Anīs-al-dawla

Anis al-Dawla (died 1896) was a royal consort of shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of Persia (r. 1848–1896). Life She was the daughter of an impoverished shepherd from Amamme village in Lavāsān, northeast of Tehran, and was employed as a free maidservant to Jeyrān in the Qajar harem in 1859. She became the favorite of the shah after Jeyrān's death in 1860. She was the only wife to take meals with Nāṣer-al-dīn and to join him regularly at bedtime after he received visits from other wives; she was also the only one to openly criticize him. While the shah had other favorites, such as her own servant Amina Aqdas, she remained his main favorite.