Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah

b. 1853 or 1854
d. 1932 or 1933

Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah (1853-1931) was the daughter of Hajiyah Huma Khanum and Firuz Mirza. At sixteen, she married Murtaza Quli Khan Vakil al-Mulk Isfandiyari and had two daughters with him: Muluk Khanum ‘Ishrat al-Dawlah and Hajiyah Zarrin Taj Khanum Shawkat al-Dawlah. After his death, in 1880, she married Mirza Hidayat Allah Vazir Daftar Ashtiyani (1892). They had two children: Aminah Daftar al-Muluk and Muhammad Musaddiq. In 1893, Najm al-Saltanah married Mirza Fazl Allah Khan Vakil al-Mulk Tabrizi Tabatabaʼi Diba and had a son with him: Abu al-Hasan (Siqqat al-Dawlah) Diba. Najm al-Saltanah died in 1932 in Tehran.

Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah (1853-1932) was the daughter of Firuz Mirza (son of ‘Abbas Mirza Nayib al-Saltanah) and Hajiyah Huma Khanum (daughter of Bahman Mirza Bahaʼ al-Dawlah). At sixteen, she married Murtaza Quli Khan Vakil al-Mulk Isfandiyari (d. 1880). They lived in Kirman from 1869 to 1879 while he was governor and then returned to Tehran. The union produced two daughters: Muluk Khanum ‘Ishrat al-Dawlah (married to Muvassiq al-Saltanah) and Hajiyah Zarrin Taj Khanum Shawkat al-Dawlah (married to Haj ‘Abbasquli Sahm al-Mulk Bayat Araki). In 1880, the same year her first husband died, she married Mirza Hidayat Allah Vazir Daftar Ashtiyani (d. 1894). They had two children: Aminah Daftar al-Muluk (1885) and Muhammad Musaddiq (1880-1967). In 1894, Najm al-Saltanah married Mirza Fazl Allah Khan Vakil al-Mulk Tabrizi Tabatabaʼi Diba and lived in Tabriz for the duration of his posting. The marriage produced one son: Abu al-Hasan Diba Siqqat al-Dawlah (b. 1895). Najm al-Saltanah's brother was ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma and her two sisters: Mah Sima Khanum (who died in her youth) and Ashraf Khanum Surur al-Saltanah who married the crown prince Muzaffar al-Din Mirza and had the title of Hazrat-i ‘Ulya. In 1928, she began to plan the building of a hospital on property inherited from her third husband. On 6 December 1929, the Najmiyah Hospital was officially inaugurated. After her death, this endowment was administered by her eldest daughter, Zarrin Taj Khanum Shawkat al-Dawlah, then Muluk Khanum ‘Ishrat al-Dawlah, and finally Aminah Khanum Daftar al-Muluk. Najm al-Saltanah died in November 1932 in Tehran. Close

"NAJM-AL-SALṬANA," http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/najm-al-saltana آسیه آل احمد، ""نجم السلطنه""، http://iichs.org/index.asp?id=1212&doc_cat=9 منصوره اتحادیه، زنانی که زیر مقنعه کلاهداری نموده‌ اند: زندگی ملک تاج خانم نجم السلطنه،‌ نشر تاریخ ایران: تهران، ۱۳۸۸. Close

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