Esmat Dowlatshahi ( fa, عصمت‌الملوک دولتشاهی; 1905 – 25 July 1995) was an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

royal and the fourth and last wife of

Reza Shah , , spouse = Maryam Savadkoohi Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlu (queen consort) Turan Amirsoleimani Esmat Dowlatshahi , issue = Princess Hamdamsaltaneh Princess Shams Mohammad Reza Shah Princess Ashraf Prince Ali Reza Prince Gholam Reza P ...

Early life

Dowlatshahi was born in 1905. She was a member of the Qajar dynasty. Her father was Gholam Ali Mirza "Mojalal Dowleh" Dowlatshahi (1878–1934). Her mother was Mobtahedj-od-Dowleh, daughter of Ebtehadj Saltaneh and Abou Nasr Mirza Hessam Saltaneh II. Her paternal grandfather was Hessam-Saltaneh I. She had two brothers and one sister, Ashraf Saltaneh II.

Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi ( fa, مهرانگیز دولتشاهی; 13 December 1919 – 11 October 2008) was an Iranian social activist and politician, who held significant positions, including ambassador of Iran to Denmark during the Pahlavi era. S ...

, member of the Majlis and Iranian ambassador, was her cousin.

Marriage

Dowlatshahi and Reza Shah wed in 1923. She was his fourth, last and favourite wife. Reza Shah was the minister of war when they married. From this marriage five children were born: Abdul Reza, Ahmad Reza, Mahmoud Reza, Fatemeh and

Hamid Reza Pahlavi Hamid Reza Pahlavi ( fa, حمیدرضا پهلوی; 4 July 1932 – 12 July 1992) was Reza Shah's eleventh and last born child, and a half-brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran. Early life and education Hamid Reza Pahlavi was b ...

. Her husband became Shah of Iran in 1925. However, it was her husband's second wife

Tadj ol-Molouk Tâdj ol-Molouk ( fa, تاج‌الملوک; 17 March 1896 – 10 March 1982) was an Iranian royal, who was the Queen of Iran as the wife of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1925 and 1941. The title she was give ...

who was given a public role as queen. This situation did not make Tadj ol-Molouk happy due to her jealousy of Dowlatshahi which she disclosed in her memoirs. Dowlatshahi and Reza Shah lived in the

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in Tehran with their children. She accompanied her husband to

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when he was exiled there in September 1941, but she returned to Iran after a few months.

Later life and death

Dowlatshahi stayed in Iran after the

1979 Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. She visited the Museum of Reza Shah Pahlavi in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1980. She died on 25 July 1995. She was buried in the

Behesht-e Zahra Behesht-e Zahra ( fa, بهشت زهرا, lit. ''The Paradise of Zahra'', from Fatima az-Zahra) is the largest cemetery in Iran. Located in the southern part of metropolitan Tehran, it is connected to the city by Tehran Metro Line 1. History ...

cemetery, Tehran.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowlatshahi, Esmat 20th-century Iranian women 1905 births 1995 deaths Burials at Behesht-e Zahra Qajar princesses Spouses of prime ministers of Iran Wives of Reza Shah