Mehrmah Khanum Ismat al-Saltaneh (d. 1917; Persian: àÃÂñàçàîçÃÂàùõàêâÂÂçÃÂóÃÂ÷ÃÂÃÂ) was a Qajar princess and travel writer, the daughter of Farhad Mirza Mo'tamed al-Dowleh and Jahan-Ara Khanum, who was the daughter of Mohammad Ali Mirza Dowlatshah. She was also the full sister of Emamqoli Mirza Emad al-Dowleh.
During the final years of Mohammad Shah's reign, he held Farhad Mirza in high esteem. In an effort to secure a supporter within the royal family for his favored son, Abbas Mirza Molk-Ara, who was known as a rival to Naser al-Din Mirza for the throneâÂÂMohammad Shah arranged the engagement of Mehrmah Khanum to Molk-Ara. However, with Mohammad Shah's death and the ascension of Naser al-Din Shah to the throne, Molk-Ara was exiled to the holy cities of Iraq, and the marriage never took place.
In her youth, Mehrmah Khanum married Mirza Mohammad Qavam al-Dawla, who was several years older than her. This marriage resulted in two children. After Qavam al-Dowleh's death in 1873, Mehrmah Khanum married his cousin, Mirza Musa Vazir-Lashkar Ashtiani. Their marriage produced a son named Musa Moshir Akram.
Shortly thereafter, Mehrmah Khanum married Abd al-Wahhab Khan Asaf al-Dowleh but had no children with him. Following his death in 1888, she married Hossein Khan Hessam al-Molk, the governor of Hamedan. However, Hessam al-Molk also died soon after, leaving Mehrmah Khanum widowed once again.
Mehrmah Khanum had three children:
Mehrmah Khanum was granted the title Ismat al-Saltaneh in the month of Muharram 1885. She died in Ramadan 1917.
In 1879-1880, she embarked on a pilgrimage to Mecca, which lasted ten months, and her travelogue, Safarnameh-ye Ismat al-Saltaneh, is a creation of this journey. The travelogue was completed by a scribe in 1881, during which she was referred to as "the wife of the esteemed and noble Nasir al-Dowleh." This suggests that she married Abd al-Wahhab Khan Nasir al-Dowleh a few months after the passing of Mirza Musa.