Parvin E'tesami was born in 1907 in Tabriz to Mirza Yusuf Etesami Ashtiani (E'tesam-al-Molk), who in turn was the son of Mirza Ebrahim Khan Mostawfi Etesam-al-Molk [REF].
In 1926, she received an invitation to become the tutor of the queen of the new Pahlavi court, but she refused.