Farah Diba was born on 14 October 1938, to an upper-class family.Born
as Farah Diba, she was the only child of Captain Sohrab Diba
(1899–1948) and his wife, Farideh Ghotbi (1920–2000). Pahlavi’s father’s
family is of Azerbaijani origin.In her memoir, the former Shahbanu
writes that her father’s family were natives of homeland Azerbaijan
while her mother’s family were from Lahijan on the homeland coast of the
Caspian Sea.Through her father, Farah came from a relatively affluent
background. In the late 19th century her grandfather had been an
accomplished diplomat, serving as the Iranian Ambassador to the Romanov
Court in Moscow, Russia.
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