As queen mother, she exerted considerable political influence during the reign of her son from 1848 until her death in 1873.[1] She is described as a strong personality and politically gifted.[2] Strongly rooted in family and clan networks, she tended to favour and support the Qajar nobility rather than merited commoners, mostly because members of the Qajar family and clan had much better access to her as compared to outsiders.[2]