↑ Afkhami, Gholam Reza (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. University of California Press. tr. 4. (..) His mother, who was of Georgian origin, died not long after, leaving Reza in her brother's care in Tehran. (...).
↑ GholamAli Haddad Adel; và đồng nghiệp (2012). The Pahlavi Dynasty: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. tr. 3. (...) His mother, Nush Afarin, was a Georgian Muslim immigrant (...).
