Title: A Window to History: Tomb of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar’s Daughter Revealed in Tehran
Tehran – A recently unveiled image offers a rare look at the final resting place of Khadijeh Naseri Qajar, a daughter of the 19th-century Qajar monarch Nasser al-Din Shah. Buried in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, her life story provides a unique lens through which to view over a century of Iranian history.
A Daughter of the Qajar Dynasty
Known by her honorific title ‘Ezzat al-Saltaneh’, she was born in 1890 to Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar and was his thirty-fourth child. Her life was marked by pivotal moments from a young age; she was just six years old when her father was assassinated, an event that precipitated significant changes in the nation’s governance. She later married Gholamhossein Amir Aslani, also known as Ehtesham al-Molk, with whom she had six children.
A Witness to Epochs
Ezzat al-Saltaneh’s long life is historically remarkable for its span across six distinct reigns in Iranian history. She witnessed the rules of Nasser al-Din Shah, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah, Mohammad Ali Shah, Ahmad Shah, Reza Shah, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Her life extended beyond the Islamic Revolution, and she passed away on April 28, 1984. She was subsequently laid to rest in Section 18 of the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
The revealing of her tombstone connects the public to a tangible piece of the nation’s rich historical narrative, situated within one of Tehran’s most significant contemporary sites.