# List of royal consorts of Iran

The royal consorts of Iran were the consorts of the rulers of the various states and civilizations in Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the abolition of the Iranian monarchy in the 1979 Iranian revolution. The title Shahbanu was used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including the Sassanids and Pahlavis.

## Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Aryenis | Astyages | |

## Teispid Kingdom (c.705–559 BC)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Mandana | Cambyses I | |

## Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)

| Name | Monarch | Notes |
| Cassandane | Cyrus II | |
| Phaedymia | Cambyses II | |
| Atossa | Cambyses II (disputed) Darius I | also a sister of Cambyses II. |
| Artystone | Darius I | |
| Parmys | Darius I | |
| Amestris | Xerxes I | |
| Damaspia | Artaxerxes I | |
| Parysatis | Darius II | |
| Stateira | Artaxerxes II | |
| Amestris | Artaxerxes II | also a daughter of Artaxerxes II. |
| Atossa | Artaxerxes III | |
| Stateira | Darius III | |

## Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)

| Name | Monarch |
| Roxana | Alexander III |
| Stateira | Alexander III |
| Parysatis | Alexander III |
| Eurydice | Philip III |

## Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)

| Name | Monarch |
| Apama | Seleucus I Nicator |
| Stratonice | Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter |
| Laodice I | Antiochus II Theos |
| Berenice Syra | Antiochus II Theos |
| Laodice II | Seleucus II Callinicus |
| Laodice III | Antiochus III the Great |
| Laodice IV | Seleucus IV Philopator Antiochus IV Epiphanes |
| Laodice V | Demetrius I Soter |
| Cleopatra Thea | Alexander Balas Demetrius II Nicator Antiochus VII Sidetes |
| Rhodogune | Demetrius II Nicator |

## Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)

| Name | Monarch | Notes |
| Rinnu | Mithridates I | |
| Ariazate | Gotarzes I | |
| Laodice | Orodes II | |
| Musa | Phraates IV | later a queen regnant in her own right. |

## Sasanian Empire (224–651)

| Name | Monarch | Notes |
| Denag | Ardashir I | also a sister of Ardashir I. |
| Murrod | Ardashir I | |
| Khwarranzem | Ardashir I or Shapur I | |
| Shapurdukhtak I | Bahram II | |
| Shapurdukhtak II | Narseh | |
| Ifra Hormizd | Hormizd II | |
| Yazdan-Friy Shapur | Shapur III | |
| Shushandukht | Yazdegerd I | |
| Denag | Yazdegerd II | |
| Sambice | Kavad I | also a sister of Kavad I. |
| Maria | Khosrow II | |
| Shirin | Khosrow II | |
| Gordiya | Khosrow II | |
| Borandokht | Kavad II | also a sister of Kavad II; later a queen regnant in her own right. |

## Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

| Name | Monarch |
| Maysun | Mu'awiya I |
| Umm Khalid Fakhita | Yazid I |
| Fakhitah | Marwan I |
| Atikah | Abd al-Malik |
| Umm al-Banin | al-Walid I |
| Fatima | Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz |
| Umm Hakim | Hisham |

## Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)

| Name | Monarch | Notes |
| Umm Salama | Al-Saffah | |
| Arwa | Al-Mansur | |
| Fatimah | Al-Mansur | |
| Rayta | Al-Mahdi | |
| Al-Khayzuran | Al-Mahdi | |
| Lubabah | Al-Hadi | |
| Zubaidah | Harun al-Rashid | |
| Umm Muhammad | Harun al-Rashid | |
| Abbasa | Harun al-Rashid | $^{:328}$ |
| Lubana | Al-Amin | |
| Umm Isa | Al-Ma'mun | |
| Buran | Al-Ma'mun | |
| Faridah | Al-Mutawakkil | |

## Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Sayyida Shirin | Fakhr al-Dawla | |

## Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)

| Name | Monarch |
| Altun Jan Khatun | Tughril |
| Terken Khatun | Malik-Shah I |
| Zubayda Khatun | Malik-Shah I |

## Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Terken Khatun | Il-Arslan | |
| | Terken Khatun | Ala al-Din Tekish | |

## Mongol Empire (1153–1220)

| Name | Monarch |
| Börte | Genghis Khan |
| Khulan Khatun | Genghis Khan |
| Yesugen | Genghis Khan |
| Yesui | Genghis Khan |
| Ibaqa Beki | Genghis Khan |
| Sorghaghtani Beki | Tolui |
| Möge Khatun | Ögedei Khan |
| Töregene Khatun | Ögedei Khan |
| Oghul Qaimish | Güyük Khan |

## Ilkhanate (1256–1357)

| Name | Monarch |
| Doquz Khatun | Hulagu Khan |
| Buluqhan Khatun | Abaqa Khan Arghun Khan |
| Kököchin | Ghazan |
| Uljay Qutlugh Khatun | Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan |
| Baghdad Khatun | Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan |
| Dilshad Khatun | Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan |

## Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Dilshad Khatun | Hasan Buzurg | |

## Timurid Empire (1370–1467)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Saray Mulk Khanum | Timur | |
| | Gawhar Shad | Shah Rukh | |

## Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Despina Khatun | Uzun Hasan | |
| | Aynışah Sultan | Ahmad Beg | |

## Safavid Iran (1501–1736)

| Name | Monarch |
| Tajlu Khanum | Ismail I |
| Behruzeh Khanum | Ismail I |
| Sultanum Begum | Tahmasp I |
| Sultan-Agha Khanum | Tahmasp I |
| Khayr al-Nisa Begum | Mohammad Khodabanda |
| Yakhan Begum | Abbas I |
| Marta | Abbas I |
| Tamar Amilakhori | Abbas I |
| Anna Khanum | Safi |
| Nakihat Khanum | Abbas II |

## Afsharid Iran (1736–1796)

| Portrait | Name | Monarch | Notes |
| | Razia Begum | Nader Shah | |

## Qajar Iran (1794–1925)

| Name | Monarch |
| Maryam Khanom | Agha Mohammad Khan Fath-Ali Shah |
| Taj ol-Dowleh | Fath-Ali Shah |
| Golbadan Baji | Fath-Ali Shah |
| Aghabeyim agha Javanshir | Fath-Ali Shah |
| Begum Khanum | Fath-Ali Shah |
| Badr Jahan Khanom | Fath-Ali Shah |
| Malek Jahan Khanom | Mohammad Shah |
| Galin Khanom | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Taj al-Dawlah | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Shokouh al-Saltaneh | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Jeyran | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Anis al-Dawla | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Amina Aqdas | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Khazen al-Dawlah | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Munir al-Saltaneh | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Fatemeh Sultan Baghbanbashi | Naser al-Din Shah |
| Taj ol-Molouk | Mozaffar ad-Din Shah |
| Malekeh Jahan | Mohammad Ali Shah |
| Badr al-Molouk | Ahmad Shah |

## Pahlavi Iran (1925–1979)

| Name | Monarch |
| Tadj ol-Molouk | Reza Shah |
| Turan Amirsoleimani | Reza Shah |
| Esmat Dowlatshahi | Reza Shah |
| Fawzia bint Fuad | Mohammad Reza Shah |
| Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary | Mohammad Reza Shah |
| Farah Diba | Mohammad Reza Shah |