Sonbol Baji
Iranian royal consort
Sonbol Baji (Persian: سُنبُل باجی), or Fatemeh Khanum (فاطمه خانم), was one of the consorts of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834), the second shah of Qajar Iran. She was a daughter of some elites of Kerman. In 1793, during the conquest of Kerman, she was seven years old when Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar took her captive and engaged her to Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. She was a high-ranking lady from the distinguished families of Rahbar in Kerman and was considered one of the most influential wives of Fath-Ali Shah.
In 1794, she arrived in Tehran and married Fath-Ali Shah Qajar during the period when he was the crown prince.
Early life
In 1786, Fatemeh Khanum was born in Rahbar, Kerman province, Iran. Her father was Askar, the shoemaker. She was beautiful and slim. Her childhood fell in the final years of the Zand dynasty, the beginnings of the Qajar dynasty, and a period of rivalry between the two. When she was seven years old, her hometown of Rahbar was besieged by Qajar forces and eventually surrendered to the Qajars.
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