Khadijah Khanoum Tajrishi (Persian: خدیجه خانم تجریشی), titled Forough ol-Saltaneh (Persian: فروغالسلطنه), and more widely known as Jeyran (Persian: جیران; born, c. 1835 – 2 January 1860) was one of the beloved wives and first mistress of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–1896).
Known for her beauty and charm, Jeyran was born as Khadijah, daughter of Mohammad Ali, a gardener and carpenter. She met Naser al-Din Shah around 1852 and became his concubine at the age of 17 while he was 4 years older. She got given title of Forough os-Saltaneh, meaning "the light of the reign" about 5–6 years later when she officially married the Shah and became his permanent wife (having already four children at that time, one of them dead).
Jeyran spread her influence by the birth of her second child, Mohammad Qasem Mirza, who was made commander-in-chief. Although he had no maternal Qajar ancestor, with a fake lineage made for Jeyran which linked her to the Sasanians and Ilkhanate, he became the crown prince, but shortly after, he died. Afterwards, Jeyran lost all of her children and contracted tuberculosis. She died in January 1860 at the age of 24.
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