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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary

1932–2001 · 20th century · Also known as Queen Soraya

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was queen of Iran as the second wife of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951. The daughter of a Bakhtiari noble and a German mother, she was divorced in 1958 because the marriage had produced no heir. She then lived in Europe, briefly acting in films, and died in Paris.

Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
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Bakhtiari confederation

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