00:00Everyone looked at me, but few understood me.
00:02The woman in the video is believed to be Zahra Khanum Taj E.S. Sultana,
00:07a Persian royal from Iran's Qajar dynasty in the late 1800s.
00:12She was known for being educated, outspoken, and far ahead of her time.
00:17Thirteen men died after I rejected them.
00:20Advocating for women's rights and criticizing social restrictions in Persia.
00:24The internet often claims that thirteen men killed themselves after she rejected them,
00:29but historians have found no reliable evidence this actually happened.
00:33That part appears to be an online myth that spread
00:36because people were fascinated by how different beauty standards looked in the past.
00:41During the Qajar era, features like fuller bodies,
00:45connected eyebrows, and even faint facial hair on women
00:48were sometimes considered attractive in Persian culture.
00:52Modern audiences often react with surprise
00:54because today's beauty standards are very different.
