Shams Pahlavi
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Known by her title HIH Princess, Shams Pahlavi or Shahdokht Shams ul-Mulk Pahlavi (born October 18, 1917 in Tehran, Iran - died February 29, 1996 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) was the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. During her family's reign, she was the president of the Red Lion and Sun Society.
She was deprived of her ranks and titles after her second marriage and lived abroad from 1945 to 1947. She converted to Roman Catholicism in the 1940s.
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