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	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (in Persian: محمدرضا شاه پهلوی) (October 26, 1919 – July 27, 1980), Styled His Imperial Majesty Shahanshah Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), was the last reigning Shah of Iran to date, ruling from 1941 until 1979.
		Mohammad Reza was born in Tehran, Iran to Reza Pahlavi, the Shah between 1925 and 1941, and his second wife Tadj ol-Molouk (1896 – 1982).
		Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is buried in the ar-Rifai Mosque in Cairo, a mosque of great symbolic value.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi_of_Iran (1587 words)

	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (October 26, 1919 - July 27, 1980)(in Persian:محمد رضا پهلوی was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979.
		His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877-1944), was Minister of War and then Prime Minister before he was elected by the Iranian Assembly as Shah in 1925, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.
		Concerned that Reza Shah was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, Britain and the USSR occupied Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Mohammad_Reza_Shah_Pahlavi (706 words)

	Pahlavi Dynasty
		In 1925 the Majles deposed the absentee monarch, and a constituent assembly elected Reza Khan as shah, vesting sovereignty in the new Pahlavi dynasty.
		Reza Shah's first priority was to strengthen the authority of the central government by creating a disciplined standing army and restraining the autonomy of the tribal chiefs.
		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-80) was born in Tehran on October 26, 1919, the eldest son of Reza Shah.
	persepolis.free.fr /iran/history/pahlavi.html (3307 words)

	MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (in Persian: ÙØÙØ¯Ø±Ø¶Ø§ Ø´Ø§Ù Ù¾ÙÙÙÛ) (October_26 1919 – July_27, 1980), Styled His Imperial Majesty Shahanshah Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), was the last reigning Shah_of_Iran to date, ruling from 1941 until 1979.
		Mohammad Reza was born in Tehran, Iran to Reza_Pahlavi, the Shah between 1925 and 1941, and his second wife Tadj_ol-Molouk (1896 – 1982).
		His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877–1944), had risen from the army ranks to defense minister(after a coup_d'Ã©tat which made Seyyed_Zia'eddin_Tabatabaee prime minister), and afterwards to prime minister, before being elected Shah by the National Assembly, (the Majlis), so starting the Pahlavi_dynasty.
	www.bellabuds.com /Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi (1481 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
		His Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (اعلیحضرت محمدرضا شاه پهلوی; October 26, 1919 –; July 27, 1980) also knows as Aryamehr, was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979.
		His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877–1944), rose from the post of Minister of War to that of Prime Minister, before he was elected by the Iranian National Assembly (parliament), also known as the Majlis of Iran, as Shah in 1925, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.
		Following the Shah's departure, conservative Muslims — led by the Ayatollah Khomeini who had returned from French exile — staged a revolution, abolished the monarchy, and established an Islamic Republic.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mohammad-Reza-Shah-Pahlavi (915 words)

	Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mohammad Reza was born in Tehran, Iran to Reza Pahlavi the reigning shah, and his second wife Tadj ol-Molouk (1896 – 1982).
		His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877–1944), had risen from the post of Minister of War to that of Prime Minister, before he was elected by the National Assembly (parliament), also known as the Majlis of Iran, as Shah of Iran in 1925, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.
		Concerned that Reza Shah was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany, the British and the Soviets occupied Iran and forced Reza to resign in favor of his son.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi (1179 words)

	ipedia.com: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (October 26, 1919 - July 27, 1980) was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 until 1979.
		His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877-1944), was minister of war and was elected by the Iranian Assembly as Shah in 1925.
		Concerned that Reza Pahlavi was about to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, Britain and the USSR occupied Iran and forced him to resign in favor of his son.
	www.ipedia.com /mohammad_reza_pahlavi.html (737 words)

	The Shah
		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-80), king of Iran (1941-1979), was born in Tehran on October 26, 1919, the eldest son of Reza Shah.
		The Shah saw himself as heir to the kings of ancient Iran, and in 1971 he held an extravagant celebration of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy.
		By the mid-1970s the Shah reigned amidst widespread discontent caused by the continuing repressiveness of his regime, socioeconomic changes that benefited some classes at the expense of others, and the increasing gap between the ruling elite and the disaffected populace.
	persepolis.free.fr /iran/personalities/shah.html (680 words)

	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Concerned that Reza Shah was about to align his (A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons) petroleum-rich country with Germany, the British and the Soviets occupied Iran and forced Reza to resign in favor of his son.
		The compromise was extremely unpopular in Iran, where the new regime vilified the Shah and demanded his return to Iran to face trial and execution.
		The Shah's third wife was (additional info and facts about Farah Diba) Farah Diba (born October 14, 1938), daughter of Sohrab Diba, Captain in the Imperial Iranian Army, and his wife, Faredeh Ghotbi.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mohammad_reza_pahlavi.htm (1158 words)

	Imperial Iranian Resistance Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Reza Shah the Great was one of the most important kings in Iranian history, as he only worked and devoted him self for a better Iran, a stronger united Iran.
		Reza Shah knew of the problems concerning foreign influence and wanted Iran to be more independent and grow stronger from within to be able to withstand the influences which threatened the nation.
		After everything the beloved Shah did for his country, the countless hours spent to figure out what is best for everyone and how to support all Iranians and his dedication for his country, they all turned their backs on the Shah and chanted "Death to the Shah" and other ignorant and stupid expressions.
	www.imperialforces.org /revolution.htm (1457 words)

	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basically, Mohammad Reza Shah's reign displayed the same two trends as were characteristic of his father's period, nationalism and modernization.
		Faced with this situation, Reza Shah commanded the only reliable military force in Iran and the opposition to him, whether in the center or in the tribal areas, could never muster enough strength to overcome his skill, organization, and mobility.
		Mohammad Reza Shah's reign differed also from that of his father's in the scope and content of modernization measures.
	www.sedona.net /pahlavi/mrp.html (1223 words)

	Online NewsHour: Governing Iran \| Key Events in Iran Since 1921 \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Reza Khan, a military officer in Persia's Cossack Brigade, names himself shah of Persia after successfully staging a coup against the government of the Qajar Dynasty.
		Reza Khan Pahlavi is crowned, marking the beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty.
		The shah implements "The White Revolution," an aggressive campaign of social and economic Westernization that is met with intense popular opposition.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/iran/history.html (968 words)

	History of Iran: Pahlavi Dynasty
		Reza Shah tried to avoid involvement with Britain and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; formed from the Russian Empire in 1922).
		Reza Shah proclaimed Iran as a neutral country, but Britain insisted that German engineers and technicians in Iran were spies with missions to sabotage British oil facilities in southwestern Iran.
		Mohammad Reza Shah replaced his father on the throne on September 16, 1941, he wanted to continue the reform policies of his father, but a contest for control of the government soon erupted between the shah and an older professional politician, the nationalistic Mohammad Mosaddeq.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/pahlavi/pahlavi.php (1129 words)

	Shah of Iran
		The early tenure of the new Shah was troubled, beset with insurgency and unrest.
		The reluctant Shah opted for "with you," but the endless dithering had allowed his enemies to consolidate their position, resulting in a coup against his royal authority, followed by a countercoup that reinstalled the monarch.
		The Shah's government grew increasingly corrupt, as oil revenues flowed to the upper strata of society, leaving exactly the sort of disenchanted underclass that inevitably leads to revolution.
	www.rotten.com /library/bio/dictators/shah-of-iran (869 words)

	History of Iran: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
		ohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-80), king of Iran (1941-1979), was born in Tehran on October 26, 1919, the eldest son of Reza Shah.
		Mohammad Reza married two more times, in 1950 with Soraya Esfandiari and 1959 with Farah Diba.
		He replaced his father, Reza Shah, on the throne on September 16, 1941, shortly before his 22nd birthday.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/mohammad_rezashah/mohammad_rezashah.php (728 words)

	Iran's Reza Pahlavi - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But some of the statements attributed to Pahlavi suggest that there's a dangerous streak of kingly greed that fuels his motives and that he merely covets the throne for personal reasons and, in order to get it, is willing to sell out the Iranian people in the process.
		Under Reza Shah's 16 years of rule, roads and Trans-Iranian Railway were built, modern education was introduced and the University of Tehran was established, and for the first time, systematic dispatch of Iranian students to Europe was started.
		This Shah of Iran was embroiled in the CIA coup that ousted quixotic Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq and was a pawn of successive American administrations during the Cold War, which pitted the USSR against the USA.
	english.pravda.ru /printed.html?news_id=9807 (1828 words)

	AllRefer.com - Iran - Introduction to Iran \| Iranian Information Resource
		Many considered Reza Shah's son, Mohammad Reza Shah, to be an absolutist ruler in his later days, especially because of his use of the internal security force SAVAK (Sazman-e Ettelaat va Amniyat- e Keshvar) to repress domestic opposition.
		Mohammad Reza Shah also strengthened the military by considerably expanding its role in internal security matters to counteract the domestic opposition that arose after Mohammad Mossadeq's prime ministership (see Mossadeq and Oil Nationalization, ch.
		In the 1960s, the shah also paid attention to land reform, but the redistribution of land to peasants was slow, and in many instances the amount of land allocated to individual farmers was inadequate for economically viable agricultural production.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/iran/iran6.html (3475 words)

	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Mohammad Reza was the eldest son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, an army officer who became the ruler of Iran and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925.
		Mohammad Reza was educated in Switzerland and returned to Iran in 1935.
		The Pahlavi Dynasty was founded by Reza Khan, a man of humble origin who had gained control over the elite Cossack Brigade and used it to unify the country under his command.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9053194 (659 words)

	iranian.com: Afshin Afshari, Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi
		The Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and his twin sister Ashraf were born on October 26, 1919.
		His motherís favorite child was Shams and, given her toughness, Zonis [5] speculates that she did not provide Mohammad Reza with all the love that he needed although he became very attached to her.
		As his grandiosity grew, the Shahís interests became increasingly focused on the army (and the air force in particular) and the foreign policy, while the other aspects of government, deemed less important, was left to subordinates.
	www.iranian.com /History/2005/January/Shah (2023 words)

	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Biography / Biography of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Biography
		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-1980) was king of Iran and second in the Pahlavi dynasty.
		Mohammad Reza was born on Oct. 27, 1919.
		In the fall of 1941 Mohammad Reza's father was forced to abdicate the throne by the British and Russian forces who had occupied the country after a short struggle.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-mohammad-reza-shah-pahlavi (255 words)

	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (from Pahlavi Dynasty) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Pahlavi books were written in a confusing writing system of Aramaic origin called the Pahlavi alphabet.
		Shah was the old title of the kings of Persia (now Iran), and, when expanded into shahanshah, it means “king of kings.” The two Pahlavi kings were Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
		Shah Jahan was the Mughal emperor of India from 1628 until 1658.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-206026?tocId=206026&ct= (745 words)

	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		After an education in Switzerland, he replaced his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, as ruler when the latter was forced into exile by the British.
		His rule was marked by a power struggle with his premier, Mohammad Mosaddeq, who briefly succeeded in deposing him in 1953; covert intervention by British and U.S. intelligence services returned him to the throne the next year.
		(1919–80) was born in Tehran on Oct. 26, 1919, the eldest son of Reza Khan.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9374370 (731 words)

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		The White Revolution solidified domestic support for the shah, but he faced continuing political criticism from those who felt that the reforms did not move far or fast enough and religious criticism from those who believed westernization to be antithetical to Islam.
		Opposition to the shah himself was based upon his autocratic rule, corruption in his government, the unequal distribution of oil wealth, forced westernization, and the activities of Savak (the secret police) in suppressing dissent and opposition to his rule.
		Although the shah did not abdicate, a referendum resulted in the declaration on April 1, 1979, of an Islamic republic in Iran.
	www.stfrancis.edu /hi/victa/stuweb/~tl8241/id9_m.htm (591 words)

	The last speech of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his last speech in the Iran's radio and TV programs (a few weeks before leaving Iran for exile), admitted the dictatorship and corruption in his regime and begged for forgiveness.
		The Shah's speech followed by his order to imprison Amir Abbas Hoveida, his Prime Minister, and General Nematollah Nassiri, the head of his brutal secret police force, Savak.
		According to the last 150 years of Iran's history, the kings of Iran, who were all dictators, either were killed by the people or died in exile, except Mozzafar-oddin Shah Qajar who signed the Iran's Monarchy Constitution, Mashrouteh, in 1906.
	www.angelfire.com /home/iran/speech.html (168 words)

	Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
		Mohammad Reza Shah was a much weaker ruler than his father, Reza Shah Pahlavi, and where Reza Shah worked effectively towards independence from foreign powers, Muhammad Reza Shah used foreign aid to stay in power.
		Mohammad Reza Shah was removed by the Islamic revolution of 1979, and was to a large degree responsible for it coming.
		Mohammad Reza is now in full control over all of Iran.
	i-cias.com /e.o/pahlavi2.htm (757 words)

	Zoka'-ol-Molk Foroughi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Having faithfully served Reza Shah until the end, he made one last promise to Reza Shah before the latter went into exile, that his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi would ascend the throne and that the Qajars (Kadjars) would not return under any circumstances.
		Zoka'-ol-Molk standing behind Reza Shah in the role of the good servant that he was.
		To remedy this situation promptly, Reza Khan sent Zoka'-ol-Molk Foroughi to Paris with the order to convince Soltan Ahmad Shah that a resignation is necessary, and, to sweeten the deal, Reza Khan ordered Foroughi to offer one million pound sterling to Soltan Ahmad Shah in return for his resignation.
	www.qajarpages.org /zokaolmolk.html (464 words)

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