[1] Tadji Ghotbi was born on 1 February 1920 in Lahijan, Gilan province, Qajar-era Iran.

[3] In 1937, she married Sohrab Diba [fa], a Captain in the Imperial Iranian Army and a law student.

[4][7] With the marriage of her daughter Farah to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 20 December 1959, she became a member of the Iranian Imperial family.

[12] The Sa'dabad Complex (Persian: مجموعه سعدآباد; Majmue ye Sa’dābād) in Shemiran, Greater Tehran houses the Museum of Artistic Creatures, which was once known as the Palace of Farideh Ghotbi.

The Iranian television historical drama The Enigma of the Shah (2014–2016), featured actress Afsaneh Naseri as Farideh.