Famous ex muslims
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
| Second wife and queen consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, late Shah of Iran Date of Birth: Country: France |
Content:
- Biography of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
- Meeting the Shah and Marriage
- Life After Divorce
Biography of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari was the second wife and queen consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran. Born on June 22, , in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary, a representative of the noble Bakhtiari tribe from southern Iran, who served as Iran's ambassador to West Germany in the s. Her mother, Eva Karl, was a German-born Russian. Soraya came from a family with a long history of representing the Iranian government and diplomatic corps. Her uncle, Sardar Assad, was a leader of the Iranian constitutional movement in the early 20th century.
Meeting the Shah and Marriage
In , Soraya was introduced to the recently divorced Shah Moha