birth_date: 1884-02-04 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.72
name: Taj al-Saltaneh
about: TĀJ-al-SALṬANA (b. 5 or 6 Rabiʿ II 1301/ 3 or 4 February 1884 in Tehran; d. probably 1936 in Tehran), one of the daughters of Nāṣer-al-Din Shah (r. 1848-96) and the author of memoirs (ḵāterāt) which have raised much controversy since their first partial publication in 1969 (FIGURE 1).The Memoirs. Tāj-al-Salṭana is one of the best known daughters of the Qajar king, largely because of what we have come to learn about her life through her Ḵāṭerāt. The controversy about their authenticity defines the ways in which we could (or could not) use the memoirs as a source about the princess' life. TĀJ-al-SALṬANA (b. 5 or 6 Rabiʿ II 1301/ 3 or 4 February 1884 in Tehran; d. probably 1936 in Tehran), one of the daughters of Nāṣer-al-Din Shah (r. 1848-96) and the author of memoirs (ḵāterāt) which have raised much controversy since their first partial publication in 1969 (FIGURE 1).The Memoirs. Tāj-al-Salṭana is one of the best known daughters of the Qajar king, largely because of what we have come to learn about her life through her Ḵāṭerāt. The controversy about their authenticity defines the ways in which we could (or could not) use the memoirs as a source about the princess' life. ...more
death_date: 1936-01-25 00:00:00