Maryam Khanom

Maryam Khanom Bani Isra'il was the royal consort of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar and then the thirty-ninth royal consort of Agha Mohammad's nephew and successor Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.

Life

She was from Māzandarān and of Jewish origin, and is sometimes referred to as "Maryam Khanom Bani Isra'il" to distinguish her from Maryam Khanom Gorji, another consort of Fath-Ali. She was reported to have "no rival in beauty".
When she was widowed the first time, Hossein Khan Sardar, the brother of the new shah wished to marry her, but Fath-Ali instead married her himself, which caused a conflict between them.
She had eleven children, among them prince Maḥmud Mirzā, Homāyun Mirzā and Aḥmad-ʿAli Mirzā.