Schah von persien farah diba biography
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Farah Pahlavi
Queen/Empress of Iran from 1959 to 1979
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی; née Diba [دیبا]; born 14 October 1938) is the former Queen and last Empress (شهبانو, Shahbânu) of Iran and is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
She was born into a prosperous Iranian family whose fortunes were diminished after her father's early death. While studying architecture in Paris, she was introduced to the Shah at the Iranian embassy, and they were married in December 1959. The Shah's first two marriages had not produced a son—necessary for royal succession—resulting in great rejoicing at the birth of Crown Prince Reza in October of the following year. As a philanthropist, she progressed Iranian civil society through many charities, and founded Iran's first American-style university, enabling more women to become students in the country. She also facilitated the buying-back of Iranian antiquities from museums abroad.
By 1978, growing anti-imperial unrest fueled by communism, socialism, and Islamism throughout Iran was showing clear signs of impending revolution, prompting Farah and the Shah to leave the country in January 1979 under the threat of a death sentence. For that reason, most countries were reluctant to harbour them, with Anwar
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Shah of Persia from 1941 to 1979
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Not know be jumbled with his father Reza Shah (1878–1944) or his eldest logos Reza Iranian (born 1960).
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Following the ceremony, both jacket and veil were exchanged for an emerald and diamond parure and the crown jewels were added. Given it was mid February and the palace was unheated, by the evening the bride was given a mink cape to keep her warm and wool socks to hide beneath her dress.
Seven years later, after Queen Soraya had failed to provide the Shah with a male heir (doctors had informed her she would not be able to conceive ‘for many years’), the couple were forced to separate. In 1958, the Shah tearfully announced their divorce; Soraya said it was ‘a sacrifice of my own happiness’.
A year later he married again, to Farah Diba, with whom he had four children, including two boys. Ironically, his heir turned out to be ‘unnecessary’. Following the political uprisings in 1978 and 1979, the Islamic Republic succeeded his regime. The Shah died a year later in July 1980.
Wiston Churchill With Shah Pahlavi And Empress Soraya Of Iran In 1955
Keystone-France/Getty ImagesWith the title of HRH Princess Soraya of Iran and ample financial support, the princess lived out her life as a globetrotting socialite in Europe. She even had a brief stint as an actress, starring in the 1965 movie I tre volti (The Three Faces). She also appeared as a character named Soraya in the film