Hamid Reza Pahlavi

Hamid Reza Pahlavi (; 4 July 1932 – 12 July 1992) was Reza Shah's eleventh and last born child, and a half-brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran.

Early life and education Hamid Reza Pahlavi was born on 4 July 1932. He was the youngest son of Reza Shah and his fourth and favourite wife, Esmat Dowlatshahi. His parents married in 1923. His mother was a member of the Qajar dynasty. Of both his parents he had four siblings: Abdul Reza Pahlavi, Ahmad Reza Pahlavi, Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi and Fatemeh Pahlavi. They lived in the Marble Palace in Tehran with their parents.

Personal life Hamid Reza married three times and had four children. Of this marriage he had a daughter, born 1953. In 1959 he married Homa Khameneh, by whom he had two more children. In 1974 Hamid Reza married Houri Khameneh, by whom he had one child, born 1975.

One of his sons lived in the United Kingdom, but was brought by Shah Mohammad Reza to Iran and attended a military school in Tehran.

Due to his scandalous lifestyle, Hamid Reza's title of prince was removed and the Shah banned him from the court.

Later years and death

After the Iranian Revolution that overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Hamid Reza stayed in Iran and changed his name to FaFar Islami. He received a sentence of ten years in Evin prison on drug charges.