This is a list of royal consorts of rulers that held power over present-day Iran. The title Shahbanu was used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including the Sassanids and Pahlavis.[2] The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.
Shahbanu of Iran (Persia)
Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
Last in role Farah Pahlavi 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
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^ abcdeMo'ayeri, Dustali (1982). Some notes from private life of Nasser al-Din Shah. Tehran: Nashr-e Tarikh-e Iran.
^Azad, Hassan (1999). Gosheh hai az Tarikh Egtemai-e Iran: Posht Pardeh Haram [Corners of Iran's social history: behind the scenes of the harem] (in Persian). p. 356. ISBN9789646614000. Nasser al-Din Shah had given her the title of Forough al-Saltanah, which at that time officially meant mistress. And Jeyran was the first to receive this title