Esmat Dowlatshahi

Esmat Dowlatshahi
Born	1904 Tehran, Iran
Died	24 July 1995 (aged 90–91) Tehran, Iran
Burial	Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Tehran
Spouse	Reza Shah (m. 1923 – death 1944) Mohsen Rais
Issue	Abdul Reza Pahlavi Ahmad Reza Pahlavi Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi Fatimeh Pahlavi Hamid Reza Pahlavi
House	Qajar dynasty (by birth) Pahlavi dynasty (by marriage)
Father	Prince Gholam Ali Mirza Dowlatshahi

Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904 – 24 July 1995) was an Iranian aristocrat and the fourth and last wife of Reza Shah.

Dowlatshahi was born in 1904. She was a member of the Qajar dynasty. Her parents were cousins. Her father was Gholam Ali Mirza "Mojalal Dowleh" Dowlatshahi (1878–1934). Her mother was Mobtahedj-od-Dowleh, daughter of Ebtehadj Saltaneh and Abou Nasr Mirza "Hessam Saltaneh II". Her paternal grandfather was Hessam-Saltaneh I. She had two brothers and one sister.Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi, member of the Majlis and Iranian ambassador, was her cousin.

Princess Esmat Dowlatshahi and Reza Shah wed in 1923. She was his fourth, last and favourite wife. Reza Shah was the minister of war when they married. From this marriage five children were born: Abdul Reza, Ahmad Reza, Mahmoud Reza, Fatimeh and Hamid Reza Pahlavi. When Dowlatshahi's husband became Shah of Iran in 1925, she became queen consort, which she held until 1941 when her husband was deposed.

Dowlatshahi and Reza Shah lived in the Marble palace in Tehran with their children. She accompanied her husband to Mauritius who exiled there in September 1941, and returned to Iran after a few months. Following Reza Shah's death, Dowlatshahi married Mohsen Rais.

Dowlatshahi stayed in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. She died on 24 July 1995. She was buried in the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Tehran.

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