Maryam Khanom
| Maryam Khanom | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1770 Mazandaran province |
| Died | 1843 (aged 72–73) Qajar Iran |
| Consort of | Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar Fath-Ali Shah Qajar |
| Issue | Zia ol-Saltaneh Mahmud Mirza Qajar Jahanshah Mirza Homāyun Mirza Aḥmad-ʿAli Mirzā |
| House | Qajar dynasty (by marriage) |
Maryam Khanom Bani Isra'il (Persian: مریم خانم یهودی; 1770–1843}) was the royal consort of Shah Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797).[1] She was then the 39th royal consort of Agha Mohammad's nephew and successor Shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834).[2]
Life
Maryam Khanom was from Māzandarān and was Jewish,[3] of Jewish origin, and is sometimes referred to as "Maryam Khanom Bani Isra'il" (Arabic: بني إسرائيل "sons - or children - of Israel") to distinguish her from Maryam Khanom Gorji, another consort of Fath-Ali.[4] She was reported to have "no rival in beauty".[5]
She was the royal consort of Shah Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797).[6]
When she was widowed the first time in 1797, khan (governor) Hossein Khan Sardar, the brother of the new shah wished to marry her. But Shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834; Agha Mohammad's nephew and successor) himself instead married her, which caused a conflict between them.[5][7] She was the 39th royal consort of Shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.[8]
She had 11 children, of whom six lived to adulthood.[9] Among them were prince Mahmud Mirza Qajar (1799–1835; governor of Lorestān), Homāyun Mirzā (1801–56; governor of Nahāvand), Aḥmad-ʿAli Mirzā (born 1804; governor of Khorasan), Jahānšāh Mirzā (1809-35), Żiāʾ-al-Salṭana, Solṭān Begom (d. 1826), Solṭān Begom, and Mošir Salimi.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ SHERVIN FARRIDNEJAD, "The Jewish Ḥā feẓ : Classical New Persian Literature in the Judeo-Persian Garšū ni Literary Tradition," JRAS, Series 3, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ↑ "Maryam Khanom". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ "THE GHOSTS OF OUR MOTHERS: FROM ORAL TRADITION TO WRIT TEN WORDS—A HISTORY AND CRITIQUE OF JEWISH WOMEN WRITERS OF IRANIAN HERITAGE," NASHIM: A Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies and Gender Issues., 2009.
- ↑ "Children of Fath Ali Shah Qajar". The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- 1 2 Lavi, Habib; Ibrami, Hushang (1999). "Fears and Hopes" (PDF). Comprehensive history of the Jews of Iran: The outset of the diaspora. Costa Mesa, CA, UD: Mazda Publishers in association with the Cultural Foundation of Habib Levy. pp. 384–385. ISBN 9781568590868. OCLC 40940051.
- ↑ "Maryam Khanom". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ↑ Soltan Ahmad Mirza Azod Al-Duleh (1979) [1888]. Navāʾi, ʿAbd-al-Ḥosayn (ed.). Tāriḵ-e ażodi [Azodi history] (in Persian). Tehran: Nashr-i ʻIlm. ISBN 9789644050015. OCLC 755977893, 162299837. 1888 edition online at Tarikh-i ʻAzudi at the HathiTrust Digital Library
- ↑ "Maryam Khanom". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- 1 2 MARYAM KHANOM, Encyclopaeida Iranica, 2012.