Английская Википедия:Agha Baji Javanshir

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Шаблон:Infobox royalty Agha Baji Javanshir (Шаблон:Lang-fa) was an Iranian poet and public speaker, who was the twelfth wife of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (Шаблон:Reign), the Qajar shah (king) of Iran. She was the daughter of Ibrahim Khalil Khan, the governor of the Karabakh Khanate.

Biography

Agha Baji was the daughter of Ibrahim Khalil Khan, the governor of the Karabakh Khanate and member of the Turkic Javanshir tribe.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Her mother was Tuti Begum, the daughter of Javad Khan, the governor of the Ganja Khanate.Шаблон:Sfn According to Richard Tapper, Agha Baji was married to the Qajar shah (king) Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (Шаблон:Reign) in 1797 after Ibrahim Khalil Khan had sent the body of the previous Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (Шаблон:Reign) to the Iranian capital of Tehran.Шаблон:Sfn However, the Iranian historian Parisa Sanjabi states that the marriage took place in 1779/1800, after the death of Fath-Ali Shah's wife Asiya Khanum.Шаблон:Sfn By marrying Fath-Ali Shah, she became his twelfth wife.Шаблон:Sfn She arrived to the court of Fath-Ali Shah with a retinue of more than 200 servants belonging to the nobility of Karabakh.Шаблон:Sfn She was also accompanied by her brother Abu'l-Fath Khan Javanshir. Despite being well-liked at court, she continued to be a virgin for unknown reasons.Шаблон:Sfn It has been suggested this was because Fath-Ali Shah considered her father to had a hand in Agha Mohammad Khan's death.Шаблон:Sfn Agha Baji received payment from the profits of Qom and its surroundings and resided in a palace next to the Imamzadeh Qasim with her family.Шаблон:Sfn

Agha Baji died in 1832 in Qom, where she was buried. A poet and public speaker, she left a couple verses in Persian and one in Azerbaijani Turkish, demonstrating her fluency in these two languages.Шаблон:Sfn

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