Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi is the first child of the late Shah

Pahlavi dynasty

The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

 of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah of Persia , ruled Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979...

, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt.

A former Princess of Iran, she was born in Tehran

Tehran

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 but since the Iranian revolution has lived in Switzerland

Switzerland

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Her first marriage was to Ardeshir Zahedi

Ardeshir Zahedi

Ardeshir Zahedi was an important Iranian diplomat during the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the country's foreign minister and its ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom.-Early life:...

, one time Iranian Foreign Minister and twice Iran

Iran

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ian Ambassador to the United States

United States

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 (1957-1964 & 1972-1979). They have one daughter, Princess (styled "Wala Gohar") Zahra Mahnaz (born December 2, 1958).

Shahnaz later married Khosrow Jahanbani in February of 1971. They have one son, Keykhosrow (born 1971) and one daughter, Fawzieh (born 1973).

Shahnaz is the half-sister of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi

Reza Pahlavi may refer to:*Reza Shah , aka Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Persia from 1925 until 1935 and Shah of Iran from 1935 until 1941* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, son of Reza Shah...

, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi

Farahnaz Pahlavi

Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi is the eldest daughter of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran by his third wife, Empress Farah Diba....

, the late Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi II

Ali Reza Pahlavi II

Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi was a member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family.He was the younger son of the former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his third wife Empress Farah and the grandchild of Reza Shah...

, and the late Princess Leila Pahlavi

Leila Pahlavi

Princess Leila Pahlavi , ‎ , born in Tehran, Iran was the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Farah Pahlavi.-Early life:Leila was born on 27 March 1970 in Tehran...

 - the four children of the Shah by his third wife, Shahbanou Farah Diba.

Her maternal grandparents were King Fuad I and Queen Nazli Sabri

Nazli Sabri

Nazli Sabri , was the Queen consort of Egypt, as the second wife of King Fuad.-Early life:...

 of Egypt; and her paternal grandparents were Reza Shah Pahlavi and Queen Tadj ol-Molouk Ayromlou of Iran. She is also the niece of King Farouk I of Egypt - and thus cousin of the final Egyptian king, Fuad II

Fuad II of Egypt

Fuad II was the last King of Egypt and Sudan.- Biography :He ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Farouk I following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952...

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External links

• Historical Images
• Family Pictures
• http://www.ardeshirzahedi.eu/Ardeshir Zahedi web site in Persian
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