Fereydoun Djam born on 1914 in Tabriz. His father Mahmoud Djam was prime minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939. He attended in military schools in capital and Saint-Cyr. Later he graduated from military academy in UK. In an arranged marriage Fereydoun married to Princess Shams in 1937. They divorced after death of Reza Shah on 1944.