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- Their marriage suffered many pressures, particularly when it became clear that she was infertile. She rejected the Shah's suggestion that he might take a second wife in order to produce an heir, as he rejected her suggestion that he might abdicate in favor of his half-brother. In March 1958, their divorce was announced.
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Oct 16, 2024 · In 1958, the Shah tearfully announced their divorce; Soraya said it was ‘a sacrifice of my own happiness’. A year later he married again, to Farah Diba, with whom he had four children, including two boys.
In 1948, Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, by Forough Zafar Bakhtiari, a close relative of Soraya's, via a photograph taken by Goodarz Bakhtiary, in London, per Forough Zafar's request.
- She Was A Spoiled Heiress. Soraya was groomed for a royal destiny from the very start. The only daughter of Iranian nobleman Khalil Esfandiary and his wife, the German heiress Eva Karl, Soraya grew up in luxury and spent her adolescence shuttling between Berlin and Isfahan while attending the best finishing schools.
- She Had A Foul Temper. Soraya was famous for her half-Iranian, half-German good looks even as a gangly teen—but underneath she wasn't so pretty. She had a notoriously Teutonic, brusque manner coupled with a bad temper, and could snap in an instant when someone annoyed her.
- A Single Photo Made Her Queen. Soraya’s legendary beauty preceded her, quite literally. Around 1948, the Queen Mother of Iran, Tadj ol-Molouk, was on the lookout to get her son Shah Mohammad Reza a new wife.
- She Was Too Young. The Queen Mother was so gung-ho about Soraya, she sent over one of her daughters to see what the girl was made of. There was just one creepy fly in this ointment: At the time, Soraya was only just finishing up school and was still a painfully young teenager.
Oct 26, 2001 · In 1958, the shah divorced Soraya after they failed to have children. Though she lost the title of empress, the shah conferred on her the title of ''royal princess'' at the time of the...
Sep 10, 2020 · “Soraya was the first Afghan lady and queen who began to promote women, educate them and try to give them their rights,” said women’s rights activist and MP Shinkai Karokhail, Afghanistan ...
Feb 13, 2017 · The tragic life of the 'Princess with the Sad Eyes' revealed: Former Queen of Iran - who received a jewel every day from her husband - but was divorced by the bitter Shah when she couldn't get...
Apr 13, 2017 · Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Soraya married in 1951, but the marriage was short-lived. The shah divorced her in 1958 because she could not give him an heir.
