmad Shafiq Pasha, sometime Minister of the Khedivial Court of Egypt, by his wife, Aziza Khanum, daughter of Lieutenant-General Rashid Raqib Pasha. m. (third) at the Iranian Embassy, Paris, France, 5^th June 1960, Dr. Mehdi Bushehri (b. 1916), Dir. Maison d'Iran at Paris. She had issue, one son by her first husband, and one son and one daughter by her second husband:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahram Pahlavi [Prince Chahram Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 18^th April 1940 (s/o 'Ali Ghavam), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland and Harvard Univ.  m. (first) at Tehran, 17^th August 1966, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Niloufar Pahlavi (b. 1950), daughter of Mahmud Afshar, by his wife, Fatima. m. (second) (nikah) at St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, 27^th December 1987, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Naz Pahlavi (b. at Tehran, 14^th March 1947), daughter of H.E. Asadu'llah Alam, GCMG, sometime Minister of the Court and Prime Minister of Iran, by his wife, Malik Taj Khanum, daughter of H.H. Mirza Ibrahim Khan Ghavam, Qavam ul-Mulk, sometime Prime Minister of Iran. He has issue, two sons:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Cyrus Pahlavi. b. 1969 (s/o Niloufar), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland. Artist and painter.
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Amir Ibrahim Alam Pahlavi. b. 17^th January 1974, as Amir Ibrahim Alam (s/o Naz). Registered with the surname of Pahlavi at Kensington, London, November 1986. Musician and singer. m. at New York, USA, 30^th September 1998 (div. 25^th August 2004), Natalia Shimanchuk [Natasha Alam] (b. at Tashkent, Uzbekistan), educ. Univ. of Technology for Aviation, and the Method Centre, London, fashion model and television actress.
  • b) Captain H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahriar Mustapha Chafik. b. at Maadi, Cairo, 15^th March 1945 (s/o Ahmed Chafik), educ. Britannia RNC, Dartmouth. Capt. IIN, cdr Imperial Iranian Marine Commandos 1971-1972. m. at Tehran, 1967, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Maryam Françoise Chafik (b. 1946; m. third, Jalal Afshar), née Eghbal, former wife of H.I.H. Prince Mahmud Reza Pahlavi. He was k. (assassinated) at Paris, France, 7^th December 1979, having had issue, two sons:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Nader Chafik. b. at London, 15^th March 1968. m. (first) at New York City, USA, 19^th May 1995 (div. 2001), Roshanak Malek (b. 1967). m. (second) at the Karapan Estate, Islamorada, Florida, USA, 30^th April 2005, Catherine Moore [H.H. Princess Catherine Chafik] (b. at Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, 23^rd November 1974), daughter of Francis [Frank] Marion Wannamaker, by his wife, Catherine, nee Horger, of South Carolina, USA. He has issue, one daughter. 
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Dara Chafik. b. at Tehran, 1971, educ. Irvine Medical Sch, Univ of California (MD), Los Angeles, Harvard Coll, and Princeton Univ (Ph.D. 1992), New Jersey, USA. Resident Surgeon at UCLA Orthopaedic Hospital since 2007. Author “Middle Eastern Medicine and the Heart: an historical enquiry” (2003). m. 9^th June 2007, a lady of Jamaican origin. He has issue, two sons.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Azadeh Pahlavi-Chafik. b. 1951 (d/o Ahmed Chafik), educ. Deutschen Schule, Tehran and in France. Publisher "Iran-e Azad" Weekly 1979-1984, social and humanitarian worker with the Iranian community in Turkey 1984-1991. m. (first) 1972 (div. 1975), Farshad Vahid (b. 1924; d. 1979). m. (second) a former Iranian military officer. She d. from cancer, 23^rd February, 2011, having had issue, one son by her first husband:
    • i) Kamran Farshad Vahid [Cameron Pahlavi]. b. 1^st June 1973. Dir Beekman Aircraft Parts 2006, and Account Dir with Global Wine & Spirit Imports (GWSI) in New York.
• 4) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Fatemeh Khanum [H.I.H. Princess Fatemeh Pahlavi]. b. at Teheran, 30^th October 1928 (d/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Anoushiravan Dadgar Girl's Sch., Tehran. Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (1957), GC of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (21.10.1965). m. (first) at Civitavecchia, Italy, 13^th April 1950 (civil) and at Paris, 10^th May 1950 (relig.) (div. 26^th July 1959) Vincent Lee Hillyer, who took the name of 'Ali Agha on his conversion to Islam (b.  USA, 1924; d. 7^th July 1999). m. (second) at Teheran, 22^nd November 1959, General H.E. Muhammad Amir Khatami, CVO (2.3.1961) (b. at Rasht, 1920; d. in a hang-gliding accident at Dezfal, 14^th September 1975), educ. RAF Coll., Cranwell, Chief Pilot to the Shah 1946-1958, COS IIAF 1957-1975 and Air ADC to Muhammad Reza Shah, rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1^st class, GC of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (21.10.1965), etc. She d. in exile, May 1987, having had issue, two sons and one daughter by her first husband and two sons and one daughter by her second husband:
• a) Kayvon Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Santa Monica, California, USA, 12^th May 1952 (s/o Vincent Hillyer), educ. Painter. m. (first) 1976 (div.) Mahasti (b. 18^th September 1954), née Sahebdivani. m. (second) 3^rd July 1984, Heideh, née Farah. He has issue, one son by his first wife and two sons by his second wife:
  • i) Dr. Shahab Pahlavinia Hillyer. b. at London, 30^th August 1978 (s/o Mahasti), educ. Calabasas High Sch, California, and Univ of Texas, Galveston (MD 2004), Texas, USA.
  • ii) Shahyar Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 3^rd July 1989 (s/o Heideh).
  • iii) Kaveh Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 17^th January 1992 (s/o Heideh).
• b) Darius Pahlavi Hillyer. b. 9^th March 1957 (s/o Vincent Hillyer). m. 30^th December 1979 (div.), Hali Lynn (b. 30^th July 1961; m. second, June 1987, Joseph Maaterne, by whom she had two sons and a daughter), youngest daughter of Brian Keith McCallum, by his wife, Leanore Sue, younger daughter of Maxey Lewis Stephens. He had issue, two sons:
  • i) Douglas Richard Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Riverside, California, 4^th March 1981.
  • ii) Jacob Michael Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Loma Linda, California, 11^th March 1982.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• c) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Kambiz Khatami. b. 12^th November 1961 (s/o Muhammad Khatami). Patron The Hope Centre (London). m. in Surrey, UK, March 1987, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Nazak Khatami, née Hashempour, Patron The Hope Centre (London). He has issue, a son:
• i) Piruz Fabian Stein Khatami. b. at  Westminster, London, April 2000.
• d) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Ramin Khatami. b. 4^th June 1967 (s/o Muhammad Khatami). Historian.
• a) Rana Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 14^th October 1953 (d/o Vincent Hillyer). She was accidentally k. in a fall, at Los Angeles, California, USA, 5^th September 1954.
• b) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Pari Khatami. b. 1962 (d/o Muhammad Khatami).

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