H.I.M. Fath ‘Ali Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, had further issue:
4) Field Marshal H.I.H. Shahzada ‘Abbas Mirza, Qahramanul-Mulk,Nai'bus-Sultana, Crown Prince of Persia, had further issue:
o) H.R.H. Shahzada Firuz Firuz Mirza, Farman Farma (cre. 1884), Nuzratud-Daula. b. 1819, educ. privately. Governor-General of Fars 1835-1836 and 1850-1853, Azerbaijan 1837-1850 and Khorasan 1867 and 1871, Governor of Kerman 1836-1837 and 1880-1882, Tehran 1859-1860, Persian Iraq 1857 and 1875, and the Central Province 1876-1879, Vizier of Azerbaijan 1867-1868, Mbr Supreme Council of State 1858-1859, Minister for War 1868-1871 and 1873-1874. Rcvd: the Decoration of the Imperial Portrait 1st class, the Order of the Lion and Sun 1st class (mil), GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1873), etc. m. several wives including (second) 1853, H.R.H. Shahzadi Hajjah Homa Khanum, widow of H.R.H. Shahzada Qahraman Mirza, and daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Bahman Mirza, Intiqam ul-Mulk,Bahaud-Daula, sometime Governor of Kashan, Yazd and Simnan, by his Caucasian wife. He d. at Tehran, 4th April 1886, having had issue, four sons and four daughters:
i) H.H. Shahzada … Mirza, Muhavarud-Daula.
ii) H.H. Shahzada Qahraman Mirza, Amirud-Daula.
iii) H.H. Shahzada Sultan ‘Abdu’l Hamid Mirza, Nasirud-Daula. Governor of Kerman 1880-1892 and of Persian Baluchistan 1886-1892. m. Hajiya Homa Khanum (m. second 1892, ‘Abu’l Razaq Khan, Rukn ul-Mamalik). He d. a few days after contracting plague (or diphtheria) while on circuit in Baluchistan, before 29th April 1891 (bur. Kerman), having had issue, one son:
(1) Major-General H.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’l Majid Mirza [Prince Abdol Majid Firuze], Nasir ud-Daula (cre. 1892). b. posthumously at Kerman, 1892, educ. l’École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, Paris, France. Minister for Roads and Communications 1932-1933, cdr IIAF and Head of the Legal Dept 1942-1943, prom Maj-Gen 1942, Inspector Ministry of War 1943-1944, retd. 1944.
iv) Field Marshal H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Husain Mirza, FarmanFarma (cre. 1892), GCMG (6.5.1916). b. at Tehran, 1858 (s/o Hajjah Homa Khanum), educ. Austrian Military Acad, Tehran. Styled Nuzratud-Daula 1884-1892. Cmsnd into the Austrian Corps 1880, prom Col 1881, Treasurer at Tabriz 1884, prom Maj-Gen 1885, cdr of Gendarmerie in Azerbaijan 1885-1892, prom Lt-Gen 1891, Governor of Kerman & Baluchistan 1892-1894 and 1895-1897, Governor of Urumiya and Khoi & C-in-C Azerbaijan 1894-1895, C-in-C and Minister for War 1897-1898, Governor-General of Fars 1898-1899, exiled to Egypt and Baghdad 1899-1903, Governor of Kermanshah 1903-1906, of Burjund and Luristan 1904-1906, Kerman 1906-1907, Tabriz 1911 and of Kermanshah 1913-1914, Minister for Justice 1907 & 1909, Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1907-1909 and of Fars 1916-1921, Minister for the Interior 1909, 1910 and 1915, for War 1910-1911, Prime Minister 1915-1916, imprisoned by Reza Shah Pahlavi 1921 and subsequently placed under surveilance. Rcvd: the Decoration of the Imperial Portrait 1st class (1915), the Nishan-i-Aqdas 1st class, 2nd degree (1915), and the Order of the Lion and Sun 1st class (mil). m. (first) at Tabriz, 1886, H.I.H. Shahzadi Fatima Khanum, ‘Izzat ud-Daula [Umm ul-Khakan] (b. at Tabriz, 1873; d. at Tehran, 1955), fourth daughter of H.I.M. Muzaffar ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG, by his first wife, H.H. Tajul-Mulk, Ummul-Khakan, eldest daughter of Field Marshal H.S.H. Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan-e Farahani, Amir-i-Kabir, sometime Prime Minister and C-in-C of the Army. m. (second) at Tabriz, 1907 (div.), Mah Begum Khanum Kord (b. 1892; m. second, Haji Mirza Javad Aga Tabrizi, and d. at Tehran, 1915), daughter of Amir Mukri Khan-e Kord, a Kurdish chieftain. m. (third) at Tehran, 1911, Masuma Khanum [Massoumeh Nourmohaujdi Farman-Farmaian] (b. at Tehran, 1898; d. there, November 1978), eldest daughter of Aga Jan Tafreshi, sometime Steward to Prince FarmanFarma. m. (fourth) at Kermanshah, 1912, Batul Khanum I (b. at Kermanshah, 1897; d. at Tehran, 1975), of the Ahshami family, elder sister of H.E. Mirza ‘Ali Reza Khan, It’izad us-Sultan. m. (fifth) at Shiraz, Fars, 1916, Fatima Begum [Fatemah Farmayan](b. at Tehran, 1900; d. there, 1984), daughter of Sayyid ‘Ali Naqi Shirazi. m. (sixth) Akhtar Zaman Khanum (b. 1906; d. at Tehran, 1979), of the Hormozian family. m. (seventh) at Tehran, 12th July 1926, Hamdam Khanum (b. 1913; d. at Tehran, 1969), of the Talai family. m. (eigth) at Tehran, 1939, Batul Khanum II (b. 1909; d. at Tehran, 1997), a former nurse from the Khizar Dost family. m. (ninth) Jamila, daughter of Zainal Abidin, of Karbala, Iraq. He d. at Reswanieh, Shemiran, Tehran, 22nd November 1939 (bur. Shrine of Imamzada ‘Abdu’l ‘Azim, Rey), having had issue, forty-seven children including twenty-five sons and thirteen daughters who survived infancy (ancestor of the Farmanfarmaian family):
(1) H.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza, Nuzrat ud-Daula (cre. 1892), GCMG (31.10.1919). b. 1889 (s/o ‘Izzat), educ. St Joseph’s Coll, Beirut, Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France, American Univ of Beirut, Lebanon, and the Univ of the Sorbonne, Paris, France. Governor of Kerman 1907, Under-Sec for Justice 1915-1916, Minister for Justice 1916-1917, 1918-1919 and 1925, Governor of Hamadan and Kermanshah 1918, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1919-1921, Governor-General of Fars 1923-1924, Minister for Finance 1927-1929, imprisoned by Reza Shah Pahlavi 1921 and 1929-1930, Deputy for Kermanshah in the 4th, 5th and 6th Majlis. Author of “Le sultanat d’Omân: étude d’histoire diplomatique et de droit international” (1914). Rcvd: the Order of the Lion & Sun 1st class, the Order of Arts & Science, the Imperial Order of Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) of Turkey 1st class of Turkey, etc. m. (first) 1905 (div. 1908) his first cousin, Amina Khanum, Daftarul-Mulk (b. before 10th October 1885; m. second, H.I.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Fazil Mirza, Azudus-Sultan), only daughter of H.E. Mirza Hidayatu’llah Khan, sometime Minister for Finance, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Najmus-Sultana, younger daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza, Nuzrat ud-Daula (see above). m. (second) 1908 (div.) Akram ul-Mulk, eldest daughter of ... Barzin. He d. at Semnan, January 1938 (presumed k. on the orders of Reza Shah Pahlavi), having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Muzaffar Mirza [Prince Mozaffar Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 6th August 1906 (s/o Daftar), educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx, and Cambridge Univ (LLD 1927). Barr-at-Law 1927, Sec Iranian Embassy in Washington DC 1928-1930, represented Iran at the International Aeronautical conference 1928, Owner and Editor of the newspaper ‘Ra’d-i-Imruz’ 1942-1945, Under-Sec (Political) in the PM’s Office and Dir-Gen of Propaganda 1946, Minister for Labour 1946, Ambassador to the USSR 1946-1947. m. 1937, H.H. Shahzadi Mahindokht Khanum [Mahine Dokht Dowlatshahi Firuz], (b. at Tehran, 25th November 1919), educ. Zorastrian and American High Schs, Tehran. Author of “Zendegi-ye siﾄ《i-e Mozaffar Firuz” (2001), second daughter of H.H. Shahzada Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza, Mishkatud-Daula, by his wife, Akhtar ul-Mulk, daughter of H.E. Hidayat Quli Khan, I’tizad ul-Mulk. He d. at Paris, France, 7th April 1988, having had issue, an only daughter:
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Vida Khanum [Princess Vida Firouz]. b. 1939.
(b) H.H. Shahzada Iraj Mirza [Iradj Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 21st April 1922. He d. at San Francisco, California, USA, 28th November 1994, having had issue, one daughter:
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Atessa Madeleine Khanum [Atessa Firouz Pétermann]. b. 5th March 1956, educ. Coll. Beau-Soleil, Villars-sur-Ollon, and Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland (dipl. Sociology). Sociologist, sophrologist, physical trainer and squash coach. Mbr. Assoc. Suisse des Sophrologues Agréés. m. ... Pétermann. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
(c) H.H. Shahzada Shahrukh Mirza [H.E. Shahroukh Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 1925 (s/o Akram), educ. Tehran Univ, and London Sch of Economics (LSE), London. Mngr Iran Industry & Mines Development Centre 1956-1960, Dir Khuzestan Dvpt Org, Deputy Minister for Industry, Ambassador to Nigeria and Ghana 1974-1977. m. NAiba Khanum [Naybeh Kashanski], daughter of Hassan Kayashian, by his wife, Zahra Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Soudavar [Kashanski]. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza [Firouz Firouz]. b. 1954, educ. Inst Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland, and Pratt Inst, New York, USA (BA). Architect. Partner Firouz Firouz & Assocs. m. 1983, Maria Luisa del Valle y Perez. He had issue, one son:
1. H.H. Shahzada Firdaus Mirza [Ferdos Firouz].
(ii) H.H. Shahzada Fereydoun Mirza [Fereydoun Firouz]. b. 1964, educ. George Washington Univ, Washington DC (B.Sc.) and the F. W. Olin Graduate Sch of Business, Babson Coll, Massachusetts, USA. Joined the Serono Group 1989, Government Affairs Assoc. in Washington DC 1989-1991, and served as Dir, and VP in Greece, Turkey, Israel, Central Europe and the Middle East, Vice-Presdt (Latin America) Serono SA 1998-2001, Exec Vice-Presdt for Reproductive Health North America 2001-2003, Presdt Serono Inc (USA) since 2003. Mahour Patron Butimar Productions. m. Charlotte Azadeh. He has issue, a daughter:
1. H.H. Shahzadi Charlotte Azadeh Khanum [Charlotte Azadeh Firouz].
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Mastaneh Khanum [Mastaneh Firouz]. b. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 12th April 1950. m. Alain Notz (b. ca. 1955; d. 1990). No issue.
(ii) H.H. Shahzadi Afsana Khanum [Afsaneh Firouz-Ardalan]. b. 1958. Museum Curator, Calderwood Intern at the Harvard Univ Art Museum 2002-2004. m. 1982, Jahangir [Djahanguir] Ardalan (b. 1958), only son of Ahmad Ardalan, by his wife, Gabrielle Ardalan-Brawand, of Pully, Switzerland. She has issue, two sons:
1. Ard Ardalan. b. 1990.
2. Guiv Ardalan. b. 1993.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Leila Khanum [Lili Firouz] (s/o Akram). m. Houshang Nayer-Nouri. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
(2) Lieutenant-General H.H. Shahzada ‘Abbas Mirza, Salar-i-Lashkar. b. at Tabriz, 1890 (s/o ‘Izzat), educ. St Joseph’s Coll, Beirut, Lebanon, Harrow Sch, Mdsx, RMA Sandhurst, and Univ of Liege, Belgium. Served briefly with Chasseurs Alpins of the French Army 1908-1909, Mbr Persian Delegation to the Coronation of George V 1911, c/o Nahavand and Farahan Btns, Governor of Hamadan 1915-1916 and Astarabad 1918, actg Minister for War in the Provisional Govt 1916-1917, Governor-General of Kermanshah 1918-1919, Under-Sec for War and Presdt Anglo-Persian Military Comsn 1919, Minister for Justice 1920, and Commerce & Public Welfare 1920-1921, Mbr 5th, 6th and 7th Majlis, Vice-Presdt of the Majlis 1930. Author of “One Year in the French Army” (1910) and “History of the war in Mesopotamia (1914–1918)”, and translator of “The Relationship of Napoleon and Persia” (1911). Rcvd: George V Coron Medal (1911). m. at Tehran, before 30th May 1911, Zahra Khanum, ‘Izzatus-Sultana, daughter of H.E. Reza Quli Khan [Reza-Gholi Nezam Mafi], Nizamus-Sultana, sometime Governor-General of Fars. He d. from stomach cancer, at Berlin, Germany, 1935, having had issue, two sons and four daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Bahram Mirza [Bahram Farmanfarmaian]. b. 1926, educ. Univ of Michigan and Pennsylvania (BA and BA (Econ.). Joined Ministry of the Interior, Assist to the Governor-General Azerbaijan, Dir-Gen of City Development, Dir-Gen for Provincial Affairs 1969. m. (first) Bibi Bilqis Khanum (b. at Birjend; d. by suicide at Tabriz, 1960), youngest daughter of H.E. Amir Muhammad Ibrahim Alam, Shaukat ul-Mulk, CIE, sometime Governor-General of Fars and Minister for Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones, by his fourth wife, a daughter of Brigadier-General Amir Parviz Khan Khozeimah. m. (second) Nuzhat Khanum [Ru’ya], daughter of his maternal uncle, Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan Nizam Mafi, by his wife, Fatima Khanum. m. (third) Mitra Afkhami. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
(b) H.H. Shahzada Bahman Mirza [Bahman Farmanfarmaian]. b. 26th May 1934, educ. International Sch of Geneva, Switzerland. Co-editor of “Az Roozegar Rafteh Hekayat” (2003). m. (first) Munir Khanum, from the Kafa’i family. m. (second) Muzhdah Khanum from the Seif Amir Hosseini family. He d. at Collonge-Bellerive, Geneva, Switzerland, 4th October 2012 (remm. there at the Centre Funéraire de Saint-Georges, having issue, one daughter:
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Sahar Khanum Farmanfarmaian. b. 1974. Settled in New York, USA. Film producer and director. m. and has issue, one daughter.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Homa Khanum. b. 1914. m. ‘Ali Ettehadieh (b. at Tabriz, 1901; d. at Paris, France, 2000), son of Rahim Ettehadieh, by his wife, Fatima Khanum, née Oskouy. She had issue, two sons and two daughters.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Tajul-Mulk [Taj Almoluk]. b. at Tehran, 1915. m. Murteza Khonsari. She d. at the American Hospital, Neuilly, France, 4th January 2002, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
(c) H.H. Shahzadi ‘Izzat ul-Mulk [Ezzat Almoluk]. b. at Tehran, 21st December 1920, educ. Jeanne d’Arc Coll, Tehran, and Sch of Physical Education, London. General Sec & Adviser Council of Physical Education for Girls and Women 1940-1979, Vice-Presdt International Assoc of Physical Education and Sports for Girls and Women 1969-1977. Represented Iran at the Olympic Games in 1964, 1972 and 1976. Mbr Iranian Organization of Physical Education and Sports, World Arabian Horse Org, Rendez Vous Haute Montagne, etc. Rcvd: Medal for Physical Education and Sports (1955). m. 15th December 1938, Mirza Mahdi Khan Pirnia, son of H.S.H. Mirza Hasan Khan Pirnia, Mushir ud-Daula, GCMG, sometime Prime Minister, by his wife, Fatima Khanum, Shukoh-i-Uzma, daughter of Major-General H.H. Amir Ahmad Khan-e Qajar Devehlu, ‘Ala ud-Daula, sometime Governor-General of Kuzistan and Fars. She had issue, one son.
(d) H.H. Shahzadi Mehri-dokht Khanum. m. Asghar Emami (d. 1999). She had issue, three sons.
(3) H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Vali Mirza [Prince Muhammad Vali Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tabriz, before 21st March 1891 (s/o ‘Izzat), educ. St Joseph’s Coll, and the American Univ of Beirut, Lebanon, and in Paris, France. Financial Agent at Tabriz 1915-1917, Deputy for Tabriz 4th, 5th, and 6th Majlis 1917-1931 and Deputy for Sarab in 13th 1941-1943 and 14th Majlis 1943-1947, Head of Finance Dept at Tabriz 1945-1946, Presdt Caspian Fisheries Brd 1946, Minister for Labour and Propaganda 1946. Settled in Switzerland after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Trustee of the Muhammad Vali Farmanfarmaian Endowment for Hospitals and Clinics in Tehran. Author of “Az Roozegar Rafteh Hekayat” (posth 2003). m. Shams ul-Zafar [Shamsfar Farman-Farmaian] (b. 21st March 1910; d. at Tehran, 13th November 2005), daughter of H.E. Mirza Yusuf Khan Adl, Mukarram ul-Mulk, sometime Nai’b ul-Iyala of Azerbaijan. He d. at Geneva, Switzerland, 28th June 1988, having had issue, two daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Sa’idah Khanum [Saideh Farmanfarmaian]. m. and had issue, three children.
(4) Lieutenant-General H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Husain Mirza, Majd us-Sultana, KCVO (20.2.1919) [Prince Muhammad Husain Firuz]. b. at Tabriz 1893 (s/o ‘Izzat), educ. École Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium, Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France, Corps de Pages and the Imperial Military Acad, Petrograd. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Persian Gendarmerie 1911, cmsnd into the Emperor’s Own Hussar Regt in the Russian Army 1915, prom Capt 1916, prom Maj 1918, served during the Great War but returned to Persia after the Russian revolution and joined Persian Army 1918, ADC to Ahmad Shah 1918-1919, Cdt Gendarmerie at Mashhad 1919-1921, prom Lt-Col 1921, Chief of Topographial Sectn of General Staff 1921-1922, COS Southern Dvsn 1922-1923, Brig cdg at Isfahan 1923-1924, and Shiraz 1924-1927, attended Indian Army manoeuvres 1925, cdr.of the forces sent against the Lurs 1926, COS Southern Dvsn 1926-1927, cdr of the forces sent against the Qashqai 1929, resig and went into voluntary exile in Europe 1929, Inspector of Cavalry 1941-1942, Chief of military mission to India 1942, Governor-General of Fars and GOC 6th (Southern) Dvsn 1942-1943 and 1944-1945, prom Maj-Gen 1942, Chief of military mission to the North African front 1943, C-in-C IIAF 1943-1944, prom Lieut-Gen 1944, Insp-Gen No. 5 (Kurdistan) Military Dist 1945, Minister for Roads & Communications 1945-1946, Insp-Gen Eastern Forces (Khorasan & Kerman) 1946-1947, Chief Inspector Ordnance Stores 1946-1947, Head of delegation to the civil aviation conference in Ottawa 1947, Insp-Gen IIAF 1947. Rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1st class, GC of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1919), GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. October 1925, Safiya Khanum [Princess Sophia Firouz] (b. at Hong Kong, 13th March 1906; d. at Paris, France, 21st March 1990), Chair Iranian Council of Women 1943, Women’s Co-op Assoc of Tehran, Social Works Council of Women Workers, Deputy Chair International Union of Women, etc., daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan Nemazi. He d. 1983, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Iskandar Iskandar Mirza [Eskander Firouz]. b. at Shiraz, 1926, educ. Yale Univ, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Consulting Engineer Karaj Dam Project to 1956, Deputy 19th Majlis 1956-1957, Presdt Iran-Khalij Co 1957, Treasurer Iran Game Council 1965-1967, Chief Superviser Iran Game Council (later Environmental Protection Agency) 1967-1971, Dir Dept of Game & Fisheries 1971-1972, Under-Sec Ministry of Agriculture 1972-1975, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Ecology & Dir Dept of the Environment 1975-1977. Vice-Chair UN Environmental Conference (Stockholm) 1972. Vice-Presdt Brd of Trustees of Environmental Protection Union (IUCN) 1975-1976 and World Wildlife Fund for Nature 1975-1976. Sec-Gen Iranian Botanical Inst 1971-1978. Hon Mbr Fauna Preservation Soc 1979. Author of “The Complete Fauna of Iran” (2005). m. Iran Khanum, daughter of H.E. Mirza Husain Khan, Mu’inul-Vizara [Hosein Ala], GCVO, CMG, sometime Prime Minister and Minister of the Imperial Court, by his wife, the daughter of Major-General H.H. Abu’l Qasim Khan Qarazuglu, Nasirul-Mulk, GCMG, sometime Regent of Persia. He had issue, two daughters:
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Azar Khanum [Azar Firouz-Dailami]. b. at Tehran, 1949, educ. Iranzamin High Sch, Tehran, and Boston Univ (MA 1986), Massachusetts, USA. m. Mansoor Dailami (b. 1950). She has issue, two daughters:
1. Atissa L Dailami.
2. Mina Dailami.
(ii) H.H. Shahzadi Azar Anahita Khanum [Anahita Firouz Radjy] [Homa]. b. at Tehran, 8th August 1953, educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, and Boston Univ (BSc 1974, MSc 1975), Massachusetts, USA. Producer and Interviewer with Iranian Nattional TV until 1979, settled in the USA 1982, Instructor in Contemporary Fiction at the Univ of Pittsburg 2003, Snr Vice-Presdt Pittsburgh Middle East Inst (PMEI) 2007-2011. Mbr Alliance Francaise de Pittsburgh. Author of “In the Walled Garden” (2002). m. at Tehran, 30th April 1979, Farrokh Fariborz Radjy (b. 1940), educ. The Technical Univ of Denmark, Presdt Digital Site Systems Inc, Mbr American Soc of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Inst, Alliance Francaise de Pittsburgh, etc. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
(b) H.H. Shahzada Nersi Mirza [Narcy Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 1928, educ. Germany, St Joseph’s Coll, Beirut, Lebanon, Lawrenceville Sch, Princeton, New Jersey, Yale Univ (B.Eng.), New Haven, Connecticut, and Univ of Wisconsin (MSc), Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Engineer with General Electric and Morrison & Knodson Coys, Chief Engineer Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz, Exec Dir Firouz Construction Co. Imprisoned by the Ayotollah regime 1979-1980. m. at Hidden Springs, Fairfax, Virginia, 2nd February 1957, Louise Elizabeth [Mrs Louise Laylin Firouz] (b. at Great Falls, Virginia, USA, 24th December 1933; d. from a gastric haemorrhage, at Golestan, Iran, 25th May 1908, bur. Ghara Tepe Sheikh), educ. Kendall Hall Sch, New Hampshire, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, New York USA, and the American Univ of Beirut (BA 1956), Lebanon, tour guide and rescuer of the rare breed of Caspian horses, founder and MD of the Norouzabad Equestrian Centre, Mbr Royal Horse Soc of Iran, The Caspian Horse Soc of America, etc, elder daughter of John Gallup Laylin, Snr, attorney, sometime Partner Covington Burling LLC, by his first wife, Dorothy Adams Lewis. He d. in Iran, May 1994, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Caren Mirza [Caren Firouz]. b. at Shiraz, 1962, educ. Iranzamin Tehran International Sch, Tehran, Columbia Univ, New York, and Oklahoma State Univ (BSc 1987), Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. Photo Journalist, worked in the USA and Iran, covered the Kurdish and Shia uprisings in Iraq 1991, the First Gulf War in Iraq, American invasion of Somalia 1991, Second Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Athens Olympic Games 2004, Picture Editor for Reuters Picture Service in Iran 1998, Chief Photographer Pakistan with Thomson Reuters. m. Leyla Firouz, daughter of Keyvon Filsoof, of Isfahan. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
1. H.H. Shahzada Kamran Mirza [Kamran Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 2006.
1. H.H. Shahzadi Samira Khanum [Samira Firouz]. b. at Tehran, 2000, educ. l’É Française de Iran (EFT), Tehran, and Ecole d’Humanité, Hasliberg Goldern, Bern, Switzerland.
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Roshan Taliya Khanum [Roshan Taliyeh, Mrs Reddaway]. b. at Tehran, 12th December 1957, educ. Iranzamin Tehran International Sch, Tehran. Jewellery designer at Firouzeh Ankara and Restorer at C & S Martelli, Decorazione e Restauro di Opere d’Arte in Florence. m. 1981 (div.), Sir David Norman Reddaway, KCMG (15.6.2013, CMG 12.6.1993), MBE (c 14.6.1980) (b. 26th April 1953), educ. King’s Coll Sch, Cambridge, Oundle Sch, Fitzwilliam Coll, Cambridge (MA) and SOAS, London; joined FCO 1975, Officer East Germany & Council of Europe Desk 1975-1977, 3rd Sec Tehran 1977-1978, 2nd Sec (Political/Press) 1978-1979, 2nd Sec (Chancerry) 1979-1980, 1st Sec (Chancery) 1980, 1st Sec (Political) Madrid 1980-1984, Officer Falklands Dept at the FCO 1985-1986, Private Sec to the Minister of State at the FCO 1986-1988, 1st Sec (External Political) New Delhi 1988-1990, chargé d’affaires Tehran 1990-1993, Minister & Deputy Head of Mission at Buenos Aires 1993-1997, Head of Southern European Dept FCO 1997-1999, Dir Public Services FCO 1999-2001, Special Representative Afghanistan 2002, rejected as the proposed Ambassador to Iran in 2002, Harvard Univ Fellow 2002-2003, High Cmsnr in Canada 2003-2006, Ambassador to Ireland 2006-2009, and to Turkey 2009-2014, son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Frank Norman Reddaway, CBE, sometime British Ambassador to Poland, by his wife, Jean Muriel, Mrs Reddaway, OBE, daughter of William Harold Brett, of Southport, Lancashire. She has issue, two sons and one daughter:
1. Alexander Bahram Reddaway. b. at Madrid, Spain, 7th July 1983, educ. Inst of Islamic Studies, McGill Univ (MA 2010), Toronto, Canada. Accountant (trainee) Reddaway Import Trading Company Ltd, Company Sec RGE Investments Ltd and Dir RGE Textiles Ltd since 2011.
2. Milo Firouz Reddaway. b. at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21st February 1996, educ. St Columba’s Coll, Dublin, Ireland, The King’s Sch, Canterbury, Kent, and St John’s Coll, Durham.
1. Nicola Touran Reddaway. b. at Wandsworth, London, June 1987, educ. Trinity Coll, Dublin (BA 2010), Ireland, and McGill Univ, Toronto, Canada. Dir Firouzeh Jewellery 2009-2014, Assoc Dir The Farjam Fndn since 2013, Event Coordinatior Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust and Events & Communications Coordinator Royal Warrant Holders Assoc 2012-2013.
(ii) H.H. Shahzadi Ateshe Khanum [Ateshé Firouz-Larsson]. b. at Tehran, 1959, educ. Iranzamin Tehran International Sch, Tehran, Univ of California, Berkeley (BSc 1980), California, USA, American Univ of Cairo, Egypt, and IESE Business Sch-Univ of Navarra (MBA 1984), Spain. Horse breeder. m. Björn Larsson, of Bois de Lessine, Belgium. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
1. Leyla Larsson, educ. Georgia Inst of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
(c) H.H. Shahzadi Maryam Khanum. m. and has issue, two children.
(5) H.H. Shahzada Muhammad Nizam ud-din Mirza [Nezam Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1898 (s/o ‘Izzatud-Daula). He d. 1919, having had issue, two daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Izzat Malik Khanum [Ezzat-Malek Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1917. m. (first) at Tehran, 1935 (div. 1941) H.E. Mirza Abu’l Qasim Khan [Prince Abolghassem Amini] (b. 1907; m. second, Elaine Gautier), Councillor to the Shah, Deputy in the Majlis, actg Minister of the Court 1953-1954, Sec-Gen Islamic Culture Centre of Italy, Rome 1974-1998, son of H.S.H. Haji Mirza Muhsin Khan, Amin ud-Daula, sometime Prime Minister, by his second wife, H.I.H. Shahzadi Ashraf Khanum, Fakhr ud-Daula, daughter of H.I.M. Muzaffar ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG. m. (second) 1951, Massoud Ghayour. She had issue, one son by her first husband, and one daughter by her second husband
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Gauhar Malik Khanum [Gohar-Malek Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1919. m. 1939, Dr Hassan Muhammad M. Afdhal (b. 15th March 1911; d. at Westminster, London, September 2000). She d. at London, 2012, having had issue, four sons and one daughter.
(6) H.H.Shahzada Muhammad Ja’afar Mirza. b. 22nd February 1902 (s/o ‘Izzat), educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx. He d. at Llandudno, Wales, 4th October 1918 (bur. Kensal Green, later moved to Iran).
(7) H.H. Shahzada Sabbar Mirza [Dr Sabbar Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1912 (s/o Masuma), educ. Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France and Geneva Univ (MD), Switzerland. Professor of Medicine at Tehran Univ, District Health Admtr at Hamadan 1942, Minister for Health 1952-1953, Governor of Shiraz 1953-195x, Governor-General of Fars 19xx-19xx, Chief of the Pasteur Institute of Iran 1972. He d. 2006.
(8) H.H. Shahzada Haji Manuchir Mirza [Manouchehr Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, May 1917 (s/o Batul Ashami), educ. Belgium and France and at Birmingham Univ (B.Sc.). Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Iranian Army 1941, Liason officer Ministry of Finance 1943-1949, Dir-Gen of Petroleum, Concessions & Mines 1949-1951, Chair Canadian-Iranian Oil Co (IRCAN) 1959-1963 and Iran-Italy Oil Co (SIRIP) 1969-1972, Dir National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) 1963-1969, Ambassador to Venezuela, Equador, and Peru 1972-1979. Presdt Iranian Oil Assoc 1967-1972. Author of “Journey to Iran” (1969), and “Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince” (1997). Rcvd: the Orders of the Humayun 1st class, and the Crown of Persia 3rd class, and the Order of the Liberator 2nd class of Venezuela (1979). m. (first) at New York City, USA, 28th May 1952 (div.), Verla Gean (b. Smithfield, Utah, USA, 20th April), née Miller, sometime elementary school teacher, daughter of Raymond Nephi Miller, bookkeeper, of Salt Lake City, Utah, by his wife, Clarice Goaslind, daughter of William Stockdale, of Franklin, Idaho, USA. m. (second) H.H. Shahzadi Victoria Khanum (b. at Isfahan, 1912; d.s.p. at Tehran, 2000), former wife of Hasan Akbar, and eldest daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Akbar Mirza, Sarimud-Daula, sometime Minister for Foreign Affairs and Finance 1919-1920, by his first wife, Sugra Khanum, Iftikhar-i-Azam, youngest daughter of H.S.H. Amir Mirza ‘Ali Asghar Khan, Aminus-Sultan, GCB, sometime Prime Minister of Persia. m. (third) 1965, Petronella Farmanfarmaian, née Kahmann, a Dutch national. He d. at Caracas, Venezuela, 26th April 2003 (bur. Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, New York, USA), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Iskandar Mirza [Alexander M. Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1965 (s/o Petronella), educ. Princeton Univ, New Jersey, USA (BA Econ 1987). Securities analyst at William De Broe, Hill, Chaplin & Co. 1984, Economic Analyst (Internat.) Midland Bank plc, senior member of the U.S. and Global equity research and portfolio management teams with W.P. Stewart & Co. 1988-2006, Vice-Chair, Partner & Portfolio Mngr at Edgewood Management LLP since 2006. Presdt 161 East 79th Corp., and Princeton Club of New York since 2004. Mbr Economics Club of New York, Princeton Alumni Exec Cttee, Young President’s Org, etc. m. at St. James’ Episcopal Church, New York City, USA, 1st October 1994, Patricia Patterson Farman-Farmaian, née Barlerin, educ. The Brearley Sch, Barnard Coll, and Columbia Univ, New York, USA, real estate agent at Stribling & Associates, daughter of Michael C. Barlerin, sometime Presdt World Goald Council (WGC), of New York, USA, by his wife, Patricia M. Patterson, sometime Presdt Patterson’s Investments, of Dallas, Texas, USA. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
(ii) Cyrus Patterson Farmanfarmaian. b. at New York City, USA, May 2002.
(i) Daria Alegra Farmanfarmaian.
(ii) Francesca Maris Farmanfarmaian.
(b) H.H. Shahzada Timur Husain ‘Ali Mirza [Teymour Hossein Ali Farman-Farmaian] (s/o Petronella), educ. Duke Univ, Durham, North Carolina, and Harvard Business Sch (MBA 1995). Assist Brand Mngr Procter & Gamble de Venezuela 1988-1991, Dir (New Business) with Time Warner Cable 1995-1996, CEO BuyerWeb 1996-2000, DNS Research Inc 2000, Principal F2 Data LLC 2001-2003, with Google Inc as Dir International Advertising Ops 2003-2005, Dir Sales Operations, Asia Pacific & Latin America 2005-2006 and Snr Dir Sales Services 2006-2009, General Mngr Strategic Partnerships with Zynga Game Network 2009-2011, Chief Acquisition & Retention Officer Spotify since 2011. m. at Sky Studios, Manhattan, 15th March 2002 (Muslim) and the Christian Church, Park Avenue, New York, 16th March 2002 (Christian), Elizabeth Mai Worley [Dr Elizabeth W. Farman-Farmaian] (b. 1968), pediatrician at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, and Lucille Packer Childrens Ado, Palo Alto, California, worked in Kossovo and the Mosquito Coast of Honduras, Mbr Council on Foreign Relations, daughter of Richard Worley, by his wife, Ellen Mai [Mrs Edward Harley]. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
(i) Alexander Richard Farman-Farmaian, educ. Burlingame High Sch, Burlingame, and Univ of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA.
(i) Sophia Frances Farman-Farmaian. b. at New York, 1st December and d. there 3rd December 2002.
(ii) Catherine Noor Farman-Farmaian.
(iii) Lucy Sholeh Farmanfarmaian.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Roxanne Batul Khanum [Batoul Roxanne Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 11th February 1955 (d/o Verla Gean), educ. Princeton Univ, New Jersey, USA, and the Centre of International Studies, Cambridge Univ (M.Phil. 2001). Guest Lecturer in the Middle East Dept Univ of California at Berkeley 1997-2001, Policy Scholar at the EastWest Inst since 2002, Editor-in-Chief “Cambridge Review of International Affairs”. Mbr British International Studies Assoc, New York Authors Guild, British Inst of Persian Studies, Pacific Council on International Policy, PEN International Transatlantic Forum, and the Advisory Brd for the Centre of International Studies. Quandt Fndn Fellow (Munich) 2000, 2001, & 2004. Author of “War and Peace in Qajar Persia: Implications Past and Present” (2008). m. (first) (div) …m. (second) at the Brick Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, New York City, USA, 25th June 1994, John Reese Stevenson, Jnr (b. at the Doctors Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, USA, 4th April 1955), educ. Phillips Acad, Andover, Massachusetts, and San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, California, USA, photographer, son of John Reese Stevenson III, of Fort Worth, Texas, sometime Legal Adviser US State Dept and Assist Sec of State, by his first wife, Patience Jean Fullerton Stevenson, daughter of Samuel Clyde Fullerton, of Sunbeam Farms, Miami, Florida, USA. m. (third) 2010, as his second wife, Professor Emile George Howard Joffé (b. at Solihull, Warwickshire, 1st August 1940; d. 28th May 2022), educ. St Catherine’s Coll, Cambridge (BA 1964), and Univ of London (MA 1975), freelance writer, broadcaster and analyst, taught at the Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London, Univ of Southampton, and Sussex Univ during the 1980s and 1990s, Editor Middle East section of the Economist Intelligence Unit 1983-1986, Deputy Dir and Dir of Studies Royal Inst of International Affairs (Chatham House) 1997-2000, Editor “Journal of North African Studies” 1996-2022, Visiting Fellow Centre for International Affairs, Cambridge, Visiting Research Fellow London School of Economics (LSE), Visiting Professor of Geography King’s Coll, Cambridge, expert on political, economic and strategic affairs in North Africa and the Middle East, expert witness International Court of Justice in The Hague, Dir Centre for North African Studies 1996-2022, Eureco UK Ltd 1999-2022, and Meapec Ltd 2022, author of “The Gulf War. A survey of political issues and economic consequences” (1984), “Iran and Iraq” (1988), “Bankrupting the Gulf” (1991), “North Africa” (1993), “Tribe and state” (1991); “Security Challenges in the Mediterranean Region” (1995), “Chad” (1995), “The Barcelona Process” (2000), etc, widower of Priscilla Mary Sedgwick, and son of Charles Theodore Joffé, of Les Potalles a Chemin du Montillier, Pully, Switzerland, photographer & cinemetographer, by his wife, Joan Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Howard Kirk, of “The Grange”, Solihull, Warwickshire, cycle manufacturer.
(9) H.H. Shahzada Jamshid Mirza [Djamchid Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Shiraz, 8th September 1919 (s/o Fatima). Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Affairs. Stagiaire withILO Geneva 1949, Special Adviser for International Affairs at Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs, permanent staff ILO 1954, attached ILO Liason Office New York, Choef of Protocol, Under-Sec Ministry of Labour in Tehran 1969-1971, Iranian Govt Delegate to ILO 1971. Settled in Geneva after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Presdt Fondation Valifonds in Geneva 1994-2006. m. Nahida Khanum [Nahide Farman-Farmaian] (b. 7th September 1925; d. at Gland, Vaud, Switzerland, 7th August 2003), daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali Farzine. He d. at Thônex, Geneva, Switzerland, 7th May 2006 (bur. Petit-Sarconnex Cemetery), having had issue, two sons:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza [Mohammad Ali Farman-Farmaian]. Mbr Council of Fondation Valifonds in Geneva since 2007. m. Z... He has issue, a daughter:
(b) H.H. Shahzada Nadir Mirza [Nader Farman-Farmaian], educ. Univ of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA (BA 1975). Teacher at the Conservatoire Populaire de Genève 1983-1988, the Kleine Akademie in Brussels, and the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (HKU) in Utrecht, Holland, Co-Director of “Hemingway” and “Three Colours Red” at the Vis-a-Vis Theatre in Amsterdam 1993-1997. Presdt Fondation Valifonds in Geneva since 2007.
(10) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’l Aziz Mirza [Abdol-Aziz Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Shiraz, before 15th September 1920 (s/o Batul Ashami), educ. at the Lyée Michelet, l’École Spéciale d’Architecture, and l’École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France (BA 1950). Consulting Engineer, Mbr Iranian Delegation to ILO Conference 1945, Architect 1950, Dir Dept of Construction at the Univ of Tehran 1951, Consultant to the PLAN Organization 1954, professor of architecture 1957-1958, Snr Partner and MD of Abdolaziz Farmanfarmaian & Associates (AFFA) of Paris, France, Athens & Tehran 1976-1979. Settled in France 1980. m. at Tehran, 27th November 1941, Leila Khanum [Lili Farmanfarmaian], CVO (2.3.1961) (d. 2000), Lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II in 1961, younger daughter of Mirza Taqi Khan Gharagozlou, sometime Iranian Delegate to UNESCO, Paris, by his wife, Naïs Khanum, née Jeanne Naïs Félicie de Dampierre, daughter of Marie Louis Guy de Dampierre, of Biarritz, France, by his wife, Countess Grâce Céline Marie Joséphine Jeanne, daughter of Eugène Panon-Desbassayns, Count de Richemont. He d. at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 21st June 2013 (bur. Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris), having had issue an only son:
(a) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Husain Mirza [Abdol Hossein Farmanfarmaian]. m. Christina Halvarsson Burke (m. second, ... Hiwatari, by whom she had daughter. m. third, at Nice, France, 29th June 2008, Michael Phipps, and had issue a further son.), educ. Razi High Sch, Tehran, daughter of Olof H. Halvarsson [Ollé], sometime Chair Irano Swedish Company AB, Tehran. He had issue, two sons:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza [Firouz Farman-Farmaian]. b. January 1973, educ. l’École Saint-Martin-de-France, Pontoise, Val-d’Oise, l’École Spéciale d’Architecture (ESA), Paris, l’École d’Architecture de Paris-la-Villette, and ESAG Penninghen, Paris, France. Recording artist and multimedia producer, Leader of “Firouz & the Renegades” folk rock band, resident artist at Golan Rouzkhosh Gallery 2012-2015 and Nando Argüeles Art Project since 2015. Dir Stardust Productions Ltd 2007-2008. m. at Paris, France, 13th September 2014, Camilla Farman-Farmaian, employed at The Marigold Studio, Etsy.
(ii) H.H. Shahzada Taimur Mirza [Teymour Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1975, educ. l’École Saint-Martin-de-France, Pontoise, Val-d’Oise, l’Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture (ESA), l’Ecole d’Architecture de Paris Val de Marne (EAPVM), Charenton-le-Pont, France. Assoc Architect and interior designer with Joon Architecture in Paris since 2011. m. Marie Farman-Farmaian. He has issue, a son and daughter:
1. Sasha Farman-Farmaian.
1. Stella Farman-Farmaian.
(11) H.H. Shahzada Kava Mirza [Kaveh Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Isfahan, 4th April 1921 (s/o Fatima), educ. in schools in the UK and Berlin, and at Munich, Bavaria, Germany (B.Sc. 1943). Returned to Iran 1945. MD & CEO Nyala Co, Dir Iranain Development Bank, Iranian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Iranian Lamp Co, etc. Vice-Presdt Tehran Chamber of Commerce. Mbr Iranian-German Chamber of Commerce. m. (first) (div.) H.H. Shahzadi Hamida Khanum [Hamoush] [Princess Hamoush Azodi-Bowler] (m. second, 1963, Ian John Bowler, CBE), daughter of H.H. Shahzada Yadu’llah Mirza, Amir-i-’Azam [Prince Yadollah Azodi], GCMG. m. (second) at Tehran, 1961 (div.) Marzieh Leyly Matine Daftary (b. at Tehran, 18th January 1937; d. from brain cancer, at Paris, France, 17th April 2007), educ. Cheltenham Ladies’ Coll, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and the Slade Sch of Fine Art, Univ Coll, London (BA), modernist artist, Lecturer in Sculpting in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran Univ, Dir Tehran Biennials and Shiraz Arts Festivals, and Mbr of the Council of Fondation Mossadegh (Geneva) 1998-2007, daughter of H.E. Dr. Ahmad Khan Matine Daftary, Mu’in ud-Daula, sometime Prime Minister, by his wife, Mansura Khanum, daughter of H.E. Mirza Muhammad Khan, Musadiq us-Sultana [Dr Muhammad Mossadegh], sometime Prime Minister. m. (third) 1979, Farashta Khanum [Fareshteh Farmanfarmaian], née Golshan Bozorg. He d. at the American Hospital, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 26th May 2004 (bur. Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France), having had issue, one daughter by his first, and one son and one daughter by his second wife:
(a) H.H. Sahzada Kamran Mirza [Kamran Farman Farmaian]. b. 26th December 1963 (s/o Leyly ), educ. Iranzamin International Sch, Tehran, Gordonstoun Sch, Elgin, Moray, Scotland, and Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, New York, USA. Settled in Paris. Consultant, Dir Kazimierz Wielki Fund Management Co AG 1996-1997, LG Fund Management Co AG 1996-1998, and VHF Advisory Services AG 1998, MD of Palomino Properties 2004-2008, Proprietor www.paris-holiday-rentals.com since 2009 and www.geneva-holiday-rentals.com, MD of Kamran Farman-Farmaian S.A. since 2010. Dir Racerose Ltd 1996. Consultant Kadjar Family Ltd 2006-2010 (Sec since 2006). Mbr of the Council of Fondation Mossadegh (Geneva) 2007-2012.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Zahra-Mansura Khanum [Zahra Mansureh Farman Farmaian] [Souri]. b. 26th August 1965 (d/o Leyly ), educ. l’École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle [ENSCI–Les Ateliers] (dipl. industrial Design 1991), Paris, France. Graphic Designer in Paris. MD Soc Farman Farmaian Zahra Mansureh since 1991. Dir Racerose Ltd since 1996.
(12) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Bashir Mirza [Dr Abolbashar Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, November 1922 (s/o Batul Ashami), educ. Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France, Columbia Univ (JSD 1952), New York, and Univ of Chicago (PhD), Illinois, USA. Attorney at Law 1956, in private practice in Tehran, Lecturer in Law at Tehran Univ. Dir International Basic Economy Corp (IBEC), and Pazargad Chemical Co, MD of Iran Petro-Chemical Co. m. at Tehran, 1957, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. at Qazvin, 1924), educ. Tehran Univ, Cornell Univ, and the Parsons Sch of Design, New York, USA (BA 1949), the well-known artist, co-author of “A Mirror Garden” (2007), Mbr New York Art Students’ League 1950-1953, former wife of Manouchehr Yektai. He d. from advanced leukemia, at Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA, 1991 (bur. there at Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor), having had issue, one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Zahra Khanum [Zahra Farmanfarmaian-Arman]. b. at Tehran, 1958. m. … Arman. She had issue, two daughters.
Dr Abolbashar Farmanfarmaian, also adopted the daughter of his wife, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian by the artist Manouchehr Yektai:
(b) Nina Yektai Farmanfarmaian. b. 19th September 1950. Fashion columnist with the New York Post. m. at Holy Trinity Church, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 8th January 1977 (div. 1996), Christopher Eaton Isham (b. 9th March 1953; m. second, 13th September 1997, Jennifer Anne Hewlitt Maguire.), Investigative Journalist with ABC News, CBS News Bureau Chief in Washington DC, elder son of Henry Heyward Isham, of Skyfields, Sagaponack, New York, sometime US Ambassador to Haiti (son of Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham, CBE, late British Army), by his wife, Sheila Eaton, artist, daughter of Walter Bradley Eaton, of New York, and Warrenton, Virginia, USA. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
(13) H.H. Shahzada Karim Dad Mirza [Karimdad Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 10th August 1923 (s/o Akhtar Zaman Khanum), educ. in France, and at Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and New York Univ, New York City, USA. Employed in the Investment Section of the Industrial Credit Bank 1957, Sec-Gen of the RCD Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industries 1965. Mbr Economic Development Inst 1964. Settled in Washington DC, USA. He had issue, three sons and one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Majid Mirza [Abool Majid Farman-Farmaian]. b. 11th June 1961, educ. Razi High Sch, Tehran. Microchip Designer in San Francisco. m. Sheila Pfeiffer Farmanfarmaian (b. 9th September 1966), daughter of John Pfeiffer, of San Mateo, California, USA, by his wife, Shahla. He has issue, one son:
(b) H.H. Shahzada Malik Masud Mirza [Malek Massoud Farman-Farmaian]. b. 1963, educ. Razi High Sch, Tehran. Management Consultant in San Francisco.
(c) H.H. Shahzada Mansur Vali Mirza [Mansoor Valley Farman-Farmaian]. b. at San Francisco, California, USA, 8th August 1976, educ. French American International Sch, San Francisco, Woodside Priory Sch, Portola Valley, Univ of San Francisco (B.Econ. 2002), and Santa Clara Univ (MBA 2008), Santa Clara, California, USA. Inhouse Broker & Customer Service Rep with Provident Funding 2002-2003, Appraiser Ad Valorem Appraisal Inc 2003-2010, Financial Professional AXA Advisors 2010-2011, Financial Solutions Advisor Merrill Edge 2011. m. (first) at Clark, Nevada, USA, 20th October 2002 (div. 2009) Robin Starbuck Soloway (b. 1972), educ. Lawrence Acad, Kimball Union Acad, Boston and Harvard Univs, Technical Writer on Nutrition at “Cygene” 2006-2008, Dir of Marketing and Business Dvpt at Ad Valorem Appraisal 2006-2010, Social Media Dir at HealthTap 2010, Co-Presdt & Gala Chair for San Francisco Ballet Encore since 2009. m. (second) at the Westin St Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Clifornia, USA, 20th November 2010, Annette B. Giambroni Farmanfarmaian (b. at Alameida, California, USA, 16th January 1973), Marketing Dir at Zuora Inc, younger daughter of Francis Robert Giambroni, of Oakland, California, USA, sometime Deputy District Attorney for Alameida County, by his wife, Patricia A. Giambroni.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Mandana Khanum [Mandana Yazdi Farman-Farmaian]. b. 1966, educ. Razi High Sch, Tehran. Make-up artist with Estée Lauder, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Chanel and Guarlain. m. Mehdi R. Yazdi.
(14) H.H. Shahzada ‘Ali Naqi Mirza [Ali-Naghi Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 2nd March 1923 (s/o Fatima Khanum), educ. Alborz Coll, Tehran, Univ of California, Berekeley, USA (AM), and Univ of Geneva, Switzerland (D.Sc.). Lecturer in Public Admin Tehran Univ, Presdt Industrial Credit Bank of Iran 1959. Settled in Portland, Oregon, USA. He had issue two sons and one daughter:
(b) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu Said Mirza [Alexandre Abou Said Farman-Farmaian]. b. 27th November 1973, educ. Milton Abbey Sch, Dorset, and ... Univ (BA). MD of 1808 Espresso Bar and Bibendum Ltd in Moscow, Russia. Presdt Soc Divibes Musicorp since 2004.
(15) H.H. Shahzada ‘Abdu’l ‘Ali Mirza [Abdol-Ali Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1923 (s/o Batul Ashami), educ. Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France, and Oxford Univ. MD Industrial Credit Bank of Iran, Chair & Presdt Pars Oil Co 1967. Vice-Presdt Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Mines. Leader Iranian Trade Delegation to China 1971. m. (first) (div.) Julie (k. at Athens, Greece, 19xx), a lady of Greek nationality. m. (second) near Darband, 17th July 1965, Fatima Khanum [Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian] (b. at Tehran, 1940), educ. Interpreters’ Sch, Univ of Geneva, Switzerland, journalist and author of “Towse’e-ye eqtesadi va masa’el zistmohiti” (1973) and “Sabeqiya”, Mbr of the Cttees of the Museum of Modern Art, Women’s Univ, and Soudavar Memorial Fndn, daughter of Samad Soudavar [Kashanski], sometime Dir of the Foreign Exchange Dept of Bank Melli, by his wife, ‘Izzat ul-Mulk [Ezzat-Malek Soudavar], eldest daughter of Haji Husain Aqa Malek, of Beyn Al-Harameyn Bazar. He was k. in an avalanche at Shemshak, 1973, having had issue, one daughter by his first and two sons by his
second wife:
(b) H.H. Shahzada Salman Mirza [Salman Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, November 1968 (s/o Fatema), educ. l’Ecole Internationale, Geneva, Switzerland, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, Massachusetts (BA), and Univ of Chicago, Illinois, USA (MBA). Investment Banker with Barclays Capital, Partner SCP Private Equity Partners since 2000, Co-Founder eVoke TV. Dir Fourth Wall Media Inc, BIAP Systems Inc, GiftCertificates.com since 2005, Zero Emission Mobility (ZEM) SAS, ZEM Energy Ltd since 2009 (Sec since 2009), and TMG Health. m. at Kensington, London, August 1997, Nazanine Khanum, née Tassoudji.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Mariam Khanum [Mariam Farmanfarmaian] (d/o Julie), educ. Illinois Inst of Technology (MSc 1984), and Univ of Surrey (MSc 1985), Guildford, Surrey. Employed with Theraputic Riding Assoc of Athens. Mbr The Ink Club, Equestrian Club of Cyclades, etc. m. (a) Alexandre Hedayat. She has issue, one son.
(16) H.H. Shahzada ‘Ali Dad Mirza [Alidad Farmanfarma]. b. at Tehran, 8th April 1924 (s/o Fatima Begum). Naturalized as a US Citizen at San Francisco, California, 14th February 1955. Presdt New Pars Engineering Co 1962, Presdt & CEO I-Sys Technology 1985, Presdt Zamani Capital LLC, etc. Chair Sanderling Ventures, and Palmchip Corp 2005-2008. m. Sylvia Khanum [Sylvia Farmanfarma] (b. in Switzerland, 1928). He d. at Santa Clara, California, USA, 15th May 2010, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Sa’adi Mirza [Sadi Farmanfarma]. b. 1949. Settled in Saanen, Switzerland. Chess player.
(b) H.H. Shahzada ‘Ali Reza Mirza [Alireza Farmanfarmaian]. b. 30th December 1965. Product Specialist with J.P. Morgan Absolute Returns Products (ARP) Group, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer Alternative Investments SA 2000. Mbr PerTrac Financial Solutions Advisory Brd. m. Marcela Perez Farmanfarmaian. He has issue, one son.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Persita Khanum [Persita Egeli-Farmanfarmaian], educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran. Case Services Mngr International Inst. for Management Development (IMD) in Geneva, Switzerland. m. Dr Rudolf [Ruedi] A. Egeli (b. 1943), of the Clinique de Genolier F.M.H. Oncologie-Hématologie Centre pluridisciplinaire de Cancerologie, Cantonal Univ of Geneva, Switzerland, son of Heinz Egeli, of Mels and Solothurn, Switzerland, sometime Dir Creditreform Egeli Basel AG, by his wife, Eveline.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Sharmin Khanum [Charmine Anabtawi-Farmanfarma]. b. September 1959. Dir The Timothy Taylor Gallery, London W1. m. as his second wife, Karim Isam Anabtawi (b. 1st November 1965), son of Dr Isam Nazmi Anabtawi, of Groves, Texas, USA, previously of Palestine, thorasic surgeon, by his wife, Frances Sutton Anabtawi.
(17) H.H. Shahzada Faruq Mirza [Farough Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 5th October 1925 (s/o Masuma Khanum), educ. at a Preparatory Sch in New York, USA, Alborz Coll, Tehran, and Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Eng.), Illinois, USA. Engineer, Design Engineer with Philco Corp in Philadelphia, MD of F. & H.R. Farman-Farmaian Consulting Engineers 1956-1979. Dir Pak Dairy Co, 34 Ennismore Gardens Ltd 1997. Mbr American Soc of Heating and Ventilating Engineers 1949. m. (first) Nashville, Washington, Illinois, USA, 1948, Laura Jean Reidelberger Farman-Farmaian (b. at Nashville, Washington, Illinois, USA, 14th March 1927; d. at Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 12th January 2011), educ. Balboa High Sch, San Francisco, California, and Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BSc 1952), Illinois, USA, younger daughter of Walter Alonzo Reidelberger, of Nashville, Washington, Illinois, USA, by his wife, Mayme Edele, daughter of William Arnsmeyer, of Nashville, Washington, Illinois. m. (second) Parivash Farman-Farmaian (b. 13th January 1937), née Moazed, Dir 34 Ennismore Gardens Ltd 1991. He d. from chronic lung disease, at Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 15th March 2014, having had issue, one son and three daughters by his first wife:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Vali Mirza [Valli F. Farman-Farmaian], b. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1954, educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, and Crystal Springs Uplands Sch, Hillsborough, California, Tabor Acad, Marion, Massachusetts, Univ of New Hampshire (BA 1978), Durham, New Hampshire, and Suffolk Univ, (MBA 1981), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Sales Rep and Branch Mngr Adia Personnel Services 1982-1986, Presdt ABA Personnel Services Inc 1986-1992, Founder & CEO ABA Search & Staffing Inc since 1986 (Presdt 1992-2007), and Top Echelon Network Inc since 1988. m. Mandana Khanum [Mandy Yazdi Farman-Farmaian] (b. 8th March 1961), educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Crystal Springs Uplands Sch, Hillsborough, and Univ of California, Berkeley (BA), California, USA, and Univ of Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France, naturalized as a US Citizen at San Francisco 16th November 1982, Dir and co-founder ABA Staffing 1986, Presdt ABA Search & Staffing Inc since 2007, Mbr The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs & Executives (FEW&E), National Assoc of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC), Brd of the San Mateo County Health Fndn, etc. He has issue, two sons:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Kamran Faruq Mirza [Kamron Farough Farman-Farmaian]. b. at San Francisco, California, 18th April 1989, educ. Burlinghame High Sch, San Mateo, and Univ of California, San Diego (UCSD) (BSc 2011), California, USA. Employed with C J Aron Associates Inc in Brooklyn, New York.
(ii) H.H. Shahzada Alexander Mehdi Mirza [Alex Farman-Farmaian]. b. at San Francisco, California, 20th February 1991, educ. Burlinghame High Sch, San Mateo, and Univ of California, San Diego (UCSD), California, USA. Employed with Quantcast and EShares Inc.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Lehla Khanum [Lehla Farman-Farmaian Dowlatshahi]. b. at Kensington, London, 27th August 1951, educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Vassar Coll (BA), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, and Tehran Sch of Social Work (MSc). m. at Tehran, 1975, H.H. Shahzada Kambiz Mirza [Dr Kambiz-Mirza Dowlatshahi] (b. at Kermanshah, 1st January 1938), educ. Tehran, Iran, and in the UK, Professor of Surgery at Rush University Hospital, Chicago, since 1987, younger son of H.H. Shahzada Parviz Mirza. She d. at Chicago, Illinois, USA, 12th November 2011, having had issue, two sons – see above.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Susan Khanum [Susu Farman-Farmaian Gharib]. b. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1952, educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Iran, Hollins Coll, Roanoke, Virginia, Univ of New Hampshire (BA 1974), Durham, New Hampshire, and Georgia State Univ (MA 1977), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Dir 34 Ennismore Gardens Ltd since 1992. m. 1978, Dr Muhsin Gharib (b. 1945), educ. Dartmouth Medical Sch, and Harvard Univ Medical Sch (MD), Resident Boston Children’s Hospital 1972-1976, and UCLA Medical Center 1976, Fellow George Washington Univ Hospital 1983, Diagnostic Radiologist at MedStar Harbor Hospital, younger son of Dr Muhammad Gharib, of Tehran, by his wife, Zahra Khanum, daughter of Ustad ‘Abdu’l Azim Gharib, the renowned professor of literature, who developed a modern grammar for Farsi. She had issue, one son and one daughter
(i) Ali Gharib Farmanfarmaian. b. at Glendale, California, USA, 23rd January 1981, educ. St Andrew’s Episcopal High Sch, Washington DC, Boston Coll (B.Phil.), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA, and the London Sch of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London. Employed with US Department of Health and Human Services, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
(ii) Kimya Gharib Farmanfarmaian. b. at Glendale, California, USA, 21st September 1979, educ. Middlebury Coll (BA 2003), Middlebury, Vermont, and George Washington Univ, Washington DC, USA. Client Services Coordinator in the Men’s Tennis Division of Octagon since 2004.
(c) H.H. Shahzadi Marjan Khanum [Marjan Hosseinpour]. b. at Tehran, 19th January 1966, educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Sch, Montgomery, Maryland, and Cambridge Univ. Artist and hotel reviewer. m. Dr Amir-Reza Hosseinpour [Rex Shirvani], educ. Univ of London (MB BS 1992, BSc Anat 1st class), FRCS, trained at Guy’s & St Thomas’s, Royal Brompton Hospital and the National Heart & Lung Inst in London 1997-1998, Surgical Unit of Papworth Hospital in Cambridge 1998, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon at Virgen del Rocio Univ Hospital in Seville, Spain 2006, Dept of Cardiac Surgery at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), author of “Making Sense of Bullfighting” (1997), grandson of Colonel ‘Asadu’llah Hosseinpour [‘Asadu’llah Khan Shirvani], a descendant of the Shirvan Shahs, and elder son of Dr ‘Abdu’l Reza Hosseinpour, MD, FRCP Edin, of Kensington Gore, London, by his wife, Guitty Khanum, elder daughter of Fuad Rouhani, the first Sec-Gen of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). She has issue, one son:
(i) Eladio Milad Hosseinpour.
(18) H.H. Shahzada Bahram Mirza Farmanfarmaian. b. at Tehran, 1926, educ. Univs of Michigan and Pennsylvania (BA and BA (Econ.). Assist to the Governor-General Azerbaijan, Dir-Gen of City Development.
(19) Shahzada Hafiz Mirza [Dr Hafez F. Farmayan]. b. at Tehran, 7th October 1927 (s/o Fatima Begum), educ. Montezuma Mountain Sch, Los Gatos, Stanford Univ (BA 1949, MA 1950), Palo Alto, California, and Georgetown Univ (PhD 1953), Washington DC, and the Univ of Southern California (DPA 1958), Los Angeles, California, USA. Professor of European History at Tehran Univ 1954-1957, Dir Tehran Univ Library & Research Programme in the Inst of Public Admin 1958-1959, Dir Centre for Middle East Studies 1959-1967, Visiting Professor at Columbia Univ in New York, Professor of Islamic History at the Univ of Texas 1967, retd as Emeritus Professor of History 2003. Author of “The Beginnings of Modernization in Iran” (1969), “The Foreign Policy of Iran: a historical analysis, 559 BC-AD” (1971). Editor of “Journal of Iranian Studies”, “Persian Historical Text Series”, “Khatirat-i Siyasiy-i Mirza Ali Khan-i Aminu’d-Dowla” (1962), “Safar nama-yi Hajji Muhammad Ali Pirzadeh 1303-1306 A.H” (1963), “A Shi’ite pilgrimage to Mecca (1885-1886)” (2009), etc. Mbr Editorial Brd of “Journal of the Book Society of Iran”. Mbr American Historical Assoc. m. at Greeley, Colorado, USA, 1949, Jody [Mrs Jo Ann Hambrick Farmayan] (b. at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 25th June 1925; d. from renal failure at Austin, Texas, 30th April 2005), educ. Art Inst of Chicago, Illinois (BA), Colorado State Coll of Education (MA), Greeley, Colorado, Anna Louise Raymond Foreign Travel Fellow in Lucerne, Switzerland 1947-1948, Art Teacher at Colorado Coll of Education 1948-1949, Elementary Sch Teacher in Arlington, Virginia 1949-1952, Art Superviser for DC 1952-1953, Consultant to Architectural Services Dvsn of US Mission to Iran and the Inst for Administrative Affairs at the Univ of Tehran, artist and book illustrator, author of “The Wonderful Lamp from Isfahan” (1974), daughter of Fitzhugh Lee Hambrick, of Cameron, Oklahoma, sometime teacher at Colorado Coll of Education, by his wife, Ann Lester Hambrick, of Texas. He d. from pulmonary and cardiac failure, at Austin, Texas, USA, 4th July 2015, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Salar Walter Mirza [Walter Salar F. Farmayan]. b. at Tehran, 18th January 1955, educ. the Univ of Texas at Austin, Texas, and Massachusetts Inst of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Chemical Engineer with Shell Develoment. Mbr American Soc of Mechanical Engineers, American Chemical Soc, etc. m. at Travis, Texas, USA, 29th December 1981, Carole Ellan Richey (b. at Corpus Christi, Nueses, Texas, 13th July 1958), youngest daughter of Alfred Howard Richey, chemical engineer with the Celanese Chemical Co, Corpus Christi, Nueses, Texas, USA, by his wife, Hannah Rebecca Richey, daughter of Ali Habeeb, of Corpus Christi, Nueses, Texas, USA, previously of Syria. He has issue, a son:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Aidan Mirza [Aidan Farmayan]. b. at Houston, Texas, USA, 18th February 198X, educ. Valley Oaks Elementary Sch, and Houston Memorial High Sch, Houston, Texas.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Mahan Khanum [Mahan Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1959, educ. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Sch, and the Univ of Texas at Austin (BA 1982, JD 1987), Texas, USA. Policy Specialist Senate Research Center 2000-2002, Attorney Gregory R Phillips & Assocs 2002-2006, Planner (class IV) with Texas Workforce Investment Cmsn (TWIC) since 2008. m. (first) at Travis, Texas, USA, 17th October 1987 (div. there, 6th May 1998), Xavier G. Ratouis (b. September 1956), sometime Snr Vice-Presdt Valero Energy Corp. m. (second) at Travis, Texas, USA, 16th November 2002 (div. there, 4th June 2008), Gregory Raymond Phillips (b. 14th February 1965), Mngr of Gregory R Phillips & Assocs, younger son of Robert Edward Phillips, by his wife, Candace Kay, daughter of Harry Raymond Challstrom, of Williamson, Texas, USA. She had issue by her first husband.
(20) H.H. Shahzada Khudadad Mirza [H.E. Dr Khodadad Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 8th May 1928 (s/o Hamdam Khanum), educ. Tarbiyat Sch, Tehran, Sharaf Sch, Amiriyeh, Shapour Sch, Bagh Ferdows, Iranshahr High Sch, and Alborz Coll, Tehran, The International Coll, Beirut, Lebanon, Colorado Sch of Education, Greeley, Colorado, Stanford Univ (BSc Econ 1950, MSc Econ 1952), Palo Alto, California, and Univ of Colorado (PhD 1955), Boulder, Colorado, USA. Instructor USAF Acad at Colorado Springs & Research Assist at Colorado Univ 1952-1953, Instructor in Economics at Brown Univ 1953-1955, Research Fellow of Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies 1955-1957, Economics Lecturer at Princeton Univ 1957-1958, Dir for Economic Affairs Plan & Budget Org 1958-1961, Tax Cmsnr in Ministry of Finance 1958-1960, Mbr High Econ Council 1959-1962 and 1964-1973, Deputy MD Plan & Budget Org (PBO) 1961-1962, Deputy Governor Central Bank of Iran (Bank-i-Markazi-i-Iran) 1964-1969, Governor Central Bank of Iran (Bank-i-Markazi-i-Iran) 1969-1970, MD Plan & Budget Org (PBO) 1970-1973, Chair & Presdt Industries Bank of Iran (Bank-i-Sanaye-i-Iran) 1974-1979, Presdt Soc for Indternational Development (Tehran). Placed under house arrest following the Islamic revolution in 1979, but escaped by crossing over the Turkish border with the help of the Kurds in January 1980. Adjunct Professor Fletcher Sch of Law & Diplomacy 1981-1984, Professor of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts Univ, Chair AMAS Securities Inc New York and AMAS UK Ltd 1984, Presdt AMAS Trust Services SA 2004, Dir AMAS Europe Ltd since 1991, Amam Ltd 1991, Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) Ltd 2002, etc. Mbr Inst of Directors, the Reform Club, etc. Author of “Social Change and Economic Behaviour in Iran, Exploration in Entrepreneurial History” (1956). Co-author of “How Can the World Afford OPEC Oil?” (1975). Editor of “Social Sciences and Problems of Development” (1976-1981). m. at Greeley, Colorado, 12th July 1949, Joanna Virginia Parkhurst Farmanfarmaian (b. at Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas, USA, 12th March 1927), employed with Stanford Research Inst 1950-1952, second daughter of Marian Earl Parkhurst, of Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, USA, by his wife, Evadna Susan Beadle Parkhurst [Vadie], eldest daughter of Earl W. Beadle, of Caney, Montgomery, Kansas, USA. He d. from lung cancer at London, 16th December 2015, having had issue, one son and two daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Nizam ud-din Mirza [Nezamiddin Farmanfarmaian] [Deeny]. b. 16th June 1960, educ. Millfield Sch, Street, Somerset, Oxford Acad, Westbrook, Connecticut, and the Univ of Colorado, Boulder (BSc 1984), Colorado, USA. Presdt & CEO Farman Steel Inc since 2009. m. Carolyn Ann Farmanfarmaian (b. 16th May 1962), educ. Providence High Sch, Burbank, California, and Univ of Colorado, Boulder (BSc 1985), Colorado, USA, Dir & Sec Farman Steel Inc, CEO of O/F Design and Development Inc, daughter of David William O’Brien, of Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino, California, USA, sometime workers’ compensation judge, attorney, educator and businessman. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Atessa Maria Khanum [Atessa Farmanfarmaian], educ. Junípero Serra Catholic High Sch, San Juan Capistrano, and the Univ of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Tanya Khanum [Tanya Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Santa Clara, California, USA, 26th February 1950. Author “The Lifted Veil: A Collection of Poems, 1966-67?” (1968). Trustee Simon & Tanya Lowe Fndn since 2007. m. at Westminster, London, May 1989, David Leslie Simon Lowe (b. at Leeds, Yorkshire, 28th May 1950), hotelier and property developer, Dir Casper Holdings Ltd 1991-2000, Casper & Giumbini’s Ltd 1991-2000, Circus Circus Ltd 1991, Wilton Park Properties Ltd 1991, The Feathers Hotel (Woodstock) Ltd 1991-2000, Zagras Ltd 1991, Mortons Club Ltd 1991-2000, Four Seasons of London Plc 1992, Texas Lonestar Saloon Ltd 1995, China Fashion Network Ltd 1999, Tudor Caterers Ltd 2000, Texas Ribs Ltd 2000, Fawsley Hall Ltd 2001, Grayshott Spa Ltd 2005, Grayshott Leisure Ltd since 2012, Northamptonshire Hotel Ltd since 2013, Dir and Consultant Tekstock Ltd since 2011, etc, Trustee Simon & Tanya Lowe Fndn since 2007, son of Samuel Frederick Lowe ne Samuel Fritz Loewenhaupt, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, previously of Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany, metal merchant, by his wife, Senta Brunhilda Friedheim [later Mrs Neville Howard Reginald Lowe, of Alverston, Derby]. She had issue, two daughters.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Juni Khanum [Juni Farmanfarmaian Ardalan]. b. 8th September 1953, educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, California (AM), Oxford Univ (MA), and Regent’s Coll, London (dipl. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Counselling). MBACP. Counsellor at The Group Practice in Kensington, London. Mbr International Qajar Studies Assoc since 2005. m. Cyrus Ardalan (b. at Tehran, 12th July 1950), educ. Lord Wandsworth Coll, Long Sutton, Hook, Hampshire, Univ Coll, London (B.Econ. 1972), Balliol Coll, Oxford (M.Econ. 1974), Division Chief The World Bank, Washington DC 1974-1986, Presdt Paribas Corp 1990-1995, Vice-Presdt (Public Policy & Govt Relations) Barclays Bank 2000-2011, Vice-Chair and Head of Investment Banking for Russia, the Middle East & Africa at Barclays Capital PLC, Vice-Chair and Head of UK and EU Public Policy and Government Relations Barclays Bank 2011-2015, Chair OakNorth Bank since 2015, Chair British Banking Assoc (BBA) Strategy Group, Dir International Primary Markets Assoc 1996-2000 & 2002-2004, International Financing Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) since 2013, Barclays Capital PLC, Dubai International Financial Centre since May 2006, Hon Adviser National Assoc of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII), etc, second son of H.E. Dr ‘Ali Quli Khan Ardalan, sometime Minister of the Court and Minister for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, Mehri Khanum, daughter of H.E. Mehdi Khan Esfandiary, Nasir us-Sultana. She had issue, three sons.
(21) H.H. Shahzada Ja’afar Mirza [Dr Ghaffar Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 29th December 1929 (or 14th January 1930) (s/o Masuma Khanum), educ. Dartington Hall Sch, Derbyshire, Loughborough Coll (DLC 1950), Loughborough, Leicestershire, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MSc 1953), Illinois, and Univ of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1958), California, USA. Exec Electrical Engineer, Head of Power Dvsn with Karadj Water & Power Org 1961-1964, Mbr National Cttee on Electro-Technical Standards 1966-1979 and Ministry of Water and Power National Cttee on Energy 1972-1979, Presdt Armed Forces Communications & Electronics 1970-1971, Chair Iranian Inst of Electrical & Electronics Engineers 1972-1973, Chair Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget Iran Co 1973-1979. Vice-Chair Bank of Tehran 1973-1979, Presdt Univest Corp (New York City) 1982-2009, Astle Properties Incorporated (Houston) 1989-2000. Dir Tehran Insurance Co 1975-1979, Alternative Investments SA in Geneva since 2000, and Fundex Management SA. Life Mbr Inst of Electrical & Electronics Engineers. m. at Tehran, 5th August 1956, Jahan Khanum [Jahan Farman-Farmaian] (b. 6th October 1933; d. at Geneva, Switzerland, 17th March 2008, bur. Petit-Sarconnex Cemetery), youngest daughter of Colonel H.E. Dr. Amir Farau’llah Khan Alam, Amir-i-Alam, sometime Minister for Education and Public Works, by his second wife, Afsar ul-Mulk, daughter of H.S.H. Mirza Hasan Khan, Vossugh ud-Daula, GCB, sometime Prime Minister of Persia. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Amir Husain Mirza [Amir-Hossein Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 7th June 1961.
(b) H.H. Shahzada ‘Ali Reza Mirza [Ali-Reza Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 30th December 1965, educ. CFA, Assist Portfolio Mngr with J.P. Morgan (Suisse) SA in Luxembourg, Product Specialist and Vice-Presdt at J.P. Morgan Absolute Returns Products (ARP) Group until 2000, Partner & Co-Chief Investment Officer at Alternative Investments SA in Geneva since 2000. Mbr PerTrac Financial Solutions Advisory Brd.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Masuma Khanum [Massoumeh Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 13th August 1959, educ. Univ of California, Berkeley (MA 1984), California, USA. Joined UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Snr External Relations Officer Kabul 2010-2013.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Afshar Khanum [Ms Afsar Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 4th October 1969, educ. Princeton Univ, New Jersey (MA 1992), and Harvard Univ, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (JD). Assoc at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York 1997, and General Counsel at AIG Capital Recovery Group. Mbr Pro Bono Soc (New York) since 2003.
(22) H.H. Shahzada ‘Allahvardi Mirza [Dr. Allahverdi Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 10th June 1929 (s/o Hamdam Khanum), educ. Reed Coll (MSc 1952), Portland, Oregan, Stanford Univ (DSc 1955, PhD 1959), Palo Alto, and the Univ of California, Berkeley, California, USA. Research Assist Hopkins Marine Station 1959-1960, Professor of General Physiology Pahlavi Univ of Shiraz, Professor of Physiology, Cell Biology & Neuroscience Rutgers State Univ of New Jersey. Mbr New York Acad of Sciences, American Physiological Soc, etc. m. Dr Parvin Saidi Farmanfarmaian (b. 21st March 1932; d. at Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 22nd April 2009), educ. Smith Coll (BSc), Northampton, and Harvard Medical Sch (MD), Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Resident Univ of California (UC) Medical Center in San Francisco, Research Fellow UC Hospitals and Children’s Medical Center in Sanfrancisco, Assoc Professor of Medicine Shiraz and Tehran Univs, Assist Professor of Medicine Rutgers Medical Sch 1968-1971, Assoc Professor of Medicine 1971-1974, Head Dept of Hematology & Oncology 1972-1974, Professor and Dir of Melvyn H. Motolinsky Laboratory for Hematology Research 1974, Dir New Jersey Regional Hemophilia Program 1976-2009, Chair New Jersey Governor’s Task Force on Women with Bleeding Disorders 2004-2009, Mbr Governor’s Advisory Council on AIDS. He had issue, two daughters:
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Dellara Khanum [Dr Delleara Farmanfarmaian Terry]. b. 25th March 1969, educ. Tufts Univ, Medford, Massachusetts, and Univ of Medicine & Dentistry, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA (MD). Medical resident at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge. m. at the United Methodist Church, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 6th September 1997, Dr Wyllys Chip Terry (b. 1968), educ. Boston Univ (BA) and Tufts Univ, product mngr at Princeton Review Software, Burlington, Massachusettes, son of Wyllys Terry III, of Wayland, Mass, educational consultant, by his wife, Bary, née Lyon, sometime schools guidance counselor.
(b) H.H. Shahzadi Kimya Khanum [Dr Kimya F. Harris]. b. 1969, educ. S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary Sch, Germantown, Maryland, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, Tennessee (BS), and Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (Ph.D.). Patent Agent with Clark & Elbing LLB in Boston, Massachusettes since 2002. m. Michael Paul Harris (b. 1969).
(23) H.H. Shahzada Tarivardi Mirza [Tariverdi Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1930 (s/o Hamdam Khanum). m. XXX (m. as his second wife, Professor Farhad Ardalan). He was k. by poachers at Shahrud, 14th December 1969, having had issue, an only daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Malika Khanum [Malakeh Farmanfarmaian-Cramer], educ. l’Ecole Internationale, Geneva, Switzerland. Mbr Supporting Cttee ILLA. m. Christian Kramer (b. at Geneva, Switzerland, 1967), educ. Coll Calvin, Geneva, Switzerland, and in the USA, financial adviser, Municipal Counsillor Corsier 2006, Vice-Chair Corsier Municipal Development & Building, and Transport & Security Cttees, Mbr Corsier Communications & Public Relations, and the Sports, Events & Associations Cttees, Dir Optima Environment Ltd, Optima Environnement SA 2002-2004, Banque Pictet et Cie 2007, etc, son of Roland Cramer, of Vandœuvres, Geneva, Switzerland, sometime Presdt Arpil SA and Messieurs Cramer & Cie, by his wife, Karin, née Demmer. She has issue, one son and one daughter.
(24) H.H. Shahzada Harun al-Rashid Mirza [Haroon Al-Rashid Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 1933 (s/o Masuma Khanum), educ. Dartington Hall Sch, Derbyshire. Chair F & H. R. Farman-Farmaian Consulting Engineers in Tehran until 1979, settled in England after the Islamic revolution. m. (first) (div.) Manijeh Mirdamad, educ. Brooks Sch, North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. m. (second) Dunia Farman-Farmaian (b. 1956), Dir 59-75 (Odd) Onslow Square Freehold Ltd since 2004. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Amir ‘Ali Mirza [Dr Amir Ali Farman-Farma]. b. 1964 (s/o Manijeh), educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Inst des Etudes Politiques, Paris, France, Harvard Univ (BA 1986), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and St Anthony’s Coll, Oxford (D.Phil. 1991). Editor of “The Harvard Crimson” and “Harvard International Review” 1985, Snr Consultant at Middle East Consultants (MEC) 1987, Consultant to Enigma Investments 1993, Dir Fortune Asset Management Ltd 1999-2005, MD and U.S. Representative of Fortune Asset Management Ltd 2001-2007, MD Connexion Capital LLP since 2007. Vice-Chair The Near East Fndn. Vice-Presdt International Qajar Studies Assoc (Europe). Trustee Iranian American Political Action Cttee (IAPAC). Dir Flora Family Fndn. Mbr The Synergos Inst. m. at New York City Municipal Building, New York, 14th September 2000 (civil), and at Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, 16th September 2000 (Muslim rite), Nathalie Flora [Mrs Amir Ali Farman-Farmaian] (b. 1968), educ. Brown Univ, Providence, Rhode Island (AB), Columbia Univ, New York (AM), and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, Assoc Editor at “The New Yorker” magazine, daughter of Jean-Paul Georges Gimon, of Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, sometime Presdt Credit Lyonnais, in New York, by his wife Eleanor, daughter of William R. Hewlett, co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Co. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
(i) Alexandre Avicenne Farman Farma. b. at at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, USA, 22nd November 2002.
(i) Rose Redington Farman-Farma. b. at New York City, USA, 8th November 2004.
(b) H.H. Shahzada Farhad Mirza [Farhad Farman-Farmaian]. b. 1973, educ. Brown Univ (BA 1996), Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Creative Media Consultant, Presdt Digital Form.com, MD of The Beauchamp Club Ltd since 2006, Dir Ambient Committee Ltd since 2003, Abode Capital Ltd since 2004, T House Ltd since 2004, etc.
(a) H.H. Shahzadi Aisha Khanum [Princess Ayshe Farman-Farmaian]. b. at Tehran, 10th August 1961 (d/o Manijeh), educ. The Community Sch (CHS), Tehran, Brown Univ (BA 1983), Providence, Rhode Island, and the Massachusetts Inst of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Chief Creative Dir at Digital Form.com, Presdt Imagix Inc since 1997. m. at Miami, Florida, USA, 23rd February 2004 (RC rite), Count Nicola Alberto Christiano Gasparo von Rex (b. at Milan, Italy, 20th March 1968), educ. (DSc Pol), hotel director, second son of Count Rudolf Karl-Max Franz Christian Caspar von Rex, by his first wife, Countess Adriana von Rex, née Andriana Ivancich-Biaggini, daughter of Dr Carlo Ivancich-Biaggini. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
(25) H.H. Shahzada Cyrus Mirza Farmanfarmaian. b. at Tehran, 193x (s/o Batul Ashami), educ. Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France, and Univ of North Colorado (UNC), Greeley, Colarado, USA. Architect. m. Parvine Farmanfarmaian, MD of Parvine Farmanfarmaian Sl interior decorators. He had issue, three sons:
(a) H.H. Shahzada Arash Mirza [Arash Farmanfarmaian]. b. 1963, educ. Boston Univ (MA 1989). Structured Credit Trader at Commerzbank AG, Exec Dir & Head E.M. Structuring & Local Instruments at UBS Investment Bank, Dir & Head of Emerging Market Structured Transactions at Swiss Bank Corp. Sec Mikayo Langhofer Ltd since 2005, and Planet Earth Photography Ltd since 2005. m. Mikayo Langhofer (b. 1958), educ. Univ of Chicago (BA 1982), and Northwestern Univ (PhD 1994), Evanston, Illinois, USA, Technical Writer Analytical with Technologies Inc in San Diego 1984-1985, Research Technician Univ of Southern California 1985-1987, Research Assoc Abbott Labs 1987-1988, Pharmacologist Sola Barnes Hind 1988-1989, Postdoctoral Scientist Mount Sinai Medical Centre 1995-1996 and Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford 1996-1998, scientist, writer and medical consultant, Dir Planet Earth Photography Ltd since 1998 and Dir & Co Sec Mikayo Langhofer Ltd since 2005, daughter of Laverne Langhofer, of Denver, Collorado, USA, by his wife, Charleen K. Langhofer. He had a twin son and daughter:
(i) H.H. Shahzada David Ashkon Mirza [David Ashkon Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Westminster, London, October 2000. Mbr Brixton Fencing Club.
(i) H.H. Shahzadi Ariana Homa Khanum [Ariana Homa Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Westminster, London, October 2000. Mbr Brixton Fencing Club.
(b) H.H. Shahzada Ardavan Mirza [Ardavan Farmanfarmaian]. b. 1964, educ. Babson Coll, Massachusetts, USA (MBA) and Univ of Westminster, London (dipl. Law). Dir Private Client Services at WJB Chiltern plc since 1994, Copap Property Holdings since 2003, Latitude Paper & Board UK Ltd since 2003, Dreamfields Ltd since 2004, Snowflake Sch for Children with Autism since 2004 (Sec since 2007), Copap Agences Internationales since 2007, and Anjoman Ltd since 2010. Sec Forum Iran, and Anjoman (British Iranian Business & Professional Soc) since 2005 (Mbr since 2002). Mbr the Offshore Inst. m. at Kensington, London, October 1993, Massoumeh Khadjenouri-Farmanfarmaian [Massi]. He has issue, two sons:
(i) H.H. Shahzada Ardeshir Mohsen Mirza [Ardeshir Mohsen Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Westminster, London, 26th March 1996.
(ii) H.H. Shahzada Keyvan Cyrus Mirza [Keyvan Cyrus Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Westminster, London, 22nd July 2000.
(1) H.H. Shahzadi Budaq Khanum [Badogh Farmanfarmaian] [Jooni]. b. 1908 (d/o Mah Begum). m. Haji Mirza Javad Mojtahedi (b. at Tabriz, Azerbaijan, 1903; d. 1976), a leading cleric in Azerbaijan, son of Haji Mirza Raza Mojtahedi, by his wife, Zinat al-Haji Khanum, eldest daughter of ... Khan, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Munawarus-Sultana, daughter of H.R.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza, Nuzratud-Daula, sometime Minister for War. She d. 2002, having had issue, three sons and two daughters.
(2) H.H. Shahzadi Mariam Khanum [Mariam Firuz]. b. at Kermanshah, 1914 (d/o Batul Ashami), educ. Ecole Jeanne d’Arc, Tehran. A leftist activist and Tudeh Party mbr since 1944, exiled to the Soviet Union and East Germany 1956-1979, leader Women’s Democratic Org in Tehran 1979-1983, imprisoned by the Islamic Republic 1983-1990, placed under house arrest thereafter. Author of “Radiant Icons” and “Memoirs”. m. (first) at Tehran, 1931 (div. 1944, Brigadier ‘Abbas Quli Esfandiyari (b. 1897), educ. l’École special militaire de Saint-Cyr, Paris, France, and served in the French Army during the Great War, wounded and captured by the Germans, rose to the rank of Capt. (rcvd: Knt of the Order of the Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre), transferred to the Persian Govt Gendarmerie as Maj 1919, on special duty with the Haardt-Citroen Trans-Asiatic expedition 1931, actg Chief 4th Bureau Iranian Army HQ 1932-1940, Chief 1st Bureau 1940, third son of H.E. Hasan Khan Esfandiari, Mu’tasham us-Saltana, sometime Speaker of the Majlis. m. (second) at Moscow, Russia, before 21st March 1945, Dr Nureddin Kianuri (b. at Nour, Mazandaraan, 1915; d. from heart failure, at Tehran, 5th November 1999 bur. Behesht-i Zahra Cemetery), educ. Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, and Aachen Univ (PhD), architect, Mbr Tudeh Party 1942, Mbr Tudeh Party Central Cttee 1945-1983 (First Sec-Gen 1979-1983), Professor at Univ of Moscow, imprisoned 1983-1984, grandson of Shaikh Fazlu’llah Nuri. She d. at Tehran, 12th March 2008 (bur. with her husband at Behesht-i Zahra Cemetery), had issue, two daughters by her first husband.
(3) H.H. Shahzadi Mihr-i-mah Khanum [Mehromah Rais]. b. 1915 (d/o Batul Ashami). m. at Tehran, 1935, as his first wife, H.E. Muhsin Rais, GCVO (21.7.1948) (b. at Tehran, 1896; m. second, H.H. Shahzadi Ismat ul-Mulk [Esmat Dowlatshahi], former wife of H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran), educ. Univ of Geneva, Sec Persian delegation to the League of Nations 1919-1924, Counsellor at Paris 1930-1933 (Chargd d’Affaires 1931), Dir League of Nations & Treaty Dept 1933-1935, Env Ext & Minister Plenipotentiary to Germany (conc. to the Netherlands) 1935-1938, Romania and Yugoslavia 1939-1941, France 1941-1942 and Iraq 1943-1947, and at the Court of St James’s 1947-1950, Dir-Gen (Political) MFA 1938-1939, Minister for Posts & Telecommunications 1942, and for Foreign Affairs 1950-1951 (actg 1938), Governor-General of Azerbaijan 1958-1960, Ambassador to France 1958 and 1962-1963, the Netherlands 1960-1961, and the Court of St James’s 1961-1962, Governor of Tehran 1964-1969, Senator 1964-1969, rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1st class (x.6.1947), GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1942), etc, eldest son of Zahir ul-Mulk. She had issue, one son and one daughtersons.
(4) H.H. Shahzadi Zahra Jabara Khanum [Jabbareh Farmanfarmaian]. b. 1916 (d/o Masuma). m. 1936, ‘Abbas Parkhideh (b. 1909), educ. Birmingham Univ (B.Sc.), Petroleum Engineer with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co (AIOC). She had issue, an only son.
(5) H.H. Shahzadi Mahsama Khanum [Mahssy]. b. 1919 (d/o Fatima Begum). m. at Tehran, June 1935, General Nusratu’llah Mirza [Nosratollah Motazedi], cdr Independent Cavary Bde, actg cdr 10th Dvsn 1941, sometime Governor of Gorgan, brother of Negar-Saltaneh Khanum (wife of Amir Massoud Mansour Moayed), and had issue, an only child.
(6) H.H. Shahzadi Satara Khanum [Sattareh Farmanfarmaian]. b. at Shiraz, Fars, January 1921 (d/o Masuma Khanum), educ. Tarbiat Sch, the American Sch for Girls (Nurbaksh), Tehran, Univ of Southern California (BA 1946, MA 1948), Los Angeles, California, USA. Social reformer, employed at the International Inst in Los Angeles 1948-1952, Cities Service Oil Inc in New York 1952-1954 and with UNESCO in Baghdad 1954-1958, Dir Tehran Sch of Social Work at the Univ of Tehran 1958-1979, Los Angeles Dept of Social Work 1980-1992. Presdt Family Planning Assoc of Iran and the Community Welfare Centre of Iran. Vice-Presdt International Planned Parenthood Fndn 1972. Author of “Children’s Needs” (1960), “Children and Teachers” (1966), “Prostitution Problems in the City of Tehran” (1969), “Early Marriage and Pregnancy in Traditional Islamic Society” (1975), “On the Other Side of The China Wall” (1977), etc. Joint author of “Daughter of Persia: A woman”s journey from her father’s harem through the Islamic Republic” (1992). m. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 3rd September 1948, as his first wife (div. at Dade, Florida, 1954), Arun Kumar Chaudhuri (b. at Calcutta, Bengal, India, 1924; m. second, and had further issue, a son and a daughter), educ. Presidency Coll (BA 1946), Calcutta, Bengal, India, and Univ of Southern California (MA 1951), Los Angeles, California, USA, son of Rai Bahadur Ram Chandra Chaudhuri, of Allahabad, India, sometime District and Sessions Judge, Bihar, India, by his wife, Aruna Basu-Mallick, of Calcutta, Bengal, India. She d. at Los Angeles, California, USA, 23rd May 2012, having had issue, an only daughter.
(7) H.H. Shahzadi Leila Mahinbanu Khanum [Leila Mahin Banou Farmanfarmaian] [Princess Leila Mahin Banou Farmanfarmaian Majd]. b. 1924 (d/o Batul Ahshami), educ. Barnard Coll (BA), New York, USA. Settled in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, after the Islamic revolution. m. Muhammad Reza Majd, architect, Snr Assoc Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmaian & Assocs (AFFA) 1976-1979, settled in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. She d. at Paris, France, 3rd October 2011 (bur. there at Montparnasse), having had issue, two sons.
(8) H.H. Shahzadi Bilqis Khanum [Belghaiz Farmanfarmaian]. b. 1926 (d/o Fatima Khanum). She d. 1927.
(9) H.H. Shahzadi Haida Khanum [Princess Haideh Farmanfarmaian Hakimi] (d/o Batul Ashami), educ. Mills Coll (BA), Oakland, California, USA. Lady-in-waiting to Queen Soraya. m. (first) at Paris, France, 1951, Manuchir Gharagozlou [Manoutchehr Hormoz Gharagozlou], LVO (2.3.1961) (b. 1926), Chamberlain 1957, Civil ADC to H.I.M. Muhammad Reza Shah 1961, Minister for Sports, Dir Nooni SA (Panama), rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1st class, GC of the Order of Civil Merit of Spain (22.5.1957), etc, son of Mirza Taqi Khan Gharagozlou, sometime Iranian Delegate to UNESCO, Paris, by his wife, Naïs Khanum, née Jeanne Naïs Félicie de Dampierre, daughter of Marie Louis Guy de Dampierre, of Biarritz, France, by his wife, Countess Grâce Céline Marie Joséphine Jeanne, daughter of Eugène Panon-Desbassayns, Count de Richemont. m. (second) … Hakimi. She d. at Paris, France, 3rd January 2011, having had issue, two sons and one daughter.
(10) H.H. Shahzadi Ayisha Humaira Khanum [Ayesheh Homeyra Farmanfarmaian]. b. 1929 (d/o Masuma). m. Ali Mahlouji, and has issue, one son and two daughters.
(11) H.H. Shahzadi Soraya Khanum [Soraya Farmanfarmaian]. b. 22nd May 1931 (d/o Masuma). m. Mirza Ferydun Khan [Fereidoun Sepahi], son of H.E. Mirza ‘Ali Quli Khan Sepahi Donboli, Muhandis ud-Daula, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Mihr-i-Mah Khanum, Mihr ul-Mulk, daughter of H.H. Shahzada Haji Aga Muhammad Mirza Chaikar, Kashifus-Sultana, sometime Consul-Gen at Bombay and Lord Mayor of Tehran. She d. at Montgomery, Maryland, USA, 6th February 2003, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
(12) H.H. Shahzadi Rudaba Khanum [Mrs Roudabeh Farmanfarmaian Akhavein]. b. at Tehran, 4th February 1937 (d/o Batul). Naturalized as a US Citizen at Portland, Oregon 4th April 1986. Mbr City Club of Portland (Oregon), Reed Coll Women’s Ctte 1990-1996, Portland Art Museum Patron Soc, etc. m. Muhammad Mehdi Akhavein (b. at Tehran, 3rd August 1928), son of Muhammad Akhavein, by his wife, Nosrat. She had issue, two sons and one daughter.
(13) H.H. Shahzadi Khurshid Khanum [Khorshid Farmanfarmaian]. b. March 1937 (d/o Masuma). Dir Eaton Mansions (Westminster) Ltd 1999. m. (first) Keyvan Naraghi, sometime General Mngr Internal Distribution for the National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC), son of Abu’l Qasim Naraghi, by his wife, Batul Mahlouji. m. (second) at Kensington, London, July 1987, Ralph Cecil Vickers, MC (1944) (b. at London, 14th November 1913; d. at Kensington, London, 10th September 1992), educ. St Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge (BA), stockbroker, joined Vickers da Costa & Co 1935, served in WWII 1939-1944, rejoined Vickers da Costa 1944, Snr Partner 1961-1972, and Chair 1972-1981, Fellow Commoner St Catherine’s Coll 1973-1982, younger brother of The Rt Hon Joan Helen, Baroness Vickers, DBE, sometime Presdt International Bureau for the Supression of Trafic in Persons, and son of Horace Cecil Vickers, founder and Snr Partner of Vickers da Costa & Co, stockbrokers, by his wife, Lilian Munro Lambert Grose, daughter of Woodman Cole Grose, MBE, of Chelsea, London. She had issue, two daughters by her first husband.
i) H.H. Shahzadi Malika Taj Khanum, Najmus-Sultana. b. before 24th September 1854 (d/o Hajjah Homa Khanum), educ. privately. Founder of the Najmiyeh Hospital 1929. Presdt Najmiyeh Hospital Endowment Trust 1929-1932. m. (first) before 3rd April 1870, H.E. Haji Murtaza Quli Khan Kermani, Vakil ul-Mulk (d. at Tehran, before 15th December 1879), Governor-General of Kerman 1869-1879. m. (second) at Tehran, 1879, H.E. Mirza Hidayatu’llah Khan Ashtiyani (d. 12th August 1892), sometime Minister for Finance and the Budget (Vazir-i-Daftar-i-Istifa) 1874-1892, son of Mirza Husain Ashtiyani. m. (third) at Tehran, before 5th July 1894, as his second wife, H.E. Mirza Fazlu’llah Khan Tabatabaʼi Diba Vakilul-Mulk (b. 1836; d.1902), previously styled Hashmatud-Daula, son of Mirza ‘Ali Asghar Mustaufi Tabatabai-Diba, from the Diba family of Tabriz. She d. at Tehran, before 7th May 1932, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
1) H.E. Mirza Muhammad Khan, Musadiqus-Sultana [Dr Muhammad Mossadeq]. b. 1885 (s/o Mirza Hidayatu'llah Khan), educ. École des Sciences Politiques, Paris and Univs. of Liegé and Neufchatel (LLD 1914). Under-Sec. Finance Dept. 1917-1920, Governor-General of Fars 1921-1921, and Azerbaijan 1922-1923, Minister for Justice 1920, Finance 1921, and Foreign Affairs 1923, banished to his estates 1928-1939, Deputy (Tehran) in the Majlis 1943-1953, Prime Minister 1951-1952 and 1952-1953, imprisoned for treason 1953-1956. m. 1930, Zahra Khanum, Ziaus-Sultana (b. 1879; d. 1965), second daughter of H.H. Agha Sayyid Zainal-Abidin Al-Haj, Zahirus-Islam, Imam-i-Jum'a of Tehran, by his second wife, H.I.H. Shahzadi Ziaus-Sultana, daughter of H.I.M. Nasir ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG. He d. at Tehran, 5th March 1967, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
(a) AhmadMossadegh. Engineer. Head of the State Railway Org.
(b) Dr Gholam Hossein Mossadegh. b. at Tehran, 4th September 1907. Inspector-Gen of the Central Cttee Iranian Lion & Sun Org, Head of Iranian Delegation to International Cttee of the Red Cross 1946, Personal Physician to his father. Author of “In the Company of My Father”. m. 11th April 1929, Malekeh Khajeh-Nuri. He d. at Tehran, 28th July 1990, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
(i) Mahmoud René Mossadegh.
(ii) Hamid Mossadegh. m. Faezeh (m. second, Farhad Massoudi, and had one son), youngest daughter of Houshang Nayer-Nouri, by his wife, H.H. Shahzadi Leila Khanum [Lili Firouz], daughter of H.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza, Nuzrat ud-Daula, GCMG, sometime Minister for Foreign Affairs. He had issue:
1. Mohamed Mossadegh (s/o Faezeh). m. at Camden, London, 1998, ... He has issue, one son and one daughter:
a. Madoc Hamid Mossadegh. b. at Kensington, London, 2004.
a. Lani Ophelia Mossadegh. b. at Kensington, London, 2007.
(i) Massoumeh F. Mossadegh. m. (first) (div. at Los Angeles, California, USA), Joseph T. Hart. m. (second) at Los Angeles, California, USA, David M. Umphrey.
(a) Mansura Khanum. m. H.E. Dr. Ahmad Khan Matine Daftary, Mu’in ud-Daula (b. at Tehran, 1908; d. there, suddenly, 1974), educ. German Gymnasium, Tehran, and Tehran Univ, Univ of Paris, France (PhD), Univ of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Berlin Univ, Germany, Counsel Court of Appeal, Tehran, Chief of Treaty Section Ministry of Foreign Affairs, transf Justice Ministry 1930, Legal Counsel Iranian Delegation to the League of Nations, Geneva 1930-1931, Dir-Gen for Justice 1932-1934, actg Minister 1933, Under-Sec for Justice 1934-1936, Iranian Delegate XI International Penal & Penitentiary Congress (Berlin) 1936, Minister for Justice 1936-1939, Prime Minister 1939-1940, Senator 1947-1961, Professor & Head of the Law Faculty in the Univ of Tehran, Chair Iranian National Cmsn for UNESCO, Presdt Iranian Inter-Parliamentary Group, Iranian United Nations Assoc, Vice-Presdt of the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union 1969, Mbr Acad of Iran 1939, Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague 1937, Persian Oil Cmsn, UN International Law Cmsn (ILC) 1957-1961, author of “La Suppression des Capitulations en Perse” (1930), “’Ain-i-Dadrasi-i-Madani va Bazargani” (1945), “The Adaptation of the Charter of the United Nations to the Current Needs of the World” (1965), etc, Hon DCL Delhi Univ 1953, son of H.E. Mahmud Khan, ’Ain ul-Mamalik. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
(b) Zia-i-Ashraf Khanum. m. at Tehran, 1st March 1924, as his first wife, ‘Izzat Allah Khan Bayat [Ezatolah Bayat], son of H.E. Haji ‘Abbas Quli Khan Bayat, Saham ul-Mulk, sometime Deputy 3rd Majlis, by his wife, Hajjiya Zarrin Taj Khanum, Shaukatud-Daula, daughter ofH.E. Haji Murtaza Quli Khan Kermani, Vakil ul-Mulk. She had issue, two sons.
(c) Khadija Khanum.
(2) H.E. ‘Abdu’l Hasan Khan Diba, Siqqat ud-Daula [Abdol-Hasan Diba]. b. at Tehran, before 24th June 1885 (s/o Fazlu’llah), educ. Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Paris, France. Joined Ministry of Finance, transf Railway Office 1928, and Dept of Commerce 1932, Assist Dir of Commerce 1932-1933. m. Pouran Vakili. He d. 1982, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
(a) Farhad Diba, educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx. Author of “Mossadegh, A Political Biography”.m. Firouzeh Rastegar. He had issue, two daughters:
(i) Yasmine Diba.
(ii) Cathy Diba.
(a) Homa Diba. m. (first) ... Ettehadieh. m. (second) ... Emami. She had issue, one daughter by each husband.
(b) Goli Diba. m. Dr. Jamshid Donboli. She had issue, one son.
(c) Shahri Diba.
(1) Muluk Khanum, ‘Ishrat ud-Daula (d/o Kermani). Presdt Najmiyeh Hospital Endowment Trust in succession to her sister Zarrin Taj. m. H.E. Muvassaq us-Saltana. She had issue, twins.
(2) Hajjiya Zarrin Taj Khanum, Shaukatud-Daula (d/o Kermani). Presdt Najmiyeh Hospital Endowment Trust 1932. m. H.E. Haji ‘Abbas Quli Khan Bayat, Saham ul-Mulk, sometime Deputy 3rd Majlis, youngest son of Haji ‘Ali Naqi Khan Bayat, Nizam-i-Lashkar of the Bayat tribe of Arak, by his wife, Tayifa Khanum, a Turkoman lady. She had issue, four sons and four daughters.
(3) Amina Khanum, Daftarul-Mulk. b. before 10th October 1885 (d/o Ashtiyani). Presdt Najmiyeh Hospital Endowment Trust in succession to her sister Muluk Khanum. m. (first) 1905 (div. 1908) her first cousin, H.H. Shahzada Firuz Mirza, Nuzratud-Daula, GCMG (b. 1888; d. early April 1937), eldest son of Field Marshal H.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Husain Mirza, FarmanFarma, GCMG, by his first wife, H.I.H. Shahzadi ‘Izzatud-Daula [Umm ul-Khakan] (b. 1873), fourth daughter of H.I.M. Muzaffar ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG. m. (second) H.I.H. Shahzada ‘Abu’l Fazil Mirza, Azudus-Sultan (b. 20th October 1882), fourth son of H.I.M. Muzaffar ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of Persia, KG. She had issue, one son by her first husband (see above) and two sons by her second - see below.
ii) H.H. Shahzadi Mah Sima Khanum, Ismatus-Sultana (d/o Hajjah Homa Khanum). m. Mirza Ahmad Khan, son Field Marshal Field Marshal H.S.H. Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan-e Farahani, Amir-i-Kabir, sometime Prime Minister and C-in-C of the Army, by his first wife. She had issue.
iii) H.H. Shahzadi Ashraf Khanum, Sururus-Sultana [H.M. the Mahd-i-’Aliya]. b. 1856 (d/o Hajjah Homa Khanum). m. at Tehran, 1881, H.I.M. Qadar-qadrat-i-Qavvi-Shaukat-i-Shahanshah-i-Jam Jah din Panah-i-Zillu’llah ul-Mamdud fi’l-ardin Ghias ul-Islam va ul-Muslimin us-Sultan ul-A’zam va Khaqan ul-Afkham Muzaffar ud-din Shah, Shahanshah of the God protected realms of Persia, KG (b. at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, 25th March 1853; d. at the Gulistan Palace, Tehran, 7th January 1907, bur. Qajar Crypt, Shrine of Imam Al-Husain, Karbala, Iraq), ninth son of H.I.M. Qadar-qadrat-i-Qavvi-Shaukat-i-Shahanshah-i-Jam Jah din Panah-i-Zillu’llah ul-Mamdud fi’l-ardin Ghias ul-Islam va ul-Muslimin us-Sultan ul-A’zam va Khaqan ul-Afkham, al-Sultan ibn al-Sultan wa al-Khaqan ibn Khaqan Abu’l FathSultan Nasir ud-Din Shah Qajar Ghazi, Khushru Keshvar-sitan, Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of the God protected realms of Persia, KG , by his wife, H.R.H. Shikohus-Sultana, daughter of H.I.H. Shahzada Fathu’llah Mirza, Musha’shaul-Mulk, Shuaus-Sultana. She had issue, one son and two daughters - see below.
iv) H.H. Shahzadi Munawarus-Sultana (d/o Hajjah Homa Khanum). m. a son of Field Marshal H.S.H. Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan-e Farahani, Amir-i-Kabir, sometime Prime Minister and C-in-C of the Army. She had issue, three daughters.
