Princess (Shanduht) Shams Pahlavi ( Persian شمس پهلو ), ( October 18, 1917 , Tehran - February 29, 1996 , Santa Barbara ) - the elder sister of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi , the last Shah of Iran .
| Princess Shams Pahlavi | |||||||
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| Persian. شمس پهلوی | |||||||
 The coronation of the wife of the Shah of Iran in 1967. Princess Shams (right) | |||||||
 Coat of arms of the Pahlavi dynasty | |||||||
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| Monarch | Reza Pahlavi Mohammed Reza Pahlavi | ||||||
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| Predecessor | position established | ||||||
| Successor | position abolished | ||||||
| Birth | October 18, 1917 Tehran , Iran | ||||||
| Death | February 29, 1996 (78 years old) Santa Barbara , California , USA | ||||||
| Kind | Pahlavi | ||||||
| Birth name | Shams ul-Mulk Pahlavi | ||||||
| Father | Reza Pahlavi | ||||||
| Mother | Taj ol-moluk | ||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Emigration
- 3 Marriage
- 4 Religion
- 5 Second emigration
- 6 Death
- 7 notes
- 8 References
Biography
In 1934, Princess Shams, along with her sister Ashraf, were the first women in Iran to abandon the burqa [2] [3] .
Emigration
When Soviet and British troops invaded Iran in 1941 and deposed Reza Shah, Princess Shams followed her father in exile, first to Port Louis in Mauritius , then to Johannesburg , South Africa, where he was supported and supported. She published memories of her journey to a foreign land in 1948 in Ettela'at, the oldest Iranian newspaper.
Marriage
Under pressure from her father, she married Fereydun Jem , the son of the then prime minister of Iran, Mahmoud Jem, but the marriage was unsuccessful, and they divorced immediately after the death of the shah. After marrying a second time (already by love and without any permission from anyone) to Mehrdad Pahlbod (Mehrdad Pahlbod), she for some time lost all ranks and ranks and left with her new husband in the USA, where she lived from 1945 to 1947 years. Then her differences with the Shah’s court were settled, and she and her family returned to Tehran.
Religion
In the 40s, Shams abandoned the Islamic faith and converted to Catholicism. Moreover, she convinced her husband and children to follow her example. Again she had to leave her homeland during the 1953 Abadan crisis. After the Iranian army, led by General Fazlollah Zahedi, overthrew the pro-communist Prime Minister Mossadyk and returned the shah to full power in the country, Shams returned to Iran, but unlike her sister, she avoided participating in public and political life, limiting herself to that she had disposed of the property inherited from her late father.
Second Emigration
She was forced to leave Iran and go to the United States after the Islamic Revolution .
Death
Died of cancer in her home in Santa Barbara in 1996 .