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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fawzia, a sister of Egypt's King Farouk, who had been chosen by his father before he ever saw her. He divorced her in 1948 and married Soraya Esfandiari, whom he divorced in 1958 after she failed to bear him an heir. The next year he married Farah Diba. They have four children: Crown Prince Reza, Prince Ali Reza and Princesses Farahnaz and Leila...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nobody Influences Me! | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

When Farah Diba, an Iranian Girl Scout, and basketball captain of her Teheran school, married the Shah of Iran in 1959, Iranian women were traditionally considered to have "more hair than brains." However, by 1963 Farah's influence on the Peacock Throne was obviously being felt: the Shah gave women the vote. Winding up a private visit to Paris, Empress Farah, 35, stopped off to see the latest portrait of herself, a larger-than-life work by French Painter Edouard Mac'Avoy. The background shows Iran happily progressing toward the millennium: ancient columns mingling with oil derricks, children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 5, 1973 | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

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