Ashraf Pahlavi

Ashraf Pahlavi was an Iranian translator, diplomat, politician, writer and nurse (1919–2016). She was born at Tehran and died at Monaco.

Also recorded as Princess Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi; Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi; Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran.

Ashraf Pahlavi in brief

Born
1919
Died
2016
Known for
translator, diplomat, politician, writer and nurse
Place of birth
Tehran
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Princess Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi, Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi and Princess Ashraf Pahlavi of Iran. Her recorded language was Persian. Her recorded confession was Islam.

She was the child of Reza Shah and Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran. She married Ali Qavam, Ahmad Shafiq and Mehdi Bushehri. 3 children are recorded: Shahriar Shafiq, Azadeh Shafiq and Shahram Pahlavi.

Recognition and collections

Ashraf Pahlavi received Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Queen of Sheba, Order of the Star of Ghana, Order of the Star of Africa, anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire and Florence Nightingale Medal.

Catalogued works

7 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1980 to 1997.

Chihrahhāyī dar yak āyinah. Taslīm nāpaẓīr. Jamais résignée, dated 1983. Man va barādaram, dated 1997. Man va barādarm, dated 1997. Time for truth, dated 1995. Faces in a mirror, dated 1980.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Closing Speech by H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, A Turning Point for Literacy, 1976. Opening Speech by H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, A Turning Point for Literacy, 1976. ENGLISH-PAHLAVI INDEX, A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, 2014. Nostalgia and the Late Pahlavi State, Nostalgia in Late Pahlavi Iran, 2025. Appendix V. The Pahlavi Alphabet, An Old Pahlavi-Pazand Glossary, 2008. Analysis of effective contexts and motivations in the establishment of the Iranian Women's Organization, پژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2022.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 35 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1919Ashraf Pahlavi born at Tehran.
  2. 1983Jamais résignée.
  3. 1995Time for truth.
  4. 1997Man va barādaram.
  5. 1997Man va barādarm.
  6. 2016Ashraf Pahlavi died at Monaco.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Ashraf Pahlavi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2419984: Ashraf Pahlavi

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