[5] Her grandfather, Abdorahim-khan Zarabi, was historian, writer, poet and painter and sheriff.

[6] As a child, Khan lived in Washington, D.C., Paris, Tehran, Istanbul, and Tbilisi, because of her father's work.

[7] Khan was an early admirer of Shoghi Effendi, longtime head of the Bahá'i Faith.

[2][7] Gail also wrote three family memoirs, Other People, Other Places (1982),[22] Summon Up Remembrance (1987),[23] and Arches of the Years (1991).

[30] Marzieh Khan married Howard Luxmoore Carpenter, a medical doctor, in 1929.