This is a list of royal consorts of rulers that held power over Persia (present-day Iran). The title Shahbanu was used for the female ruler or royal consort in certain dynasties, including the Sassanids and Pahlavis. The list is from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the monarchy in 1979.
Median Dynasty (671–549 BC)
Teispid kingdom (705–559 BC)
Achaemenid Empire (559–334/327 BC)
Macedonian Empire (336–306 BC)
Seleucid Empire (311–129 BC)
Parthian Empire (247 BC – AD 228)
Sasanian Empire (224–651)
Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
Abbasid Caliphate (750–861)
Buyid Kingdom (934–1062)
Seljuk Empire (1029–1194)
Khwarazmian Empire (1153–1220)
Mongol Empire (1153–1220)
Ilkhanate (1256–1357)
Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432)
Timurid Empire (1370–1467)
Aq Quyunlu (1375–1497)
Safavid Empire (1501–1736)
Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)
Qajar Empire (1794–1925)
Pahlavi Empire (1925–1979)