Princess Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (22 June 1932 -- 26 October 2001)she is Singer of Kurdish origin was the second wife and Queen Consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran.Born in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary, a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Russian-born German wife Eva Karl. She had one sibling, a younger brother, Bijan. Her family had long been involved in the Iranian government and diplomatic corps. An uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader in the Iranian constitutional movement of the early 20th century. In 1948, Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a close relative of Soraya's, via a photograph taken by Goodarz Bakhtiary, in London, per Forough Zafar's request. At this time Soraya had finished high school in Switzerland finishing school, and was studying the English language in London.[1] They were soon engaged (the Shah gave her a 22.37 carat (4.474 g) diamond engagement ring) Soraya married the Shah at Golestan Palace in Tehran on 12 February 1951; originally, the couple had planned to wed on 27 December 1950, but the ceremony had to be postponed due to the bride being ill.Though the Shah announced that guests should donate money to a special charity for the Iranian poor, among the wedding gifts was a mink coat and a desk set with black diamonds sent by Joseph Stalin; a Steuben glass Bowl ...
Friday, October 19, 2012
A Kurdish Princess of Iran
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Princess Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (22 June 1932 -- 26 October 2001)she is Singer of Kurdish origin was the second wife and Queen Consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran.Born in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary, a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Russian-born German wife Eva Karl. She had one sibling, a younger brother, Bijan. Her family had long been involved in the Iranian government and diplomatic corps. An uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader in the Iranian constitutional movement of the early 20th century. In 1948, Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a close relative of Soraya's, via a photograph taken by Goodarz Bakhtiary, in London, per Forough Zafar's request. At this time Soraya had finished high school in Switzerland finishing school, and was studying the English language in London.[1] They were soon engaged (the Shah gave her a 22.37 carat (4.474 g) diamond engagement ring) Soraya married the Shah at Golestan Palace in Tehran on 12 February 1951; originally, the couple had planned to wed on 27 December 1950, but the ceremony had to be postponed due to the bride being ill.Though the Shah announced that guests should donate money to a special charity for the Iranian poor, among the wedding gifts was a mink coat and a desk set with black diamonds sent by Joseph Stalin; a Steuben glass Bowl ...
Princess Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (22 June 1932 -- 26 October 2001)she is Singer of Kurdish origin was the second wife and Queen Consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran.Born in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary, a Bakhtiari nobleman and Iranian ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s, and his Russian-born German wife Eva Karl. She had one sibling, a younger brother, Bijan. Her family had long been involved in the Iranian government and diplomatic corps. An uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader in the Iranian constitutional movement of the early 20th century. In 1948, Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a close relative of Soraya's, via a photograph taken by Goodarz Bakhtiary, in London, per Forough Zafar's request. At this time Soraya had finished high school in Switzerland finishing school, and was studying the English language in London.[1] They were soon engaged (the Shah gave her a 22.37 carat (4.474 g) diamond engagement ring) Soraya married the Shah at Golestan Palace in Tehran on 12 February 1951; originally, the couple had planned to wed on 27 December 1950, but the ceremony had to be postponed due to the bride being ill.Though the Shah announced that guests should donate money to a special charity for the Iranian poor, among the wedding gifts was a mink coat and a desk set with black diamonds sent by Joseph Stalin; a Steuben glass Bowl ...
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