Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
Iranian queen
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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, romanized: Sorayâ Esfandiyâri-Baxtiyâri; 22 June 1932 – 26 October 2001) was the queen consort of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951.
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Tenure | 12 February 1951 – 15 March 1958 | ||||
Born | Esfahan, Persia | 22 June 1932||||
Died | 26 October 2001 Paris, France | (aged 69)||||
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Father | Khalil Esfandiary Bakhtiary | ||||
Mother | Eva Karl | ||||
Religion | Christianity | ||||
Occupation | Actress (1965) |
Soraya died on 26 October 2001 in her apartment in Paris, France; she was 69.[1][2]
References
change- ↑ "Soraya, the second wife of Shah of Iran, dies". The Birmingham Post. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ "Wife of Former Shah of Iran Dies". The Washington Post. Paris. AP. 25 October 2001. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.