Najm al-Saltaneh

Badr al-Molouk Qajar or Malek Taj Firouz, (1853 – 4 November 1932) nicknamed Najm al-Saltaneh was an Iranian princess of the Qajar dynasty and the founder of Tehran's first modern hospital, Najmieh Hospital.

Early life Najm was the daughter of Firuz Mirza and his second wife, Homa Khanum. She was a sister of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma (1852–1939), a prominent politician of modern Iran. Najm's sister, Sarvar al-Saltaneh, married Mozaffar ad-Din Shah as his eleventh wife.

According to the customs of the time when it came to women who belonged to royalty and the nobility, Najm, her sisters, and her mother, would have lived secluded in the harem and andaruni (private inner quarters). Women of Najm's station received an education with a focus on administering a household and child-rearing, and would have seen that her daughter was educated in religion.

Short and with pale skin, Najm was considered a beauty. Najm's great-grandfather was Fath-Ali Shah

Najm al-Saltaneh loved to write. Much of the correspondence between herself and her brother, Farman Farma, is preserved in Tehran. She was also active in social affairs as her mother built schools and mosques. the daughter of Sayyed Zain al- Abidin; Najm then is said to have told her sister that even if her sister hadn´t given her son the Shah's daughter, he would have the daughter of the Shah of religion.

Death She died in 1932 and was buried in Najaf.

Issue

Showkat al-Dowleh, married Sahm-al-Molk. Her son Ezatollah Bayat would later marry his cousin Zia Ashraf the daughter of his maternal uncle Mohammed Mossadegh. Esrat al-Dowleh, married Mirzā ʿAli Movaṯṯaq-al-Salṭana Mohammed Mossadegh, married Zahra Khanom Amena, married her cousin Noṣrat-al-Dowla (killed by Reza Shah) married secondly Azod-al-Salṭana son of Mozaffar al-Din Shah. With issue. Mozaffar Firouz Abolhassan Diba