Fatemeh Pahlavi
Iranian princess
Fatemeh Pahlavi (Persian: فاطمه پهلوی; 30 October 1928 – 27 May 1987) was an Iranian princess of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was the tenth child of Reza Shah, and the half-sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Born in Tehran, she left Iran prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution. In 1987, Fatemeh died of cancer in London.
Early life and education
Fatemeh Pahlavi was born in Tehran, Iran on 30 October 1928. She was the tenth child of Reza Shah, and the fourth of his fourth and last wife, Esmat Dowlatshahi. Her mother was from the Qajar dynasty and married Reza Shah in 1923. Fatemeh was the younger full-sister of Abdul Reza Pahlavi, Ahmad Reza Pahlavi and Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi, and the older full-sister of Hamid Reza Pahlavi.
Fatemeh attended Converse College (now Converse University) in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She attended the college with her lady-in-waiting, Kokab Moarefi, in the 1947–1948 school year, but did not return any following years or obtain her degree.
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