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Shahbanu of Iran (Persia)
Imperial Arms of Shahbanu Farah of Iran
Last in role Farah Pahlavi 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979
Details
Style	Shahbanu Banbishn
Formation	678 BC
Abolition	11 February 1979
Residence	Apadana Tachara Palace of Darius Palace of Ardashir Taq Kasra Ālī Qāpū Palace Hasht Behesht Golestan Palace Sa'dabad Palace Niavaran Palace
Appointer	Shah or Ruler of Iran
Pretender(s)	Yasmine Pahlavi

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. The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.

Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)

Teispid Kingdom (c.705–559 BC)

Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)

Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)

Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)

Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Rinnu	Mithridates I
	Ariazate	Gotarzes I
	Laodice	Orodes II
	Musa	Phraates IV	later a queen regnant in her own right.

Sasanian Empire (224–651)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Denag	Ardashir I	also a sister of Ardashir I.
	Murrod
	Khwarranzem	Ardashir I or Shapur I
	Shapurdukhtak I	Bahram II
	Shapurdukhtak II	Narseh
	Ifra Hormizd	Hormizd II
	Yazdan-Friy Shapur	Shapur III
	Shushandukht	Yazdegerd I
	Denag	Yazdegerd II
	Sambice	Kavad I	also a sister of Kavad I.
	Maria	Khosrow II
	Shirin
	Gordiya
	Borandokht	Kavad II	also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right.

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)

Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)

Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)

Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)

Mongol Empire (1153–1220)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Börte	Genghis Khan
	Khulan Khatun
	Yesugen
	Yesui
	Ibaqa Beki
	Sorghaghtani Beki	Tolui
	Möge Khatun	Ögedei Khan
	Töregene Khatun
	Oghul Qaimish	Güyük Khan

Ilkhanate (1256–1357)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Doquz Khatun	Hulagu Khan
	Buluqhan Khatun	Abaqa Khan Arghun Khan
	Kököchin	Ghazan
	Uljay Qutlugh Khatun	Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan
	Baghdad Khatun
	Dilshad Khatun

Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)

Timurid Empire (1370–1467)

Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)

Safavid Empire (1501–1736)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Tajlu Khanum	Ismail I
	Behruzeh Khanum
	Sultanum Begum	Tahmasp I
	Sultan-Agha Khanum
	Khayr al-Nisa Begum	Mohammad Khodabanda
	Yakhan Begum	Abbas I
	Marta
	Tamar Amilakhori
	Anna Khanum	Safi
	Nakihat Khanum	Abbas II

Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)

Qajar Empire (1794–1925)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Maryam Khanom	Agha Mohammad Khan Fath-Ali Shah
	Taj ol-Dowleh	Fath-Ali Shah
	Golbadan Baji
	Aghabeyim agha Javanshir
	Begum Khanum
	Badr Jahan Khanom
	Malek Jahan Khanom	Mohammad Shah
	Galin Khanom	Naser al-Din Shah
	Taj al-Dawlah
	Shokouh al-Saltaneh
	Jeyran
	Anis al-Dawla
	Amina Aqdas
	Khazen al-Dawlah
	Munir al-Saltaneh
	Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi
	Taj ol-Molouk	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah
	Malekeh Jahan	Mohammad Ali Shah
	Badr al-Molouk	Ahmad Shah

Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Tadj ol-Molouk	Reza Shah
	Turan Amirsoleimani
	Esmat Dowlatshahi
	Fawzia bint Fuad	Mohammad Reza Shah
	Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
	Farah Diba

See also

• List of monarchs of Persia
• List of ancient Persians
• Monarchism in Iran
• Iranian National Jewels

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