Farideh Ghotbi

Iranian public figure and royalty (1920–2000)

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Sohrab Diba

(m. 1937; died 1948)

ChildrenEmpress Farah

Farideh Ghotbi (Persian: فریده قطبی; née Tadji Ghotbi; 1 February 1920 – 29 November 2000), also known as Farideh Diba (فریده دیبا), was an Iranian public figure. She was the mother of Farah Pahlavi (née Diba), the former Shahbanu and third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Ghotbi was known for her influence on both her daughter and within the Diba and Pahlavi families.^[1]

Biography

Tadji Ghotbi was born on 1 February 1920 in Lahijan in the Gilan province, Qajar-era Iran.^[2] She was related to the Sufi master, Qutb al-Din al-Ashkawari [fa] (c. 1601–1664).^[2] Ghotbi attended Jeanne d'Arc School in Tehran.^[3]

In 1937, she married Sohrab Diba [fa], a Captain in the Imperial Iranian Army and a law student.^[4]^[5] They had a daughter, Farah Diba born on October 14, 1938.^[2]^[6] In the summers the family would live in Shemiran, to escape the heat.^[4] In 1947, her husband Sohrab Diba fell ill, and died a year later of pancreatic cancer.^[4]^[7]

With the marriage of her daughter Farah to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 20 December 1959, she became a member of the Iranian imperial family.^[8]^[9] She was very close with her younger granddaughter Leila Pahlavi and helped raise her.^[10] After the start of the Iranian Revolution in 1978, Ghotbi lived in exile in Paris.

Death and legacy

She died on 29 November 2000 in Paris and was buried in the Passy Cemetery. Her granddaughter Leila died seven months later on 10 June 2001 in London, and they were buried next to each other in the same cemetery.^[10]^[11]

The posthumously published book, Dokhtaram Farah (English: My Daughter Farah) (2001, Behfarin Publications) was falsely attributed as a memoir written by Farideh Ghotbi.^[12]

The Sa'dabad Complex (Persian: مجموعه سعدآباد; Majmue ye Sa’dābād) in Shemiran, Greater Tehran houses the Museum of Artistic Creatures, which was once known as the Palace of Farideh Ghotbi.

The Iranian television historical drama The Enigma of the Shah (2014–2016), featured actress Afsaneh Naseri as Farideh.^[13]

References

^ Blanch, Lesley (1978). Farah, Shahbanou of Iran, Queen of Persia. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-211239-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c Afkhami, Gholam Reza (12 January 2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-520-94216-5.
^ Pahlavi, Farah (2 May 2004). "'An Enduring Love'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cooper, Andrew Scott (2 August 2016). The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 88–89. ISBN 978-0-8050-9897-6.
^ Lee, Jeffrey (April 2000). Crown of Venus: A Guide to Royal Women Around the World. Writers Club Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-595-09140-9.
^ Kadivar, Darius (23 October 2008). "Bon Anniversaire Votre Majesty!". Payvand.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Diba, Sohrab". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (DNB) (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ Bremner, Charles. "Farah Pahlavi interview: on marriage to the Shah, her unseen art collection and the future of Iran". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ Emerson, Gloria (20 October 1967). "Dior Fashions for Coronation in Iran". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Shah's daughter 'could not stand' exile". BBC News. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Leila Pahlavi; Deposed Shah's Daughter". Los Angeles Times. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "فرح پهلوی: کتاب خاطرات من در ایران ساختگی است" [Farah Pahlavi: My diary in Iran is fake]. رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "بیوگرافی افسانه ناصری + عکس" [Biography of Afsaneh Naseri]. Beytoote.com (in Persian). Retrieved 24 May 2022.