Shahbanu
Shahbanu was the title for queen consort in Persian and other Iranian languages. The two Persian Sassanian empresses regnant, Purandokht and Azarmidokht, c. 630, were the last two that carried the title before Farah Pahlavi, the wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, assumed the title on being crowned queen in 1967 for the first time since the Arab conquest of Iran in the 7th century.
As an empress during Sassanid times, the principal Shahbanu was also titled bâmbişnân bâmbişn analogous to the emperor's title şâhânşâh to distinguish her from the other queens in the royal household.
Farah Pahlavi sometimes continues to be referred to as Shahbanu, as is customarily done internationally for titleholders associated with abolished monarchies, but the title is no longer valid in Iran. According to Persian Constitution of 1906, Yasmine Pahlavi, Crown Princess of Iran, would currently hold this title.
