Maleknesa Khanom (), also known as Ezzat ed-Dowleh () or Malekzadeh Khanom () (1834/35 – 27 June 1905), was the daughter of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahan Khanom Amirsoleimani, and a sister of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Ezzat ed-Dowleh married four times in her life time.
Biography
Ezzat ed-Dowleh was born in Kahnamu near Tabriz, north western Iran. Ezzat ed-Dowleh was married four times. The first time when she married Mirza Taghi Khan Farahani in 1849.امیرکبیر و ایران، Fereydun Adamiyat، شابک: 978-964-487-30-9، p. 19 The marriage ended after Amir Kabir was murdered on 10 January 1852. The second time she married Mirza Kazem Nezam-ol-Molk Son of Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri. The marriage lasted seven years, until Ezzat ed-Dowleh divorced her husband and married for the third time with her cousin Anoushirvan Khan Qajar. After Anoushirvan Khan Qajar had died in 1868, Ezzat ed-Dowleh married for the fourth time with Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh in 1868. Ezzat ed-Dowleh died on 27 June 1905 and was buried in Isfahan.
Children Ezzat ed-Dowleh had two daughters by her first husband Amir Kabir: Taj ol-Molouk, a future consort of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, and Hamdam al-Molouk.
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