Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi

شهناز پهلوي , Shahnâz Pahlavi or ?ahn?z Pahlavi, born October 27, 1940) is the first child of the late Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his first wife, Princess Fawzia of Egypt. A former Princess of Iran, she was born in Tehran and since the Iranian revolution has lived in Switzerland Princess Shahnaz was married to Ardeshir Zahedi, one time Iranian Foreign Minister and twice Iranian Ambassador to the United States ( 1957 - 1964 and 1972-1979) . They have one daughter, Princess (styled ‘‘ Wala Gohar ‘‘) Zahra Mahnaz (born December 2, 1958) . Princess 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, Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi, Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi II, and the late Princess Leila Pahlavi, the four children of the Shah by his third wife, Shahbanou Farah Diba. Her maternal grandparents were King Fuad I and Queen Nazli Sabri of Egypt; and her paternal grandparents were Reza Shah Pahlavi and Queen Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran. She is also the niece of King Farouk I of Egypt and thus cousin of the Egyptian pretender, Fuad II.

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