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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).
His father, Reza Pahlavi, (1877–1944), had risen from the army ranks to defense minister(after a coup d'état 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.
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 History of Iran: Reza Shah Pahlavi
Abbas Ali, father of Reza Shah was a member of the Savad Kouh provincial army regiment and probably reached the rank equivalent to major, married his second wife, Noush Afrin, around 1877.
Reza Khan's last wife was Esmat Dolatshahi (Death: 24 JUL 1995), the daughter of a Qajar Prince Mojalal al-Doleh, whom he married in 1923.
Under Reza Shah's 16 years rule the roads and Trans-Iranian Railway were built, modern education was introduced and the University of Tehran was established, and for the first time systematically dispatch of Iranian students to Europe was started.
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Reza Khan's rise to power came from both his strong personality and charisma, as well as his political intelligence.
Reza Khan did much the same to Iran as Atatürk did to Turkey, in terms of modernizing the society.
With the support of the British Reza Khan leads his 1,200 troops to overthrow the government, and forces king Ahmad Shah Qajar to appoint Sayyid Zia Uddin Tabataba'i as prime minister.
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 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.
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.
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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.
By contrast, Mohammad Reza Shah began his reign from a position of weakness dictated by the circumstances.
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 The 80s Server -- Icons: Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, except for a brief period in 1953 when Prime Minister Muhammed Mosaddeq overthrew him.
Mosaddeq was in turn overthrown with assistance from the U.S., and the shah was returned to power as a U.S. ally.
Khomeini sought the capture of the shah, and when it was learned that he had been admitted into the United States for medical treatment, Iran's response was the start of the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Teheran.
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 MSN Encarta - Reza Shah Pahlavi
Pahlavi, Reza Shah (1877-1944), shah of Iran (1925-41), born in Savad Kouh, Māzandarān Province.
Pahlavi entered the Iranian army as a youth, and in...
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