After battling heart disease and cancer for many years, Princess Shams died in February 1996 at age 77. To Mehrdad, there was nothing more to live for. But Mehrdad’s children “circled the wagons” with strength and comfort after his wife’s passing. Fortunately Mehrdad’s final years proved joyful. After prolonged grieving, he met a Persian lady of compassion, comfort, and someone to offer him devotion. A week after finishing the first draft, Mehrdad Pahlbod entered the hospital and remained there until August 8, 2018, when he too passed into the pages of history.
Shams Pahlavi was royal of the Pahlavi dynasty, who was the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah. Her biography is available in 16 different languages (up from 15 in 2019). Shams Pahlavi is the 7,406th most popular politician (up from 7,517th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography and the 106th most popularPolitician. The elder daughter of Reza Shah by his second wife Taj-ol-Moluk, Shams Pahlavi was born in Tehran, 28th, Oct. 1917.
