Fakhr Jahan Khanum dating history

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Fakhr Jahan Khanum (Persian: فخر جهان خانم; 1798 – 1858), titled Fakhr-od-Dowleh (Persian: فخرالدوله; lit. pride of the state), was an Iranian princess of the Qajar dynasty. She was a daughter of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834) by his wife Sonbol Baji. She was an artist with a specialty in nail-style drawings including Persian calligraphy, full body portraits, and nature. By the order of her father, she married her cousin and lived with him for nine years. However, she expressed resistance by remaining a virgin and finally separated and never married again. She raised two of her half-brothers after adopting one and becoming the guardian of the other. She was influential in saving her half-brother Ali Mirza Zel-os-Soltan from being killed by Mohammad Shah Qajar after Ali Mirza declared himself the shah and was then forcibly removed and imprisoned.