Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary | |
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Iranian Ambassador to West Germany | |
In office 1952–1961 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
Prime Minister | Mohammad Mosaddegh Fazlollah Zahedi Hossein Ala' Manouchehr Eghbal Jafar Sharif-Emami |
Preceded by | Abdullah Entezam |
Succeeded by | Amir Khosrow Afshar |
Personal details | |
Born | Izeh, Iran | 3 April 1901
Died | 16 January 1983 Munich, West Germany | (aged 81)
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Eva Karl (1924–1983, his death) |
Children | Soraya Bijan |
Parent(s) | Esfandiar Khan (Sardar Asad) Bibi Maryam |
Relatives | Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (uncle) Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari (uncle) Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (aunt) |
Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: خلیل اسفندیاری بختیاری; April 3, 1901 – January 19, 1983), was an Iranian politician and diplomat.[1] Bakhtiary was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961.[2][3] He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.