Shahbanun.
/ˈʃɑːbɑːnuː/ The title of the wife of the Shah of Iran (Persia).
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1915 P. M. Sykes Hist. Persia II. xlvii. 44 It is universally believed by Persians, that Husayn married the daughter of Yezdigird, who is known throughout Persia as ‘Shahr-bánu’ or the ‘Queen’.
1975 Vogue Dec. 149 The Shahanshah and Shahbanou and the Imperial family.
1976 Times 6 Apr. 9/1 (caption) H. I. M. Farah Pahlavi, Shahbanu of Iran.
1980 J. Cartwright Horse of Darius xi. 155 A stiff family group..with the Shah.., the Shahbanu and the younger children.
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