Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Masturah Afshar

b. 1895

Masturah Afshar (circa 1895 - circa 1945) was the eldest child of Malik Sultan Khanum and Jamshid Afshar Subataylu (Majd al-Saltanah). She was a women's rights activist and member of Jam‘iyat-i nisvan-i vatankhvah (Society of Patriotic Women). She was elected to be the head of the Society after Muhtaram Iskandari .

References

Source of this information is the owner of the collection, Yasmine (Yasaman) Moayedi, and Persian Wikipedia page of Masturah Afshar. https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1#cite_note-sanasarian.DB.B6.DB.B3.DB.B4-5 Close