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Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, romanized: Sorayâ Esfandiâri-Baxtiâri; 22 June 1932 – 25 October 2001) was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951.
Feb 13, 2023 · 73 years ago, on 12 February 1951, two days before the most romantic day of the modern calendar, the Shah of Iran married Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari at the Golestan Palace in Tehran. Just seven years later, in 1958, the couple divorced and Soraya would inherit the epithet ‘the princess with the sad eyes’.
Apr 13, 2017 · Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari never imagined that one day she would marry Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and that she would reign over her country, Iran. She was queen for seven years, from 1951 to...
Soraya and Bijan Esfandiari Bakhtiari were the children of Khalil Khan Esfandiari-Bakhtiari, and Eva Karl of Germany. Soraya was born in Isfahan on June 22nd, 1932 and Bijan was born 5 years later on 15th of October 1937 also in Isfahan.
From a teenage marriage to her mysterious end in a Paris penthouse, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary’s heartbreaking life is worthy of a twisted fairy tale. There’s a reason they called her “the sad-eyed princess”.
Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari remains one of the saddest and most beautiful figures of royal history, a victim of times and mentalities like so many other women who did not have her outstanding public status.
Mar 13, 2018 · Born on 22 June 1932 in the English Missionary Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the elder child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary and his German wife, Eva Karl. Soraya was introduced to the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in 1948.
Born June 22, 1932, in Isfahan, Iran; died October, 2001, in Paris, France; daughter of Khalil Esfandiari and Eva (Karl) Bakhtiari; married Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (former shah of Iran), February 12, 1951 (divorced, 1958); companion of Franco Indovina (a film director; deceased). Education: Educated in Switzerland.
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951. Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it became clear that she was infertile.
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