Titles
| Styles of Princess Soraya of Iran |
|
|---|---|
| Reference style | Her Imperial Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
- Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (1932–1951)
- Her Imperial Majesty The Queen of Iran (1951–1958)
- Her Imperial Highness Princess Soraya of Iran (1958–2001)
Though her husband's title, Shahanshah (King of Kings), is the equivalent of Emperor, it was not until 1967 that a complementary feminine title, Shahbanu or Shahbanou (equivalent of Empress consort), was created to designate the consort of a Shah. Farah Pahlavi was the first and last to have this title. Until then, wives of Shahs (including Soraya) bore the title Malake (which is comparable with that of Queen Consort), though in the popular press they frequently and incorrectly were called "Empress".
Upon the divorce, Soraya lost the title "Queen", but a day later she was granted the personal style and title Her Imperial Highness Princess Soraya of Iran.
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