Badr al-Molouk (), was the first wife of

Ahmad Shah Qajar Ahmad Shah Qajar (‎; 21 January 1898 – 21 February 1930) was the List of monarchs of Iran, shah of Iran (Name of Iran, Persia) from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the seventh and final ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. Ahmad Shah ...

, the last Shah of the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

. Badr al-Molouk was born in 1897 in

Tabriz Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ...

. She was the daughter of the Qajar Prince Zahir as-Sultan Vala and Afagh Khanom. At four years old, her future mother-in-law, Princess Malekeh Jahan, arranged her marriage to Crown Prince Ahmad Mirza. She was educated at the only girls school in Tehran. Badr al-Molouk was taken from school and married to Ahmad Mirza when she was twelve years old in 1909. The wedding was held by the Crown Prince's mother, Malekeh Jahan, and was a great ceremony. Later the same year, her spouse succeeded to the throne as Ahmad Shah Qajar. She did not play a public role during the reign of her spouse, since royal women at this time period still lived in seclusion. In 1923, her husband was deposed, bringing an end to the Qajar dynasty's rule. She accompanied him to her mother-in-law in Baghdad and then to Lebanon and France. When

Reza Shah Reza Shah Pahlavi born Reza Khan (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the roughly 53 years old Pahlavi dynasty. Originally a military officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war an ...

, the new ruler of Iran, allowed members of the Qajar dynasty to return to Iran in the 1940s, she chose to come back and live in Tehran until her death in 1979. She was the mother of Princess

Irandokht Irandokht ( 1916-1984 –) was a princess of Iran. She was the first child of Badr al-Molouk and Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. She was princess of Persia before leaving the country with her parents when she was ...

(1915–1984), the Shah's second child.

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References

1897 births 1979 deaths Qajar royal consorts {{Iran-royal-stub