IRAN

The Pahlavi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

1925 - 1941 H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran. b. at Alasht, Savad Kuh district, Mazandaran, 16^th March 1878, youngest son of Major ‘Abbas ‘Ali Dadash Beg Savadkuhi, of the 7^th Savad Kuh Regt, by his fifth wife, Nush Afarin Khanum, educ. privately. Placed under the guardianship of his maternal uncle Colonel ‘Abu’l Qasim Beg Ayramlu 1878-1885, then his paternal uncle Brigadier Nasru’llah Khan 1885-1890. Enlisted in the 7^th Savad Kuh Regt 1892, transf Persian Cossack Bde 1900, prom through the ranks to Sergt Maj 1903, cmsnd as 2^nd Lieut 1911, prom 1st-Lieut 1912, prom Capt Machine-Gun Coy 1913, prom Maj Machine-Gun Coy 1915, Lt-Col Hamadan Infantry Atriad 1916, c/o 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 November 1920. 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, and granted the personal style of His Serene Highness (Janab-i-Ashraf), 28^th October 1923. Induced parliament to grant him dictatorial powers and assumed the style of His Highness (Hazrat-i-Ashraf), February 1925. Became provisional Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces, 31^st October 1925. Declared Shah by parliament, 12^th and took the oath of office 15^th December 1925. Crowned at the Hall of Mirrors of the Gulistan Palace, Teheran, 25^th April 1926. Abdicated in favour of his son and heir, at the Marble Palace, Tehran, 16^th September 1941. Exiled to Mauritius and later to South Africa. Hon Patron International Exhibition of Persian Art (London) 1931. 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, the Nishan-i-Aryamehr (the Order of the Light of the Aryans) and the Nishan-i-Humayun (the Order of the August) on 15^th February 1939. Rcvd: the Commander of the Faithful Decoration, 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 Orders of the Lion & Sun 1^st class (mil 1921), and Zulfiqar 3^rd class (1925) and 4^th class (1921), Third Isfandyar Decoration 1^st class (1928), the Military Order (Nishan-i-Sipah) 1^st class (1924), the Order of Merit (Nishan-i-Liaqat) 1^st class, Knt of the Orders of the White Eagle of Poland (1.6.1927), 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 of Egypt (25.4.1939), and the Collar of the Order of Muhammad ‘Ali of Egypt (1932), the Grand Collar of the Order of the Supreme Sun of Afghanistan (9.6.1928), the Grand Order of the Hashimites of Iraq (26.4.1932), GC of the Orders of Leopold of Belgium (mil 28.9.1928), the Legion of Honour of France (9.8.1937), SS Maurice & Lazarus and the Crown of Italy (23.4.1939), the Order of the White Lion 1^st class with collar of Czechoslovakia (15.3.1935), Knt of the Order of St Stanislaus 2^nd class (for non-Christians) (mil with sword) of Russia, etc. m. (first) at Alasht, Savad Kuh district, Mazandaran, before 20^th March 1896, Maryam Khanum (b. at Alasht, Savad Kuh district, Mazandaran, before 12^th February 1881; d. in childbirth, before 21^st March 1905), a cousin. m. (second) at Hamadan, 1903, Tajmah Khanum (d. at Tehran, 30^th June 1912), a lady from Hamadam. m. (third) (temp.) at Hamadan, 1913 (div. 1914), Safiah Khanum, a lady from Hamadam. m. (fourth) 29^th May 1915, Tamam Taj Khanum, Taj ul-Mulk [H.I.M. The Empress Mother Taj ul-Mulk Pahlavi] (b. at Baku, Azerbaijan, 26^th April 1897; m. second, At Tehran, 1948, H.E. Mirza Ghulam Husain Khan, Sahib-i-Divan [Gholam Hossein Sahibdivani], and d. from leukemia, at Acapulco, Mexico, 10^th March 1982), raised to the title of Queen (Malika Taj ul-Mulk Pahlavi) with the style of Her Majesty and granted equal rank with Ismat ul-Mulk 25^th April 1926, raised to the title of Empress Mother with the style of Her Imperial Majesty 29^th September 1967, rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 1^st class (1939), the Pleiades 1^st class (1957), Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversay (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, and the Decoration of al-Kamal in brilliants of Egypt (25.4.1939), etc, second daughter of Brigadier-General Taimur Khan Ayramlu [Iramloo], Tadf ul-Mulk, late Persian Cossack Bde, a Caucasian émigré from Russia, by his wife, Zahra Khanum. m. (fifth) at Teheran, 11^th March 1922 (div. at Teheran, April 1924) Malak Turan Khanum, Sulaiman us-Sultana alias Qamar ul-Mulk (b. at Teheran, 4^th February 1905; m. second, at Tehran, 1942, Sayyid Zabihu’llah Malikpur, and d. in an old people’s nursing home near Paris, France, 1993), daughter of H.E. ‘Isa Muhammad 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, 1924, Ismat ul-Mulk [H.M. Queen Ismat ul-Mulk Pahlavi](b. before 22^nd March 1906; m. second, 1989, as his second wife, H.E. Muhsin Rais, GCVO, sometime Iranian Ambassador at the Court of St James’s, and d. at the CD Hospital, Tehran, 24^th July 1995, bur. there at the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery), raised to the title of Queen (Malika Ismat ul-Mulk Pahlavi) with the style of Her Majesty and granted equal rank with Taj ul-Mulk 25^th April 1926, rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 1^st class (1939), Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversay (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, youngest daughter of H.H. Shahzada Ghulam ‘Ali Mirza Dowlatshahi, Mujalal ud-Daula, sometime Governor-General of Khorasan, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Mubtahaj ud-Daula, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Haji Abu’l Nasir Mirza, Hisam us-Sultana, sometime Governor-General of Arabistan. He d. at Johannesburg, South Africa, 26^th July 1944 (bur. Reza Shah Mausoleum, Ray, Iran, 1950), having had issue, seven sons and four daughters:

• 1) H.I.H. Crown Prince (Vala Hazrat Vali Adh) Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, who succeeded as H.I.M. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran (s/o Taj ul-Mulk) - see below.
• 2) Lieutenant-General H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) ‘Ali Reza Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 1^st March 1922 (s/o Taj ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland, and Military Coll, Teheran. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Imperial Iranian Army 1941, prom 1^st-Lieut 1941, prom Capt 1944, attached to Free French Army 1944, served as GSO at Army HQ under Marshal de Lattre de Tasigny 1945-1946, prom Maj 1946, prom Lt-Gen 1953. Accompanied his father Reza Shah Pahlavi into exile in Mauritius and then in Johannesburg 1941-1944. Presdt Iranian National Olympic Cttee 1948-1954. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi, the Orders of Merit (Nishan-i-Liaqat) 1^st and 2^nd class, Glory (Nishan-i-Iftikhar) 1^st class, Knowledge (Nishan-i-Danesh), the Arts (Nishan-i-Honor) 1^st class, and Honour (Nishan-i-Kidmat) 2^nd class, GC of the Order of the Renaissance of Jordan (28.7.1949), the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan (26.3.1950), etc. m. at the Town Hall, 16^th District of Paris, France, 20^th November 1946 (not officially recognised by the Iranian court) (div. there, 1948), Christiane Maximilienne Cholesky (b. at Paris, France, 18^th December 1914; d. at Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France, 1995), elder daughter of Ernest Léon Cholesky, of Montguyon, Charente-Maritime, France, industrialist and entrepreneur, a founder of the firm CEO, by his wife, Yvonne Fernande Laure Bouchez. He was k. in a flying accident in the Alborz Mountains, at Youch, 28^th October 1954 (bur. Reza Shah Mausoleum, Ray), having had issue, a son
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Patrick ‘Ali Pahlavi [‘Ali Islami]. b. 1^st September 1947, educ. in Switzerland. Converted to Islam and adopted the name Ali Islami in 1970. Escaped to France in 1982. Author of “La fille d’Imran” (1991), “Islam contre futur: la guerre est finie - si vous le voulez” (1992), “Islam premiere education” (2007), etc. m. at Tehran, before 21^st March 1973, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Sonya-Mariam Pahlavi [Sonja Pahlavi-Laumann], née Sonja Lauman, from Switzerland. He had issue, three sons:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) David Pahlavi [Davoud Pahlavi]. b. at Geneva, Switzerland, 7^th October 1972, educ. Lycée Janson de Sailly, Paris, France. Settled in Onex, Switzerland. m. 27^th June 1998, Princess (Vala Gohari) Lucilia Da Fonseca Pahlavi, educ. Élémentaire Fournier, and Coll d’Études Internationales (CEI), Univ Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, a Portuguese national. He has issue, two daughters:
      • (1) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Solvène Pahlavi.
      • (2) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Elsa Pahlavi.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Houd [Hood] Pahlavi. b. 14^th November 1972, educ. Lycée Janson de Sailly, Paris, France. Retail Mngr at Manor Chavannes, Geneva, Switzerland. Photographer. He has issue, a son:
      • (1) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Rafaël Pahlavi. b. 2006.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • iii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Muhammad Younès Pahlavi. b. At Tehran, 19^th May 1976, educ. Lycée Janson de Sailly, Paris, France. Settled in Niederuzwil, Switzerland.
• Prince ‘Ali Reza, also recognised as his own, the elder son of Mlle Christiane Cholewska by formal legal instrument before the municipal authorities of the 16^th District of Paris, 13^th November 1946. Subsequently legitimated in French law upon the marriage of his parents, 20^th November 1946 (both confirmed by the mayoralty 10^th March 1948). However, according to the Cholewska family, he was actually the biological son of Mlle Cholewska and a German officer who had been stationed at Montguyon during the occupation, Dr Joakim Martens (b. Bikenwerder, near Berlin, Germany, 18^th December 1914; d. at Kartschinskaja/Tschir, near Stalingrad, Russia, 18^th January 1943). However, nothing has been done to legally reflect this and he remains in French (as well as Islamic) law, the son of Prince ‘Ali Reza:
  • b) Joachim Christian Philippe Assan Pahlavan Nassab Pahlavi Pahlavi. b. at Paris, France, 15^th September 1941, registered as Joachim Christian Philippe Cholesky, educ. Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, France. Recognised by Prince ‘Ali Reza Pahlavi in accordance with French law 13^th November 1946, and then renamed Joachim Christian Philippe Assan Pahlavan Nassab Pahlavi Pahlavi. Co-founder Univ Franco-Iranienne d’Hamadan, writer and journalist at “Nice-Matin” newspaper 1980-2000. Author of “Les Grains du Sablier” (2011). Co-author of “Le Marécage des Ayatollahs” (2015). m. 1960, Jana Broz [Mme Jana Pahlavi] (b. at Moscow, 1938), aka Yana Afshar, daughter of H.E. Dr Amir Aslan Khan-e Afshar Qasimlu, sometime Ambassador to the USA, Germany and Austria, and Grand Master of Ceremonies at the Imperial Court, by his wife, Camilla Khanum, daughter of H.E. Muhammad Sa’ed Maraghe’i, sometime Prime Minister of Iran. He had issue, four sons:
    • i) ‘Ali Aslan Xavier David Pahlavan Nassab [Dr David Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 8^th December 1968, educ. Marika Sch, Tehran, and faculté de Médecine de Nice (MD 1991), Alpes Maritime, France. General Practitioner in Nice, a founder of SOS Médecins de Nice and the Clinique Saint-George, Mngr Societe Civile Medecine d’Urgence 06-S.C.M.U. 06 1990. m. Hortense Maria Favre Pahlavi (b. at Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France, 28^th June 1965), educ. Coll Raoul Dufy, and Lycée Général et Technologique Honore d’Etienne d’Orves, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France. He d. from cancer, at Nice, France, 31^st December 2006, having had issue, six children, including:
      • (1) Aymeric Pahlavi. b. at Nice, Alpes Maritime, France, 26^th July 1986, educ. Lycée Beau Site, and Lycée Masséna, Nice, ESTP Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment, Paris, France. Building Engineer, Assist Site Mngr for RJ Richelmi Monaco 2009, Assist Project Mngr EDM London 2010, Consultant Assist to the CEO of Parella 2011-2015, Consultant Soc Aymeric Pahlavi since 2015. m. 4^th September 2012, Raphaëlle Pahlavi He has issue, a daughter.
      • (1) Clovis Pahlavi, educ. Univ de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Nice, Alpes Maritime, France. Trainée Graphic Designer at Haas-South Cofen 2010-2012, Graphic Designer/Web Designer at IT Must Jewellery 2012-2013, Web Designer MJM by ITECOM in Nice 2012-2014, Marketing Assist with Iselection since 2015.
      • (2) Eléonore Pahlavi, educ. Univ of Paris IV Sorbonne, Paris, France. He has issue, one son and one daughter.
      • (3) Alexiane Pahlavi, educ. Lycée Général et Technologique Honore d’Etienne d’Orves, Nice, Conservatoire de Nice, faculté de Médecine de Nice Univ de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France.
      • (4) Xénia Pahlavi, educ. Univ de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Nice, Alpes Maritime, France. Sales Consultant Cape Cod Store Ready-to-Wear Women 2008-2013.
    • ii) Pierre Cyril Cyrus Teymour Pahlavi [Dr Pierre C. Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 4^th December 1972, educ. Montreal Univ (BA 1995, MSc 1999), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Univ of Nice, Sophia Antipolis (MA 1997), Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France, and McGill Univ (PhD 2003), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Political science lecturer at Sherbrooke Univ, Research Assoc at the Canada Research Chair in Foreign Policy & Defence in the Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales (CÉRIUM) and the Research Group on International Security, Assoc Professor & Deputy Dir for Research at the Dept of Defence Studies of the Canadian Forces Coll, Toronto. Author of “Entre Conquéte des Esprits et Esprit de Conquéte” (2004), “Mass Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the Age of Information Revolution” (2005). Co-author of “Le Marécage des Ayatollahs” (2015). 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 (REGIS) since 2002. m. Camille Risler Pahlavi (b. 1975). He has issue, three children, including a son and a daughter:
      • (1) Louis Pahlavi. b. 1997, educ. Lycée Français de Toronto, and Univ of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. WO II 166 Bulldog Sqd RCAC 2009-2014.
      • (1) Jana Pahlavi. b. at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2000.
    • iii) Axel Tahmoures Pahlavi [Axel Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 21^st June 1974, educ. Acad Royale des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium, Hunter Coll, New-York, USA, Hochschule Der Künste, Berlin, Germany, l’Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (dipl. 2001), and the National Acad of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria (post. grad. dipl. 2002). Artist and painter.
• 3) Lieutenant-General H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Gholam Reza Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 15^th May 1923 (s/o Qamar ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland, Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Officers’ Training Coll, Tehran, Princeton Univ, New Jersey, USA, and École d’Instruction de la Cavalerie et de l’Artillerie, Saumur, France. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Imperial Iranian Army 1947, 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, ADC General to the Shah. Presdt Iranian National Olympic Cttee 1954-1979 (Mbr 1952-1954), Imperial Polo Club of Tehran, Asian Games Fed (AGF), etc. Hon Presdt Org for Sports Education, and Iranian Military Sports Assoc. Deputy Hon Presdt The Equestrian Soc. Mbr International Olympic Cttee (IOC) 1956. Author of “Mon pére, mon frére, les Shahs d’Iran” (2005). Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi, the Orders of Merit (Nishan-i-Liaqat), Glory (Nishan-i-Iftikhar) 2^nd class, Knowledge (Nishan-i-Danesh), and Honour (Nishan-i-Kidmat) 2^nd class, Rashtakhiz Decoration 1^st class, 28^th Amordad Medal (Nishan-i-Ghiyam Melli) (1953), Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversary (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, GC of the Orders of the Crown of Belgium, Rising Sun of Japan, Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia, Isabela the Catholic of Spain (17.6.1978), etc, the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan (26.3.1950), King Birendra Coronation Medal of Nepal (24.2.1975). m. (first) at Teheran, 4^th April 1947 (div. 1956), Huma Khanum [Homa Alam] (b. 1931; m. second, three months after her divorce, 1956, Ebte Hadj, architect and d. 1974), fourth daughter of H.E. Dr Amir Farau’llah Khan Alam, Amir-i-‘Alam, sometime Minister for Education and Public Works, by his wife, Asfar ul-Mulk, eldest daughter of H.S.H. Mirza Hasan Khan Vossugh, Vossugh ud-Daula, GCB, sometime Prime Minister of Persia. m. (second) at Teheran, 8^th March 1962, H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Manija [Manizheh] Pahlavi (b. 11^th May 1941), née H.H. Shahzadi Manija Khanum, rcvd: the Order of the Pleiades 2^nd class, King Birendra Coronation Medal of Nepal (1975), etc, daughter of General H.H. Shahzada Mansur Mirza [Mansur Jahanbani], by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Lida Khanum, Afar us-Sultana, a former wife of H.I.M. Sultan Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shahanshah of Persia, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Shahzada Habibu’llah Mirza [Habibu’llah Jahanbani], Sardar-i-Muntakhab, sometime Commissary-Gen of the Army. He d. at the American Hospital, Paris, France, 7^th May 2017, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Bahman Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 30^th January 1950 (s/o Huma), educ. Deutschen Sch, Tehran, at Hamburg, Germany, and Harrow Sch, Middlesex. m. at Tehran, 1977, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Shohreh Pahlavi (b. 1952), née Dowlati. He has issue, a daughter:
    • i) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Nazbanu Pahlavi. b. at London, 25^th May 1979, educ. Pitzer Coll (BA 2000), Claremont, California, and Carnegie Mellon Univ (MA 2003), Pittsberg, Pennsylvania, USA. Sales Assist with Thai Airways 2006, Sales Consultant with Estee Lauder 2006-2007, Contributing Writer at Sun Community Newspapers and “The Los Angeles Daily News”, “Claremont Courier”, “Tolucan Times”, etc since 2007, writer and journalist.
  • b) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Bahram Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 28^th November 1970 (s/o Manija ), educ. Rustam Abadian International Sch, Tehran, Eton Coll, Berkshire, Brown Univ (BA), Providence, Rhode Island, and Georgetown Univ (MBA 2003), Washington DC, USA. 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, Financial Adviser Merrill Lynch 2005-2006, Assoc Vice-Presdt State Street 2006-2009, Wholesale Credit Risk Management-Citizens Financial Group since 2009. m. at Paris, France, 27^th August 1997, Dr Iman Ali [H.H. Princess Bahram Pahlavi] (b. September 1959), an Egyptian ophthalmologist based in the USA. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Kamran Pahlavi.
    • i) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Dahlia Pahlavi.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Mehrnaz Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 4^th February 1949 (d/o Huma). She d. after a long illness in a hospital, at Paris, France, 1956.
  • b) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Maryam Zahra Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 18^th March 1966 (d/o Manija). m. at Westminster, London, February 1988, Iradj 1988, Iraj Baghai [Iradj Baghaee]. She has issue, one son:
    • i) Rustam Baghai [Rostom Baghaee]. b. 1995.
  • c) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Azardokht Khadija Pahlavi [Azar Pahlavi Ganji]. b. at Teheran, 11^th December 1964 (d/o Manija). m. at Dallas, Texas, 29^th May 1992, Darab Ganji (b. 12^th November 1964), educ. Southern Methodist Univ (BA), and Univ of Texas, Dallas (MA), Partner & Exec Vice-Presdt Best Assocs Merchant Bankers, Vice-Presdt for International Business Development with Petro-Hunt Group, Snr Vice-Presdt for Strategic Development Whitney International Univ, Principal World Edge LLC, Chair Dallas Protocol, Mbr Exec Brd of the Southern Methodist Univ Sch of Enginéering, Brd of the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas, and Dallas Cttee on Foreign Relations, son of Manouchehr Ganji, of Dallas, Texas, USA, by his wife, Soraya Khanum, née Vossough. She has issue, two sons:
    • i) Cyrus Pahlavi Ganji. b. at Dallas, Texas, USA, 11^th July 1996, educ. St Mark’s Sch of Texas, Dallas, Texas.
    • ii) Darius Pahlavi Ganji. b. at Dallas, Texas, USA, 2000, educ. St Mark’s Sch of Texas, Dallas, Texas.
• 4) Brigadier-General H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) ‘Abdu’l Reza Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 1^st October 1924 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland, and Harvard Univ (BA 1947), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Imperial Iranian Army. Accompanied his father into exile in Mauritius and then in Johannesburg 1941-1944. Hon Presdt Plan Organization 1949-1955, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Iran Centre for Management Studies 1969-1979. Chair Wildlife Conservation High Council. Presdt Iranian Game & Fish High Council, International Council for Game, and International Fndn for the Conservation of Wildlife (IGF). Vice-Presdt Iranian Assoc for the Conservation of Natural Resources. 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, African Safari Club of New York, etc. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi, Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversay (14.10.1971), and Persepolis (15.10.1971) medals, etc, Knt of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden (24.11.1970), GC of the Orders of 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 (26.3.1950), etc. m. at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, 12^th October 1950 (div. ca 1983), Pari Sima Pahlavi (b. 7^th July 1927; m. second, ca 1983, Dorrez Dolats, sometime Presdt BC Holdings Inc), styled H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Pari Sima Pahlavi during her marriage to Prince ‘Abdu’l Reza Pahlavi, then as Pari Sima Pahlavi, and finally Peri Dolats [Mrs Dorrez Dolats] during her second marriage, MD of Pari-Sima Pahlavi Family Partners LP since 2005, and Pari-Sima Pahlavi Inc since 2005, Presdt, Vice-Presdt and Dir BC Holdings Inc 1983-2004, Trustee Dorrez Dolats Revocable Trust, 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, Fatima Khanum, sister of H.E. Mirza Faraju’llah Khan Bahrami, Dabir-i-A’zam, sometime Governor-General of Fars and Khorasan. He d. at Tequesta, Martin, Florida, USA, 11^th May 2004 (bur. there at Riverside Memorial Park), having had issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Kamyar D. Pahlavi. b. 2^nd April 1952. Lieut IIAF 1977. Presdt & Dir Pegasus Aviation Co Inc of San Diego 1993-2004, Awas Aviation Services Inc, and Lionheart International Inc since 2005, Dir (Treasurer) BC Holdings Inc 1983-2004, Pari-Sima Pahlavi Inc since 2005, and San Diego Air & Space Museum since 2009, etc. Presdt La Jolla Tennis Club. m. at Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 2^nd December 1998 as her fourth husband (^div. there at Dade, 19^th July 2000), Eva Diana Morrison (b. 2^nd May 1963; m. fifth, as his third wife, at the Four Seasons, Palm Beach, Floria, USA, 14^th October 2000 (div. 2007), Joel Lynn Steinger, by whom she had one son.), styled Eva Diana Morrison Pahlavi 1998-2000, former wife of Alessandro Piero Vallarino Garcia, of Alejandro R Iglesias, and of Mark S. Sass. He had issue, one son:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Kaymar Pahlavi.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Sarv-i-Naz Pahlavi [Sarvenaz Pahlavi]. b. 23^rd January 1955, educ. The Community Sch, Tehran. Dir (Sec) BC Holdings Inc 1983-2004, and Pari-Sima Pahlavi Inc since 2005. m. at Chippenham, Wiltshire, 1978 (div. 1982) Horatio William de Prilleux Lonsdale-Hands (b. at Marylebone, London, 1956; m. second, 2006, Karina Farquharson, and had further issue, two sons), educ. Cottesmore Sch, Pease Pottage, Crawley, West Sussex, Harrow Sch, Middlesex. and THF & IHC International Hotel Management Programme, Paris, France, employed with various investment firms 1976-1982, including Bear, Stearns & Co, Grosvenor Investments Ltd, and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc, in the United States and internationally, 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, Advance Global Communications Ltd since 1999, and Buda Juice LLC since 2014, second son of Frederick Richard de Prilleux Lonsdale Hands, artist and industrial designer, by his third wife, Helena, née Pollock. She had issue, one daughter:Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • i) Leila Tiffany Lonsdale-Hands. b. at Westminster, London, 1^st June 1981, educ. Rugby Sch, Warwickshire. Actress and model. Employed with MTV Networks in Los Angeles, California, USA.
• 5) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Ahmad Reza Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 27^th September 1925 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland, Military Officers’ Acad, Tehran, American Univ of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, and the Univ of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California, USA. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi, Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversary (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, etc. m. (first) at Tehran, before 22^nd March 1947 (div. 1954) Simin Taj Khanum, daughter of H.E. Mirza Husain Khan Bahrami, Ahya us-Sultana. m. (second) 30^th June 1957, H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Roza Pahlavi (b. 21^st March 1940), rcvd: the Order of the Pleiades 2^nd class (30.6.1957), Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversary (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, daughter of Muhammad Danesh Bozorgnia, of Mashhad, Khorasan. He d. from lymphatic cancer, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France, April/May 1981, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahrukh Pahlavi. b. 1947 (s/o Simin).
  • b) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahin Pahlavi [Chahin P. Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 7^th November 1959 (s/o Rosa), educ. Coll du Leman, Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland, Yale Univ (BA 1982), New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Second Vice-Presdt Chase Manhattan Bank 1984-1990, Vice-Presdt Citibank 1992-2001, Vice-Presdt HSBC Private Bank (Snr Credit Officer High Net Worth Group) 2001-2004 (Private Banker High Net Worth Group) 2004-2007, MD of Modern Bank N.A. 2007-2012, Volunteer Grand Central Partnership 2012, Private Banker BNY Mellon Wealth Management 2012-2013, Broker & Financial Adviser with MBSC Securities Corp since 2013. m. H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Pamela J. Pahlavi (b. 16^th December 1960), Dir Pamela Pahlavi Drapery & Design Studio, daughter of Gerard Edmund Rudolph, of Garden City, Nassau, New York, USA, by his wife, Jean Minnette, daughter of George William [Joseph] McCarthy, of Westbury, Nassau, New York, USA. He has issue, three sons and one daughter:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Iskander Pahlavi [Alex Pahlavi]. b. 15^th March 1993, educ. Garden City Senior High Sch, Nassau, and State Univ of New York at Albany, New York, USA. Goalie with Garden City Centennials Soccer Club 2009-2011.
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Zachary Pahlavi. b. 29^th December 1995, educ. Garden City Snr High Sch, and Nassau County Fire Service Acad, Nassau, Res-Q-Jack Stabilization Univ, Elmira, and St Johns Univ, New York City, USA. Volunteer Firefighter Garden City Fire Dept since 2014.
    • iii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Gregory Steven Pahlavi. b. 30^th June 1997, educ. Garden City Snr High Sch, Nassau, and Univ of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
    • i) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Zara Pahlavi. b. 11^th October 2000, educ. Garden City Middle Sch, Nassau, New York.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Shahla Pahlavi [Charlotte Pahlavi Correia]. b. at Tehran, 10^th March 1949 (d/o Simin), educ. Berkeley Hall Sch, Beverly Hills, and Palisades Charter High Sch, Los Angeles, California, USA. m. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 25^th June 1977, Steven V. Correia (b. at San Diego, California, USA, 14^th February 1949), educ. San Diego State Univ, San Diego, California, USA, the Univ of Hawaii (BFA 1972, MFA 1979), Manoa, Oahu, Hawaii, and the Univ of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (MA 1977), California, USA, master glassblower, designer and artist, co-founder of Correia Art Glass (CAG) 1974, and Steven V. Correia Crystal 1987, son of Manuel I Correia, of San Diego, California, USA, originally from Paul do Mar, Madeira, sometime tuna fisherman, by his wife, Anita R Correia, originally from Costa Rica. She has issue, one son and two daughters:
    • a) Tadj Steven Correia. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 15^th December 1979.
    • i) Teal Shiraz Correia. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 6^th June 1982.
    • ii) Tori Cynthia Correia. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 2^nd July 1986. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Shahrnaz Pahlavi [Chahrnaz Pahlavi Medvetsky]. b. at Tehran, 30^th August 1964 (d/o Rosa), educ. Lycée Razi, Tehran, and C.W. Post Coll, Long Island Univ, New York, USA. MD Blue Heron Capital Management LLC since 2001. m. 1997, William Robert Medvetsky (b. 11^th September 1966), educ. Ohio Univ (BA Fin 1990), Athens, Ohio, USA, Commodity Options Trader Geldermann Inc 1993-2000, Proprietary Trader Dimension Capital 2000-2007, Commodity Options Trader F.C.Stone 2007-2012, Commodity Derivatives Broker ICAP Energy LLC 2012-2013, Ethanol Trader Moab Oil Inc since 2013. She has issue, two daughters:
    • i) Natasha Pahlavi-Medvetsky. b. 5^th April 1998.
    • ii) Sara Pahlavi-Medvetsky. b. 22^nd March 2000.
  • c) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Parinaz Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 1^st July 1970 (d/o Rosa), educ. Mount Holyoke Coll (BA), South Hadley, Massachusetts, New York Univ (MBA), and Manhattanville Coll (MAT), New York, USA. Investment Analyst with Prudential Securities Inc, New York, a teacher at Greenwich Acad since 2003. m. at the Hotel Intercontinental, New York City, USA, 24^th March 2001, Brian Stuart Shipman (b. 17^th April 1969), educ. Marist High Sch, Eugene, Oregon, Albion Coll, Albion, Michigan, and the Univ of Oregon (MBA 1996), Eugene, Oregon, USA, Exec Dir UBS Investment Bank in New York 2002-2007, MD Jefferies Group 2007-2010, Group Vice-Presdt & Head of Investor Relations at Gartner 2011-2015, Vice-Presdt & Head of Investor Relations at Broadridge Financial Solutions since 2015, son of George William Shipman, of Eugene, Oregon, USA, by his wife, Krystyna Helen, daughter of Leslaw [Leslie] Socha, of Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, previously of Lvov, Poland. She has issue, one son and two daughters:
    • i) xxx Shipman.
    • i) Persia Shipman.
    • ii) Soraya S. Shipman.
• 6) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Mahmud Reza Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 2^nd February 1927 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland, Univ of California, Berkeley, California, and the Univ of Michigan (BBA 1950, MBA 1951), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Presdt Univ of Michigan Iranian Students Club 1949-1950. Mbr Univ of Michigan Alumni Assoc. Rcvd: GC of the Order of Pahlavi, Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversay (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, etc. m. (first) at Tehran, 1954 (div. there, 1957) Mehri-i-Dokht Khanum [Mehri Azam Zangeneh] (b. at Tehran, 12^th April 1929), artist and painter settled in Sherman Oaks, California, USA since 1979, third daughter of Colonel Yadu’llah Khan Azam Zanganeh, sometime Chief of the IIAF and Air ADC to the Shah, by his first wife, Banu Makhsus Khanum, second daughter of Amir Arfa Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu [Amir Afar Amirsoleymani]. m. (second) at Tehran, October 1964 (div. 1965) Maryam Françoise Eghbal (b. 5^th April 1946; m. second, at the Iranian embassy, Paris, France, June 1965, Commander H.H. Prince Sharyar Chafik, IIN, son of H.I.H. Princess Ashraf - see below. m. third, Jalal Afshar.), youngest daughter of H.E. Dr Manouchehr Eghbal, sometime Prime Minister and Chair Iranian National Oil Co, by his French wife, Alice Riviyer. He d.s.p. at Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA, 15^th March 2001.
• 7) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) Hamid Reza Pahlavi [Hamid Islami]. b. at Tehran, 4^th July 1932 (s/o Ismat ul-Mulk), educ. St George’s Sch, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the Military Officers’ Acad, Tehran, and at the American Univ of Beirut, Lebanon. Deprived of the title of Prince by his brother and nolonger regarded as a member of the Imperial family in 1962, when he assumed the surname of Islami. Imprisoned at Evin Prison in 1983, never convicted and never charged with any crime. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Pahlavi, and the Renaissance of Jordan (28.7.1949), and the Order of the Supreme Sun 1^st class of Afghanistan, etc. m. (first) at Teheran, 19^th March 1951 (div. there, 1954) H.H. Shahzadi Minou Khanum (b. 27^th July 1939; m. second, at Tehran, 1956 (div.), Leland Rosemberg, sometime Hon Consul for the Dominican Republic in Tehran. m. third (div.), Steven Marcus, and d. at Geneva, Switzerland, 4^th December 2009, leaving a further 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) at Tehran, 1955 (div. 1959) Huma Khamenei [Homa Khamnei], sister of Hamid Khamnei, and daughter of ‘Isa Khamenei [Esse Khamnei], sometime telegraph engineer. m. (third) at Tehran, 1968, Hourie Khamnei-Pahlavi [Horieh Khamenei] (b. at Tehran, 22^nd November 1937; d. at San Diego, California, USA, 16^th August 2005), former wife of ... Larijani. m. (fourth) 1974, Doris Thomas. He d. from heart failure, at Tajrish Martyr’s Hospital, Tehran, 11^th July 1992 (bur. there at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery), having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Behzad Reza Pahlavi. b. 1957 (s/o Huma), educ. Chatelard Sch, Les Avants, near Montreaux, Switzerland, Adventist High Sch, Tehran, in the UK and Teheran Military Sch. m. H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Simin Pahlavi, née Sadogh. He d. from an overdose of heroin, at Madrid, Spain, 19^th December 1981, having had issue, one son.
  • b) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Ja’afar Reza Pahlavi [Jeff]. b. at San Diego, California, USA, 15^th January 1971 (s/o Hourie), educ. Rustam Abadian International Sch, Tehran, and La Jolla High Sch, California, USA. Employed with ACE Tennis in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
  • c) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) ... Pahlavi. b. at San Diego, California, USA, 1975 (s/o Doris).
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Nilufar Pahlavi. b. 14^th July 1953 (d/o Minou). Apparently not permitted to use the Pahlavi surname at birth, but subsequently changed from Ashtiani-e Nik.
  • b) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Nazak Pahlavi. b. at Tehran, 12^th February 1958 (d/o Huma), educ. Maryam Inst, Davoudieh, Tehran, Chatelard Sch, Les Avants, near Montreaux, International Sch, Brillantmont, and the Institution Chateau Mont-Choisi, La Rosiaz Lausanne, 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 Ashraf Khanum, Hamdam us-Sultana [H.I.H. Princess Hamdam Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 22^nd February 1904 (d/o Tajmah Khanum), educ. Lycée Français, Tehran. Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (1957). m. (first) at Tehran, before 22^nd March 1923 (div. 1941), Major-General H.E. Hadi Atabay [Hadik Jan Atabay] (b. at Tehran, 1893; d. 1972, leaving further issue), late Iranian Army Medical Corps, prom Brig-Gen 1928, Head of the Army Medical Dept 1937-1941, prom Maj-Gen 1940, transferred to Interior Ministry 1941, Insp-Gen of Public Health 1941-1944, author of “Methodologische Untersuchungen zur Lehre von dem Einfluß der Qualität des Nahrungseiweißes auf den Ablauf des Zwischenstoffwechsels” (1938), rcvd: the Orders of Humayun 1^st class, Zulfiqar 4^th class, etc, son of Ja’afar Khan, step-father of Reza Shah Pahlavi, by his first wife. m. (second) at Tehran, 1945 (annulled as invalid before 1948) Dr Manouchehr Behroun (b. at Tehran, 1927, educ. École Polytechnique (DSc Eng 1943, PhD 1954), Paris, France, Engineer, Technical Mngr Plan Org Industries, Head of Statistics & Studies Dept of National Iranian Oil Co, Dir-Gen of Plans & Designs in the Ministry of Development and Housing 1964-1965, Deputy MD Housing Org 1965-1967, Dir Mortgage Bank of Iran 1967-1969, Presdt & MD Housing Org 1969-1971, Under Sec (Admin & Planning) Ministry of Housing & Development 1971-1972, Deputy Minister (Parliamentary) Ministry of Housing 1972-1974, Under Sec of State 1974-1978, Minister for Housing & Urban Development 1978-1979. m. (third) at Tehran, 8^th January 1948 (div. at Tehran, 12^th January 1953) Mahmud Aslani (b. before 21^st March 1924), son of Ahmad Aslani. m. (fourth) (div. at Tehran, 7^th January 1961, H.H. Shahzada Daud Mirza [Davood Ghajar-Mozaffari] (b. 19^th August 1935; m. second, Jila Khajeh-Nuri, by whom he left a daughter – see Persia (Qajar)), sometime Deputy Sec-Gen for Supervision and Planning Rastakhiz (Resurrection) Party of Iran, son of H.R.H. Shahzada Muhammad Reza Mirza [Mohammad Reza Ghajar Mozafari], by his wife, A’zam ul-Mulk. She d. in Germany, before 21^st March 1979, having had issue, two sons and one daughter by her first husband:
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Amir Reza Atabay. b. at Tehran, 1925, educ. Oxford Univ. Arrested and imprisoned for two years after the Islamic revolution 1979-1981, during which time he was tortured. Fled the country following his release and settled in France. m. (first) at Tehran, 1959 (div. there, August 1960), Gail Mildred Hohlweg Atabay (b. at Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, USA, 28^th March 1935), educ. The American Community Sch, Beirut, Lebanon, volunteer Denver Museum of Natural History, author of “For Gourds’ Sake: Gourd Art” (2007), younger daughter of William August Hohlweg, of Auburn, Lee, Alabama, USA, sometime civil engineer, by his wife, Elsie C. Borden Hohlweg, second daughter of Malbert Troupe Borden, of Galveston, Texas, USA. m. (second) 1960 (div. 1963) Roxana Saba (m. second, as his second wife, Dr Ismail Khoi, by whom she had two daughters, and d. from a stroke, at Watford General Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire, 24th November 2015), artist and founder of Rasht 29 Art Club in 1966, settled in London after the Islamic revolution, youngest daughter of Professor Abu’l Hasan Khan Saba, the father of Iranian classical music, by his wife, Montakhab Esfandiari Kouh-navard [Esfandiar-e Kuh-e Nour], daughter of H.E. Ahmad Khan Nouri Esfandiari Bakhtiari, sometime Governor-General of Mazandaran. m. (third) 1963, Mahindokht Amir Mokri. m. (fourth) Batul Gharaguzlu, a Turkish citizen. He d. at Paris, France, 1998, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Hadi-Reza Atabay. b. 25^th February 1964 (s/o Mahindokht), educ. l’École de Sorèze, Tarn, France. Settled in Paris, France. Mbr Assoc des Anciens De Soreze.
    • i) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Aria Lynn Atabay. b. at Teheran, 30^th May 1960(d/o Gail). Granted US Citizenship by special Act of the US Congress 21st May 1962. Settled in Los Angeles, California, USA.
    • ii) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Donia Atabay. b. 1961 (d/o Roxana), educ. Iran Swiss Sch, Teheran. m. ... Enu. She has issue, one son:
      • (1) Amir-Ali Enu. b. 1989. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • iii) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Massumeh Atabay [Massi Atabay]. b. 6^th August 1964 (d/o Roxana), educ. Iran Swiss Sch, Teheran, and l’École des Roches, Verneuil sur Avre, Normandy, France. m. (first) at Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 15^th March 1986 (div.) Muhammad Mottahedan (b. 9^th September 1960), educ. The Hun Sch of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, contemporary art collector, patron and consultant, Dir Praefinium Partners Ltd 2001-2002, Minotaur Investments Ltd 2002, Mora Fine Arts Ltd since 2007, MD & CEO Mottahedan Projects since 2011, author of “Once upon a time in America: The Mottahedan Collection” (1999), and “The Awakening” (2016), possibly the son of Dr Habib Mottahedan, sometime Chair & MD of H. Mottahedan & Co. m. (second) at Camden, London, April 2000, Gísli Örn Lárusson (b. at Reykjavik, Iceland, 5^th March 1948), educ. Commerce Sch, Reidar Dunds, Bodo, Norway, and the Chartered Insurance Institute Coll, London, Dir Almennar Tryggingar 1971-1978, MD Iscargo Cargo Airline 1978-1979, CEO Reykjavik Insurance 1979-1991, CEO Scandia Iceland 1990-1996, Sales & Marketing Dir Meyado Private Wealth Management in London 2000-2004, CEO of Lotus Lifestyle 2002-2006, OMNI Lifestyle Ltd since 2005, and OMNI Cure Ltd since 2013, Chair Alca 1987-1990, Vaki Ltd 1988-1991, Davidson Ltd 1988-1992, Icelandic Consulting Ltd 1990-1993, Skandia Finance 1991-1993, Ellingsen 1997-2002, Kodia Reiser 2007-2010, Nordica Ltd UK 2008-2010, Dir The Rehabilitation Centre SAA 1980-1986, Skandia Norden 2000-2003, Consultant Munich Re (Group) 1990-1993, Icelandic Investors 2005-2008, and Hring Hotels Group 2007-2011, former husband of Guðbjörg Bergsteinsson, by whom he had three children, eldest son of Lárus Bjarnason, of Reykjavik, Iceland, sometime teacher and businessman, by his first wife, Astrid Emilie Helsvig, daughter of Frits Helsvig. She has issue, one son and one daughter by her first husband:
      • (1) Sam Mottahedan. b. at Westminster, London, 1^st November 1993, educ. Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, London, Charterhouse Sch, Godalming, Surrey, St Hilda’s Coll, Oxford (BA 2015), The Univ of Law (dipl. Law 2016), Guildford, Surrey, and The London Sch of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London (cert. 2016). Law Clerk Capital & Forensic Writs Amicus ALJ in Austin, Texas 2016, Legal Intern to Exec Dir of International Bar Assoc since 2016. Co-Dir of Vocalise UK since 2016.
      • (1) Lily Mottahedan. b. at Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 18^th August 1987, educ. Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, London, Balliol Coll, Oxford (BA 2008), The Univ of Law (dipl. Law 2010), Guildford, Surrey, and The City Law Sch, London. UK Investment Banking Financial Analyst Merrill Lynch 2008-2009, with Manches LLP 2011-2012, Legal Assist (Stagiaire) CBBC Avocats 2012, joined No 1 Hare Court 2012, Pupil 2012-2013, Barr-at-Law since 2013. m. 15^th September 2013, Viktor Pomichal (b. at Bratislava, Slovakia, 16^th August 1980), educ. Slovenská škola v Londýna, and Univ Coll, London (UCL) (BA 2001), Intern with BNY Mellon Financial Services 1999-2000, Dir of Fixed Income & Derivatives Structuring & Sales UBS Investment Bank 2001-2009, MD of Finance Slovenska Lesnicka Spolocnost (Slovak Forestry Co) 2009-2012, MD Šturec Gold-Silver Project in Slovakia for Ortac Resources Ltd 2012-2014 (Advisor on Communications & Engagement since 2014), Dir & CIO Slovak Guarantee and Development Bank Asset Management 2014-2015, Dir SZRB Asset Management A.S. 2014, Kremnica Gold S.R.O., Ortac S.R.O, Aros Partners Holding Ltd since 2016, Castille Capital Partner Ltd since 2016, etc, elder son of Dr István Pomichal, of Bratislava, Slovakia, sometime Mayor of Tomášov-Fél and Chair Assoc of Beef Cattle Breeders of Slovakia, by his wife, Dr Anna Ghannamová Pomichalová, of West Wimbledon, London, sometime BBC World Service journalist, producer, broadcaster and interpreter, Visiting Professor & Lecturer in Media Design at the Bratislava Sch of Law.
  • a) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Cyrus Atabay. b. at Teheran, 6^th September 1929, educ. at Eton Coll, Windsor, Berkshire, Arndt Gymnasium, Dahlem, Berlin, in Zurich, Switzerland, and Munich Univ, Germany. Poet and translator. Author “Das magische Buch und andere Gedichte”. Mbr Bavarian Acad of Fine Arts 1983-1996. He d. at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 26^th January 1996.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Simindokht Pahlavi, Malika-i-Aqdas [Simine Atabay] [Mrs Simine Manley]. b. at Tehran, 15^th February 1926, educ. in Jerusalem, Palestine, in Cairo, Egypt, Summit, New Jersey, the Coll of Wooster (BA 1949), Ohio, and Univ of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California, USA. Employed with I Magnus & Bullocks in LA, and the Protocol Office of the Prime Ministry in Tehran 1971-1978, and served in Iranian delegations to China, Russia, India, Thailand and North Korea. Settled in the USA after the Iranian revolution in 1978. m. (first) at Los Angeles, California, USA, 26^th October 1947, (div. 1957) Kenneth Eugene Hägström(b. at Howard Co, Nebraska, USA, 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, of Lakewood, Colorado, USA, by his first wife, Olga Eugenia Victoria, daughter of Andrew Oakeson, of Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska, USA. m. (second) at Los Angeles, California, USA, 28^th March 1964 (div. there November 1969) Frank Gwilym Manley (b. at Cambridge, 29^th March 1930), educ. Epsom Coll, Epsom Downs, Surrey, and Alabama Polytechnic Inst, Auburn, Alabama, USA, engineering physicist at Auburn Univ, Alabama, naturalized as a US Citizen at Tokyo, Japan 4^th December 1954, son of Dr Frank Horace Manley, MBE, DVM, MVSc, MRCVS, of Buena Vista, Redlands, Califomia, USA, late British Colonial Service and Ministry of Agriculture, sometime Professor of Veterinary Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Alabama Polytechnic Inst, by his wife, Megan, née Evans, sometime professional soprano. She d. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 16^th June 2010, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) John Manouchehr Manley. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 26^th January 1966. Attorney at Law specialising in immigration. Mbr Exec Cttee Immigration Law Section of Los Angeles County Bar Assoc, American Immigration Lawyers Assoc (AILA). Media Liaison for the Southern California Chapter of AILA. Ambassador American Immigration Council in Los Angeles.
    • i) Minou Hägström [Mrs Minou Haggstrom Ball]. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 18^th December 1948. Settled in Laguna Beach, California, USA. Real Estate Agent. m. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 17^th November 1984, Stephen Lee Ball (b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 23^rd April 1943), only son of Theodore [Ted] H. Ball, of San Diego, California, USA, sometime realestate agent and Presdt D an Z Assocs Inc and the De Anza Mobile Home Owners’ Assoc, by his wife, Olga E. Borghesi, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Jed Carlos Camero Ball. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 2^nd October 1987.
      • (1) Bianca Yasmine Ball. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 11^th September 1985. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 2) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Khadija Khanum, Shams ul-Mulk [H.I.H. Princess Shams Maria Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 18^th October 1917 (d/o Taj ul-Mulkeduc. at the Zorastrian Girls’ Sch, and privately at Sa’adabad Palace, Teheran. Hon Presdt Second Congress of Women of the East (Tehran) 1932, Irianian Women’s Circle (Khanum-e Banavan) 1935, and the Red Lion and Sun Org 1948-1979. Hon Mbr UNESCO Cttee for Safeguarding Nubian Monuments 1960. 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), Red Lion and Sun Decoration, Golden Red Cross Order of Merit and Red Cross Golden Special Membership Medal of Japan (3.4.1964), the Order of the October Revolution of the USSR (18.9.1973), Red Cross Medal of Merit of Thailand (16.4.1964), etc. m. (first) at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, in a double wedding with her sister, 3^rd March 1937 (div. September 1941), General H.E. Fereydun Jam, CVO (2.3.1961) (b. at Tabriz, Azerbaijan, 29^th April 1914; m. second, 1943, Firouzeh Kamran, and d. at Holland Park, London, 23^rd May 2008, bur. Brookwood Muslim Cemetery), educ. Reza Shah Sch, Lycee Pasteur, and Iranian Military Acad, Tehran and l’École speciale militaire de St Cyr, Paris, France, cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Imperial Iranian Army 1937, prom Maj-Gen 1961, and Lieut-Gen 1965, Cdt Officers’ Coll, Tehran, Cdr 2^nd Army Corps, prom Gen 1969, Chief of the Supreme Commander’s Staff (COSCS) 1969-1971, Ambassador to Spain 1971-1979, rcvd: the Orders of Humayun 1^st class, Crown of Iran 2^nd class, and Military Merit 1^st class, GC of the Orders of Isabel the Catholic of Spain, and Sword of Sweden (24.11.1971), GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, Hilal-i-Pakistan, Cdr US Legion of Merit, the Order of Tudor Vladimirescu 1^st class of Romania (28.10.1969), etc, elder son of H.E. Mirza Mahmud Khan [Mahmud Jam], Mudir ul-Mulk, sometime Prime Minister and Minister of the Imperial Court, by his wife, Malika Zaman Khanum, daughter of Nawab Ja’afar Quli Khan, of the Najm-i-Sani Nawab family of Shiraz. m. (second) at Cairo, Egypt, 21^st June 1945, H.E. Mehrdad Pahlabod [Ezzatu’llah Minbashian] (b. at Tehran, 16^th March 1917; d. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 99^th August 2018), violinist and music teacher, Di-Gen Dept of Fine Arts 1956, Deputy in the Ministry of Education until 1961, Minister for Culture and the Arts 1964-1978, rcvd: the Orders of Humayun 1^st class, and Crown of Iran 4^th class, Coron Medal (1967) and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals in gold, GC of the Order of Merit of Italy (15.12.1974), etc, he also converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1940s, son of Colonel Nasru’llah 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) Shahbaz Pahlbod. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 28^th September 1946, educ. Marymount Elementary Sch, Los Angeles, California, USA, Ampleforth Coll, North Yorkshire, St Benet’s Hall and The Queen’s Coll, Oxford. Presdt Moonbeam Properties Inc 1995. Dir (Sec) Alltime Records Ltd 2000-2013, etc. Mbr The Ampleforth Soc. m. 11^th January 1969, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Beatrice Anne Pahlabod (b. at St Pancras, London, 5^th September 1947), née Beatrice Anne Boutourline, registered anew in 1961 as Beatrice Anne Boutourline Young following the marriage of her parents, daughter of Dr Harben Jay Boutourline-Young, MRCS, LRCP, MB BS, DCH, MD, MRCP, of Christchurch, New Zealand, sometime Dir of the Harvard-Florence and Harvard-Yale Research Projects, by his wife, Countess Elisabetta Maria Vassilievna Boutourline [Dr Lily Boutourline], MD, only daughter and heiress of Count Vassily Alexandrovitch Boutourline, a descendant of Field Marshal General H.E. Alexander Borisovich, Count Boutourline. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Ardeshir James Basil Pahlabod. b. at Westminster, London, 7^th May 1982, educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex, Waseda Univ (Dipl 2003), Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, and the Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London (BA 2006). Analyst in the Sector Team at Nomura Bank 2006-2007, Corporate Financial Adviser Nomura International plc 2007-2008, Snr Analyst Go4Venture Advisers LLP 2009-2010, Investment Professional UBS Global Asset Management 2010-2014, Dir UBS Investment Bank 2014-2015, Vice-Presdt Platinum Equity since 2015. Chartered Financial Analyst 2013.
    • H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Anahita Marie Claire Pahlabod [Ann Claire Van Shaick Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 1^st July 1973, educ. St Mary’s Sch, Ascot, Berkshire. Actress, singer, songwriter and model.
    • ii) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Mandana Pahlabod [Mandana Pahlabod-Gaulier]. b. at Paddington, London, 9^th October 1976, educ. St Mary’s Sch, Ascot, Berkshire, and Oxford Brookes Univ (BA 1998). Independent designer. Dir Designs Caractere Ltd 2004-2009. m. at Kensington, London, 22^nd October 2004, Pierre Gaulier (b. 3^rd May 1969), Dir Designs Caractere Ltd 2004-2009, MPG Advisory Ltd since 2014.
    • iii) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Mitra Pahlabod. b. at Westminster, London, 11^th June 1978, educ. St Mary’s Sch, Ascot, Berkshire, and Oxford Univ. Trainee Solicitor with Davenport Lyons 2004-2006, Assist Solicitor 2006-2009, Solicitor specialising in IP & Info Tech. Dir Alltime Records Ltd 1993-2013. m. at London, 27^th January 2007, Vasilije Babic (b. at Belgrade, Serbia, 14^th February 1967), educ. Poole Grammar Sch, Dorset, and King’s Coll, Cambridge, Partner at Oliver Wyman 1988-2004, Group Dir Vodafone PLC 2004-2006, Partner at Hanover Investors 2006-2009, in private practice since 2009, Dir V Babic APP Ltd since 2009, son of Stojan Babic, of Broadstone, Dorset, originally from Belgrade, Serbia, by his wife, Branka, daughter of Zivan Stevanovic, of Beli Potok, Serbia. She has issue, two sons:
      • (1) Alexander Vasilije Babic. b. at Paddington, London, 6^th May 2009.
      • (2) Nicholas Vasilije Babic. b. at Oxford, 10^th February 2014.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • b) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahyar Jean Pierre Pahlabod [Shahyar Palabod]. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 21^st July 1949, educ. Marymount Elementary Sch, Los Angeles, California, USA, Ampleforth Coll, North Yorkshire, and The Queen’s Coll, Oxford. Presdt Williams-Roth Inc. Dir Moonbeam Properties Inc 1995. Mbr The Ampleforth Soc. m. (first) at Tehran, 16^th December 1971 (div. there 16^th September 1973), Baroness Ladislaja Maria Karolina von Seyffertitz (b. at Graz, Austria, 8^th September 1950; m. second, at Brussels, Belgium, 2^nd September 1976, Douwe Namna Uninga van Hoytema), 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 the Steirmark, Austria. m. (second) 17^th December 1988, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Ladan Pahlabod (b. 25^th May 1958), educ. Glendale High Sch, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Colls of Law (JD 2000), California, USA, Attorney-at-Law specialising in family law, Snr Partner Law Offices & Mediation Center of Ladan Pahlavi in Woddland Hills, California, née Mojaheed Bakhtiar. He has issue, one son and one daughter by his second wife:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahin Peter Pahlbod. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 29^th June 1989, educ. St Jude Sch, Westlake Village, and the Univ of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • i) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Adelia Lydia Theresa Pahlbod. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 7^th December 1992. Designer.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) ... Jam. b. before 1941.
  • b) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Shahrazad Pahlabod [Sherry Pahlabod Marriott]. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 12^th September 1952, educ. Mount Vernon Coll for Women, Washington DC, USA. m. (first) at the Iranian Embassy, Rome, Italy, 16^th September 1976 (div. at Bexar, Texas, USA, 16^th March 1982), Howard Lay Burris, jnr. (b. 1950), son of Colonel Howard Lay Burris, of San Antonio, Texas, USA, late USAF, sometime Air Force Aide to Presdt. Lyndon B. Johnson, by his wife, Barbara Buchanan Jester Burris, only daughter of Beauford Halbert Jester, of Corsicana, Navarro Co, Texas, sometime Governor of Texas. m. (second) at Pinellas, Florida, USA, 27^th November 1985, as his second wife, John Mathew Marriott (b. at Baltimore, Maryland, 15^th May 1947; d. at Clearwater, Florida, USA, 15^th October 2009), educ. Dunedin High Schm and the Univ of South Florida, sometime broker with The International Gold Bouillon in Miami, realtor in California and an instructor for the Buck Baker Racing Sch at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Mbr Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976-2009, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Citizens Acad, etc, younger son of Kenneth Armistice Marriott, of Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida, and Baltimore, Maryland, USA, sometime NASCAR national champion, by his wife, Jane Frances, elder daughter of Thomas Matthew Hubin, of Towson, Maryland, USA.
• 3) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Zahra Khanum, Ashraf ul-Mulk [H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi]. b. at Hasanabad, Teheran, 26^th October 1919 (twin with H.I.M. Shahanshah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi) (d/o Taj ul-Mulk), educ. at the Zorastrian Girls’ Sch, and privately at Sa’adabad Palace, Teheran. Exiled by Mossadeq 1951-1954, Head of Iranian Delegation to UN General Assembly in New York 1966, 1973, 1974. Chair Oriental Women’s Congress (Tehran) 1932, UN Cmsn on the Status of Women 1965, UN Conference on Human Rights (Tehran) 1968, and UN High Cmsn for Human Rights (New York) 1970. Hon Presdt Red Lion and Sun Org 1944, Women’s Org of Iran (WOI) 1967-1979, and Fndn for Iranian Studies. Presdt High Council of the Women’s Assoc 1958-1966, and the Consultative Cttee International Women’s Year Conference 1975. Deputy Supreme Presdt Imperial Organization for Social Services (IOSS) 1947-1972. Hon Vice-Chair National Cttee for World Literacy 1965-1979. Mbr UN Human Rights Cmsn 1966-1979, UN Cmsn on the Status of Women 1964-1966, UNESCO International Consultative Liaison Cttee for Literacy 1965-1973, UN Assoc of Iran, Imperial Cultural Soc of Iran, etc. Hon Fellow Wadham Coll, Oxford. Hon Dr Brandeis Univ (USA) 1969. Author “Faces in a Mirror: Memoirs from Exile” (1980), “Jamais Resignee” (1981), “Time for Truth” (1995), etc. Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (1957), Knt Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa of Liberia (17.1.1976), Member of the Order of the Star of Ghana (28.1.1976), the Red Flag of Labour of the USSR (21.7.1946). m. (first) at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, in a double wedding with her sister, 3^rd March 1937 (div. 1942), Colonel H.E. Mirza ‘Ali Muhammed Khan Ghavam, Nasir ud-Daula (b. at Shirza, 1911; m. a sister of H.E. Amir Asadu’llah Alam, GCMG), educ. American Univ of Beirut, Lebanon, Bristol Univ, and the Military Officers’ Acad, Tehran, Assist Military 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, Mahine KhanumFakhr us-Sultana, daughter of Brigadier H.E. Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, Nasir ud-Daula, sometime Ilkhani of the Khamseh tribe of Fars. m. (second) at Cairo, Egypt (nikah) and Tehran (zifaf), 16th March 1944 (div. 1959) (Sahib ul-Izza) Ahmad Shafiq Bey [Ahmed Chafik] (b. 21^st September 1911; m. second, Deloris Pianezzola, an Italian national, and d. from cancer, at Tehran, 1976, bur. there), Dir-Gen of Civil Aviation, Dir Air Taxi Co 1958-1969, MD of Pars Air Co (PAC) 1969-1979, rcvd: GO of the Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands, etc, son of H.E. (Hazrat Sahib ul-Ma’ali) Ahmad Shafiq Pasha, MVO, sometime Minister of the Khedivial Court of Egypt, by his wife, Aziza Khanum, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Hazrat Sahib ul-Sa’ada) Rashid Raqib Pasha. m. (third) at the Iranian Embassy, Paris, France, 5^th June 1960, Dr Mehdi Bushehri (b. at Shiraz, Fars, 1916), educ. Univ of Paris Sorbonne (LLD), Paris, France, sometime Dir Maison d’Iran in Paris, rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1^st class, Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversary (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, etc, son of Husain Bushehri. She d. at Monte Carlo, 7^th January 2016, having 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 Nia [Prince Chahram Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 18^th April 1940 (s/o ‘Ali Ghavam), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland and Harvard Univ, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Dir D’Arros Land Development (Liechtenstein) 1975 and D’Arros Development Ltd (Seychelles) 1977. m. (first) at Tehran, 17^th August 1965, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Niloufar Pahlavi (b. 1950), Mbr Axis Mundi Fndn (Geneva) 2011, daughter of Mahmud Afshar, by his wife, Fatima Khanum. m. (second) 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. Amir 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 had issue, two sons:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Cyrus Nia Pahlavi [Sirus Pahlavi-nia]. b. at Tehran, 29^th September 1966(s/o Niloufar), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland, and Parsons Sch of Art & Design, Paris France. Artist and painter. Dir First Line Entertainment. m. H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Anna Pahlavi (b. in the Ukraine), educ. Parsons Sch of Art & Design, Paris France, Founder & Dir of Earth Gallery, née Anna Polozhyntseva, a Russian national. He has issue, a son:
      • (1) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Cameron Nikolai E Pahlavi. b. at Camden, London, 2006.
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Amir Ibrahim Alam Pahlavi. b. at Lambeth, London, 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, 10^th March 1983), educ. Univ of Technology for Aviation, and the Method Centre, London, fashion model and television actress.
  • b) Captain H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Shahriar Mustafa Shafiq [Shahryar Mustapha Chafik-nia]. b. Rabat, Morocco, 15^th March 1945 (s/o Ahmed Chafik), educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland, Britannia RNC, Dartmouth, Devon, Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas, and US Army War Coll, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. Cmsnd as Sub-Lieut IIN 1963, Cdr Imperial Iranian Marine Commandos 1971-1972, Governor and cdr Kharg Island, 2^nd-in-cmnd Bandar ‘Abbas Naval Base 1977-1979. Presdt “Iran-e Azad” 1979. Rcvd: the Order of the Crown of Iran 4^th class, the Order of Service in silver, Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversary (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, etc. m. at the Iranian Embassy, Paris, France, June 1965, Maryam Françoise Chafik [Mrs Maryam Françoise Jalal] (b. 5^th April 1946; m. third, Jalal Afshar), educ. Switzerland, Trustee Spriritual Assembly of the Bahais of Pasadena, former wife of H.I.H. Prince Mahmud Reza Pahlavi, daughter of H.E. Dr Manouchehr Eghbal, sometime Prime Minister and Chair Iranian National Oil Co, by his French wife, Alice Riviyer. He was k. (assassinated) outside Villa Dupont, Rue Pergolese, 16^th arrondissement, Paris, France, 7^th December 1979, having had issue, two sons:
    • i) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Nader Chafik. b. at Westminster, London, 15^th March 1967, educ. Univ of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), California, USA. Settled in Atlanta, Georgia. Mngr Institutional FP&A at Invesco PLC, Marketing Finance Mngr at E Trade Financial Corp, Snr Mngr (Strategy & Development) E Trade Financial Corp. m. (first) at New York City, USA, 19^th May 1995 (div. 2001), Roshanak Malek (b. 30^th November 1967), daughter of Ahmad Malek, of New York, USA, by his wife, Soudabeh. m. (second) at the Karapan Estate, Islamorada, Florida, USA, 30^th April 2005, Catherine Moore Wannamaker [H.H. Princess Catherine Chafik] (b. at Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, 23^rd November 1974), daughter of Francis [Frank] Marion Wannamaker, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA, by his wife, Catherine Horger Wannamaker, daughter of The Hon Charlton Bowen Horger, Snr, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, sometime Attorney-at-Law and MHR of South Carolina. He has issue, one daughter by his first wife:
      • (1) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Sarvi Chafik.
    • ii) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Dara Shafiq [Dr Dara Chafik]. b. at Tehran, 20^th June 1968, educ. Aragon High Sch, San Mateo, California, Princeton Univ (BA), New Jersey, and Harvard Univ (Ph.D. 1992), Cambridge, Massachusetts, Univ of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (MD 2003), California, and Washington Univ Sch of Medicine, USA. Resident Surgeon at UCLA Orthopaedic Hospital 2007-2008, Orthopaedic Surgeon at the SW Shoulder Elbow & Hand Center, Tucson, Arizona, affiliate at Northwest Medical Center and Oro Valley Hospital. Author of “Middle Eastern Medicine and the Heart: an historical enquiry” (2003). Mbr American Brd of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Acad of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Assoc of North America, Tucson Jewish Community Center 2010, etc. m. 9^th June 2007, Charmaine Ann Lewis [H.H. Princess Charmaine Chafik] (b. 12^th December 1969), a lady of Jamaican origin, Mbr Tucson Jewish Community Center 2010. He has issue, two sons.
  • a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Azadah Pahlavi-Shafiq [Azadeh Chafik-nia]. b. 1950 (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), interior designer. m. (second) a former Iranian military officer. She d. from leukemia at a hospice in New York, USA, 23^rd February, 2011, having had issue, one son by her first husband:
    • i) Kamran Farshad Abbas Vahid-Pahlavi [Cameron Pahlavi]. b. at Tehran, 15^th June 1973, educ. Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland. Dir Beekman Aircraft Parts 2006, and Account Dir with Global Wine & Spirit Imports (GWSI) in New York. Dir Lions Wines New York (LWNY) LLC (Clifornia) 2010-2013, Kavp Investments LLC 2011, Poptails LLC (California) 2011, and AKS Entertainment Ltd (UK) 2012-2014, Darkfleen Holding Ltd (Cyprus) 2013, Likam Consulting LLC (New York) 2014, etc. Presdt Pahlavi SC (France) since 2004, Dhavala Fndn (Clifornia) 2010, Aerius AM (France) 2010, and Earth Gallery Paris (France) since 2015.
• 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. Anushiravan Dadgar Girls’ Sch, Tehran, in Beirut, Lebanon, in Mauritius, Washington High Sch, Washington DC, USA, and Tehran Univ. Presdt Brd of Trustees of Univ of Isfahan, the Tehran Botanical Gardens, and the Univ of Technology. 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 the Municipal offices, Civita Vecchia, Italy, 13^th April 1950 (civil) and at the Iranian Embassy, Paris, France, 10^th May 1950 (relig.) (div. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 26^th July 1959) Vincent Lee Hillyer (b. at Augusta, Butler, Kansas, USA, 31^st August 1925; m. second, at Hotel Bel-Air, California, USA, 25^th October 1960 (div. August 1966), Camilla Milly Vitale, and d. at Los Banos, Merced Co, California, USA, 7^th July 1999, having had further issue, two sons), educ. Univ of California, Berkeley (BA), California, USA, businessman and company dir, he took the name of ‘Ali Agha on his conversion to Islam in 1950, son of Dr Le Roy Hillyer, of Los Banos, Merced Co, California, USA, by his wife, Ruth Mary, daughter of Dr D’Orr Gunnell Poynter, MD, of Altadena, Los Angeles Co, California, USA. m. (second) at Teheran, 22^nd November 1959, as his second wife, General H.E. Muhammad Amir Khatami, CVO (2.3.1961) (b. at Rasht, Gilan, 1918; d. in a hang-gliding accident at Dezful, Khuzestan, 14^th September 1975, bur. Reza Shah Mausoleum, Ray), educ. the American Coll of Tehran (later Alborz Coll), Officers’ Training Coll, Tehran, RAF Coll, Cranwell, Lincolnshire, cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut IIAF 1939, Air ADC to Muhammad Reza Shah, Pilot to the Shah 1946-1953, prom Col 1953, Chief Pilot to the Shah 1953-1958, prom Brig-Gen 1957, COS IIAF 1957-1958, C-in-C IIAF 1958-1975, Chair High Aviation Council 1963, Presdt Iran National Airlines Corp (IRANAIR) 1964-1968, Chair Air Taxi Co 1958-1965, MAC 1968, rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1^st class, the Orders of the Crown of Persia 3^rd class, Merit (Nishan-i-Liaqat) 1^st class, Glory (Nishan-i-Iftikhar) 1^st class, Knowledge (Nishan-i-Danesh) 2^nd class, Rastakhiz Decoration 1^st class, the Order of Honour (Nishan-i-Kidmat), the Police Order (Nishan-i-Pas), 28^th Amorded (Nishan-i-Ghiyam Melli) (1953), Coron (26.10.1967), 25^th Anniversay (14.10.1971), and 2,500 Anniversary (15.10.1971) medals, GC of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (21.10.1965), etc, son of H.E. Mirza Mahmud Khatami, Amir ul-Ijlal, by his wife, Sayyida Fatima Khanum, daughter of H.E. Aga Mirza Sayyid Abu’l Qasim, sometime Imam-i-Jum’a of Tehran. She d. from colon cancer, at Westminster, London, 27^th 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 [Keyvan Pahlavinia]. b. at Santa Monica, California, USA, 12^th May 1952 (s/o Vincent Hillyer). Painter. m. (first) at Douglas, Nevada, USA, 11^th May 1974 (div. at Los Angeles, California, USA, March 1976) Helen Diane Hill. m. (second) 1976 (div.) Mahasti Sahebdivani (b. in Iran, 18^th September 1958), Presdt Donya Inc. m. (third) at Los Angeles, California, USA, 3^rd July 1984, Heideh Farah Hillyer [Heidi Hillyer] (b. in Iran, 26^th September 1957). He had issue, one son by his second wife and two sons by his third wife:
    • i) Dr Shahab Pahlavinia Hillyer. b. at London, 30^th August 1978 (s/o Mahasti), educ. Calabasas High Sch, Calabasas, California, Georgia State Univ (BSc 1999), Atlanta, Georgia, and Univ of Texas, Galveston (MD 2004), Texas, USA. Resident Urologist at Brookdale Univ Hospital & Medical Center 2004-2010, Fellow in Robotics and Advanced Laproscopic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio 2010-2012, Urologist Kaiser Permanante in Bakersville, California since 2012. Principal Shahab Hillyer Enterprises Inc since 2014. m. at Bakersville, California, USA, 21^st March 2015, Dr Vani T. Dasu (b. 13^th June 1982), educ. Univ of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences/Coll of Osteopathic Medicine (DO 2009), Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Anesthesiologist, Principal Vani Dasu, D.O., Inc since 2015, daughter of Dr Madhavarao S Dasu [Mike Dasu], of Canfield, Ohio, USA, by his wife, Bonnie Roble Dasu, third daughter of Alexander T. Roble, of Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA.
    • ii) Shahyar Pahlavi Hillyer [Sean Hillyer]. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 3^rd July 1989 (s/o Heideh), educ. Los Angeles Pierce Coll, Woodland Hills, and California State Univ (BSc Accountancy 2012), Northridge, California, USA, Certified Public Accountant 2014, Assurance Mngr BDO USA LLP 2013, Snr in Financial Services Office of Ernst & Young LLP 2018. Mbr AICPA 2014. m. (first) 20^th May 2013 (div.), Moriah Dawn Cawley (b. at Orange, California, USA, 31^st March 1992), educ. California State Univ, Camarillo, California, USA, PM Teacher at Valley Presbytarian Preschool since 2015, daughter of Reginald Edward Cawley, of Corona, California, USA. m. (second) January 2019, Reanna Hillyer, educ. The Colls of Law, Santa Barbara, California, USA, attorney.
    • iii) Kaveh Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 17^th January 1992 (s/o Heideh), educ. El Camino Real High Sch, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • b) Darius Pahlavi Hillyer [Daryush Pahlavi-nia]. b. 9^th March 1957 (s/o Vincent Hillyer). Settled in Tusla, Oaklahoma. m. 30^th December 1979 (div.), Hali Lynn McCallum-Materne (b. 30^th July 1961; m. second, June 1987, Joseph Materne, 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. Employed with Tulsa City Stormwater Dept. Mbr Tusla Rugby Football Club.
    • ii) Jacob Michael Pahlavi Hillyer. b. at Loma Linda, California, 11^th March 1982, educ. Jenks High Sch, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Marketing Ops Mngr Jason’s Deli in Charlotte, North Carolina 2007-2011, Gen Mngr Da Bears Den 2011-2012, Bartender Cathode Azure Club 2012-2015, Gen Mngr Bartenders Plus of Charlotte since 2015.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • c) H.H. Prince (Vala Gohar) Kambiz Khatami. b. 12^th November 1961 (s/o Muhammad Khatami), educ. Harrow Sch, Middlesex. Proprietor of Elmstone Farm, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent. Patron The Hope Centre (London). m. at London, 19^th April 1987, H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Nazak Khatami, Dir & Sec of Dr Fabian Stein & Co Ltd 2000-2005, Patron The Hope Centre (London), daughter of Mohammed H. Hashempour, of Cobham, Surrey, by his wife, Fatima Khanum. 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), educ. Wellesley House Sch, Broadstairs, Kent, and ... Univ (BA).
  • 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).