Tadj ol-Molouk

Tadj ol-Molouk
Queen Consort of Iran
Tenure 15 December 1925 – 16 September 1941
Born (1896-03-17)17 March 1896
Baku, Russian Empire
(now in Azerbaijan)
Died 10 March 1982(1982-03-10) (aged 85)
Acapulco, Mexico
Spouse Reza Shah
Issue Princess Shams
Mohammad Reza Shah
Princess Ashraf
Prince Ali Reza I
Full name
English: Tadj ol-Molouk
Persian: تاج‌الملوک
House House of Pahlavi
Father Teymūr Khan Ayromlou
Religion Islam

Tadj ol-Molouk (born Nimtaj Ayromlou; 17 March 1896 – 10 March 1982) was Queen consort of Iran as the wife of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1925 and 1941. The title she was given after becoming Queen means "Crown of the Kings" in the Persian language. She was the daughter of Brigadier General Teymūr Khan Ayromlou.[1]

Biography

Tadj ol-Molouk (Nimtaj Ayromlou) was the first Queen of Iran to have played a public role, and to have performed an official position out in public society. She played an important part in the abolition of the veil in Iran during the reign of her husband. In the winter of 1934, Reza Shah demanded the presence of the Queen and the two princesses in an official ceremony at the Tehran Teacher's College. All three were present at this ceremony and were dressed in Western clothes, without a veil. This was the first time an Iranian queen showed herself in public. Afterwards, the Shah had pictures of his wife and daughters published; other men were ordered to unveil their wives and daughters. With this, the veil was abolished. Reza Shah was deposed in 1941.

Queen Nimtaj had four children: Shams Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, and his twin sister Ashraf, and Ali Reza Pahlavi I.[2]

Before the 1979 revolution, Tadj ol-Molouk was sent by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the house of Shams Pahlavi in Beverly Hills.[3] She arrived in Los Angeles on 30 December 1978 abroad an Imperial Iranian Air Force Boeing 747.[4] Soon after her arrival, on 2 January 1979, Iranian students in the city attacked the house and attempted to burn it.[3][5] Then she and her daughter took refuge at the Palm Springs estate of Walter Annenberg, former US ambassador to the United Kingdom.[3]

She died in Acapulco (Mexico) on 10 March 1982[6] after a lengthy battle with leukemia seven days before her 86th birthday.

Titles, styles and honours

Styles of
Queen Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran
Reference style Her Imperial Majesty
Spoken style Your Imperial Majesty
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

References

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  4. Kent, Thomas (30 December 1978). "Shah looking for way out Iran". Williamson Daily News. Tehran. AP. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  5. "Riots force Shah's mother to leave house". Boca Raton News. Beverly Hills. AP. 3 January 1979. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  6. "Late Shah's mother dies". Gadsden Times. Paris. AP. 16 March 1982. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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  11. http://iranian.com/main/files/blogimages/shahsmother.jpg
  12. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3322/3626594174_e8070b2e39_b.jpg
  13. http://danamotor.ir/Reza_Shah_Tajolmoluk.jpg
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Iranian royalty
Preceded by
Fatemeh Khanoum
Queen consort of Iran
1926–1941
Succeeded by
Fawzia of Egypt
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