Fakhr-i Jahan Khanum

Fakhr Jahan Khanum, titled Fakhr-od-Dowleh, was an Iranian princess of the Qajar dynasty. She was a daughter of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar by his wife Sonbol Baji. She was an artist with a specialty in nail-style drawings including Persian calligraphy, full body portraits, and nature. By the order of her father, she married her cousin and lived with him for nine years. However, she expressed resistance by remaining a virgin and finally separated and never married again. She raised two of her half-brothers after adopting one and becoming the guardian of the other. She was influential in saving her half-brother Ali Mirza Zel-os-Soltan from being killed by Mohammad Shah Qajar after Ali Mirza declared himself the shah and was then forcibly removed and imprisoned.