Ezzat ed-Dowleh (right), Malek Jahan Khanom (middle), Naser al-Din Shah (her brother, the fourth Shah of Qajar dynasty, left). The photo is taken before 1874.
Maleknesa Khanom (Persian: ملکنسا خانم), also known as Ezzat ed-Dowleh (عزتالدوله) or Malekzadeh Khanom (ملکزاده خانم) (1834 or 1835 – 27 June 1905),[1] was the daughter of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahan Khanom, and a sister of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.[2] Ezzat ed-Dowleh married four times in her life.[1]
Biography
Ezzat ed-Dowleh was born in Kahnamu near Tabriz in north west of Iran. Ezzat ed-Dowleh was married four times. The first time when she married Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani in 1849.[3][4] The marriage ended after Amir Kabir was murdered on 10 January 1852.[5] The second time she married Mirza Kazem Nezam-ol-Molk Son of Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri.[6] The marriage lasted seven years, until Ezzat ed-Dowleh divorced her husband[1] and was married for the third time with her cousin Anoushirvan Khan Qajar.[1] After Anoushirvan Khan Qajar had died in 1868, Ezzat ed-Dowleh was married for the fourth times with Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh in 1868.[7] Ezzat ed-Dowleh died on 27 June 1905 and was buried in Isfahan.
Children
Ezzat ed-Dowleh had two daughters, Taj al-Molouk and Hamdam al-Molouk from her first husband Amir Kabir.[1][8]
