List of royal consorts of Iran

The royal consorts of Iran were the consorts of the rulers of the various states and civilizations in Iran (Persia) from antiquity until the abolition of the Iranian monarchy in the Iranian Revolution (1979). Certain titles were used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including Banbishn for the Sassanids and Shahbanu for the Pahlavis.

Queen/Empress of Iran
ملکه/شهبانوی ایران (Persian)
Imperial
Imperial arms of Empress Farah of Iran

Last in role: Farah Pahlavi 21 December 1959 – 11 February 1979


Details
Style	Shahbanu, Banbishn and various others
Formation	c. 727 BC (Median dynasty) or 550 BC (Achaemenid dynasty)
Abolition	11 February 1979 (Islamic Revolution)
Appointer	Shah or Ruler of Iran

Ancient Iran (c. 727 BC–AD 651)

Medes (c. 727–550 BC)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Aryenis	Astyages

Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)

Name	Monarch	Notes
Cassandane	Cyrus II
Phaedymia	Cambyses II
Atossa	Cambyses II (disputed) Darius I	also a sister of Cambyses II.
Artystone	Darius I
Parmys	Darius I
Amestris	Xerxes I
Damaspia	Artaxerxes I
Parysatis	Darius II
Stateira	Artaxerxes II
Amestris	Artaxerxes II	also a daughter of Artaxerxes II.
Atossa	Artaxerxes III
Stateira	Darius III

Hellenistic rule (331–129 BC)

Alexander's empire (331–305 BC)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Roxana	Alexander III
	Stateira
	Parysatis
	Eurydice	Philip III

Seleucid Empire (305–129 BC)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Apama	Seleucus I Nicator
	Stratonice	Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter
	Laodice I	Antiochus II Theos
	Berenice Syra	Antiochus II Theos
	Laodice II	Seleucus II Callinicus
	Laodice III	Antiochus III the Great
	Laodice IV	Seleucus IV Philopator Antiochus IV Epiphanes
	Laodice V	Demetrius I Soter
	Cleopatra Thea	Alexander Balas Demetrius II Nicator Antiochus VII Sidetes
	Rhodogune	Demetrius II Nicator

Parthian Empire (c. 250/247 BC–224 AD)

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 AD–651 AD)

Name	Monarch	Notes
Denag	Ardashir I	also a sister of Ardashir I.
Murrod	Ardashir I
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.

Medieval Iran (651–1501)

Arab (caliphal) rule (638–861)

Rashidun Caliphate (638–661)

Name	Monarch	Notes
Zaynab bint Maz'un	Umar	^: 204
Atika bint Zayd
Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham
Umm Kulthum bint Ali
Na'ila bint al-Furafisa	Uthman
Umama bint Abi al-As	Ali
Umm al-Banin
Asma bint Umais		^: 12

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Maysun	Mu'awiya I
	Umm Khalid Fakhita	Yazid I
	Fakhitah	Marwan I
	Atikah	Abd al-Malik
	Umm al-Banin	al-Walid I
	Fatima	Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
	Umm Hakim	Hisham

Abbasid Caliphate (749–861)

Name	Monarch	Notes
Umm Salama	Al-Saffah
Arwa	Al-Mansur
Fatimah	Al-Mansur
Rayta	Al-Mahdi
Al-Khayzuran	Al-Mahdi
Lubabah	Al-Hadi
Zubaidah	Harun al-Rashid
Umm Muhammad
Abbasa		^: 328
Lubana	Al-Amin
Umm Isa	Al-Ma'mun
Buran	Al-Ma'mun
Faridah	Al-Mutawakkil

Iranian Intermezzo (821–1090)

Buyids (934–1062)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Sayyida Shirin	Fakhr al-Dawla

Turco-Mongol rule (1038–1508)

Seljuk Empire (1038–1194)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Altun Jan Khatun	Tughril
	Terken Khatun	Malik-Shah I
	Zubayda Khatun	Malik-Shah I

Khwarazmian Empire (1097–1220/1221)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Terken Khatun	Il-Arslan
	Terken Khatun	Ala al-Din Tekish

Mongol Empire (1220–1259)

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

Ilkhanate (1256–1388)

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

Timurid Empire (1370–1458)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Saray Mulk Khanum	Timur
	Gawhar Shad	Shah Rukh

Aq Qoyunlu (1465–1508)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Despina Khatun	Uzun Hasan
	Aynışah Sultan	Ahmad Beg

Modern Iran (1501–1979)

Safavid Iran (1501–1722)

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

Intermediate period (1722–1796)

Afsharids (1736–1796)

Portrait	Name	Monarch	Notes
	Razia Begum	Nader Shah

Qajar Iran (1789–1925)

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 Soltan Baghbanbashi
	Taj ol-Molouk	Mozaffar ad-Din Shah
	Malekeh Jahan	Mohammad Ali Shah
	Badr al-Molouk	Ahmad Shah

Pahlavi Iran (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