Badr Jahan Khanom (Persian: بدرجهان خانم; Born 1771, Date of Death Unknown) was the first temporary (sigheh) wife of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.[1]
Biography
editShe was the daughter of Ja'far Khan Arab Amiri (Persian: جعفرخان عربعامری) and the granddaughter of Qader Khan Arab Amiri (Persian: قادرخان عربهامری), whose family, generation after generation, governed Bastam. Her mother was the daughter of Ismail Khan Khozeimeh (Persian: اسماعیلخان خزیمه), the ruler of Qaenat.[1]
Following her father's military campaign in Damghan, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar punished him and exiled him to Sari. At that time, in 1782, Badr Jahan Khanom was only eleven years old. Under the order of Agha Mohammad Khan, she was married to his heir, Baba Khan, who would later become Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.[1][2]
It is said that after the Wahhabi attack on Karbala in 1802, which caused significant destruction, Badr Jahan Khanom took the initiative to restore sacred sites and religious schools. She also dedicated several homes as endowments for scholars and students.[1][3]
Badr Jahan Khanom had three daughters and two sons with Fath-Ali Shah. Her sons, in order of age, were Hossein Ali Mirza Farmanfarma and Hasan Ali Mirza.[1][4]
Her daughters were as follows: Begom Jan Khanom, the wife of Mohammad-Qasem Zahir al-Dawla (and grandmother of Naser al-Din Shah); Homayoun Khanom, the wife of Ebrahim Khan; and Hamdam Sultan Khanom, the wife of Mohammad Zaki Khan Nuri, the vizier of Fars.[1][4]
Footnotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f Qajar, Mahmoud-Mirza. Golshan-e Mahmud. Ardahal. ISBN 978-600-313-312-9.
- ^ http://www.qajarwomen.org/fa/people/789.html
- ^ "روزگاری که دخترها زود ازدواج می کردند!". قدس آنلاین (in Persian). 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b "مؤسسه مطالعات تاريخ معاصر ايران IICHS". www.iichs.org. Retrieved 2024-09-05.