Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari

Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari
بی‌بی مریم بختیاری
Born1874
Died1937(1937-00-00) (aged 62–63)
NationalityIranian Lur
Known forFemale Iranian Constitutional Revolutionary

Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (1874–1937) (Luri: بی مَریَمِ بَختیاری Bi Maryam Baxtiâri, Persian: بی‌بی مریم بختیاری) was the daughter of Hossein Gholi Khan Bakhtiari, the sister of Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari and an Iranian Lor Bakhtiari revolutionary and activist of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. As a military commander, she played a distinguished role when Bakhtiari forces, with help of modern arms from German Empire, successfully captured Tehran in 1909 as part of the revolutionary campaign to force the central government to establish democratic reforms.