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"A picture of Princess Hajar, who was considered so beautiful, that 13 suitors ended their own lives when she rejected them", 1930s

The sentence above has accompanied this picture for about 6 years, however, there is no evidence to back this up. The woman above was not even called Hajar, but her name was Zahra Khanom and she was a princess in Persia during the early 20th century.

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was her father. Zahra has several masculine features including a moustache, broad shoulders and her stocky posture, which were considered to be attractive features in a woman at the time. She was married by the age of 12.

She was actually a very interesting individual. She was a women's rights activist, anti slavery activist, a painter and a writer in a time when these things were taboo for a woman to do. She also got a divorce from her husband and she is believed to be the first persian princess to do so. She also chose not to wear the Hijab and wore Western clothing.

Credit:xpressng

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