He was the youngest son of Reza Shah and his fourth and favourite wife, Esmat Dowlatshahi.

[7] He had acted similarly three months previously, leaving his high school in Newport, Rhode Island, to travel to Paris and Provincetown.

Hamid also adopted her only son Mohammad Reza larijani, born 1961, from a previous marriage One of his sons lived in the United Kingdom for a while, but he was brought by Shah Mohammad Reza to Iran and attended a military school in Tehran.

[10] Due to his scandalous lifestyle, Hamid Reza's title of prince was removed and the Shah banned him from the court.

[12] Inmates in his prison cell included a former general and senior officials of the Shah's regime.