November 8, 2002
A babe
Taj Saltaneh Khatoun, daughter of Nasserdin Shah Qajar and sister of Mozaffardin
Shah. She was one of the most progressive ladies of her time with tertiary education
and a "European" attitude to life that was considered immoral amongst many
of the more conservative of her contemporaries.
She was also objet d'amour of no less a figure than Aaref Qazvini who wrote
many a tasneef for her, ones such as:
Khosham ke faghr beman taaj-e saltanant bakhsheed
Azeen be ba'ad shahanshah gedaa-ye man shodeh ast
Quiz suggested by Houman Younessi
Quiz winner: Ali Parsa.
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