Badr Jahan Khanom

Badr Jahan Khanom (Persian: بدرجهان خانم; Born 1771, Date of Death Unknown) was the first temporary (sigheh) wife of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.

[1] She was the daughter of Ja'far Khan Arab Amiri (Persian: جعفرخان عرب‌عامری) and the granddaughter of Qader Khan Arab Amiri (Persian: قادرخان عرب‌هامری), whose family, generation after generation, governed Bastam.

Her mother was the daughter of Ismail Khan Khozeimeh (Persian: اسماعیل‌خان خزیمه), the ruler of Qaenat.

[1] Following her father's military campaign in Damghan, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar punished him and exiled him to Sari.

[1][2] It is said that after the Wahhabi attack on Karbala in 1802, which caused significant destruction, Badr Jahan Khanom took the initiative to restore sacred sites and religious schools.