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Biography of Reza Shah PahlaviName: Reza Shah PahlaviBirth Date: 1878 Death Date: June 26, 1944 Place of Birth: Mazandaran, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: Male Occupations: shah Reza Shah Pahlavi Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944) was the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. He rose from the ranks to become minister of war, prime minister, and then shah of Iran. As a reformer-dictator, he laid the foundation of modern Iran.Reza Khan, later Reza Shah Pahlavi, was born in the Caspian province of Mazandaran. He was orphaned in infancy, and at the age of 14 he chose the military career of his father and enlisted in the Persian Cossack Brigade, which was under the command of Russian officers. A tall and rugged young man, Reza Khan rose by sheer courage and ability. He was highly intelligent without any formal education, had vision without much information, and was a champion of Westernization without having seen any other country but Iran.Reza Khan was also very sensitive, and from his youth he must have been disgusted with the despicable condition of the country and also of …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Shah failed to comply with the Russo-British plan of using Iran as a supply route and with their demand to deal effectively with the German agents active in Iran. On Aug. 26, 1941, Russian and British troops entered Iran; the Persian army put up a token resistance which lasted less than a week. Reza Shah abdicated the throne in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Reza Shah died in exile in South Africa. Further Reading There is no adequate biography of Reza Shah. A sketch of his life is in his son's Mission for My Country (1961). Ramesh Sanghvi, The Shah of Iran (1969), is less a study than an enumeration of Reza Shah's political achievements. A brief, but probably the most sophisticated, treatment of him is in Richard Cottam, Nationalism in Iran (1964). The Shah is discussed in Peter Avery, Modern Iran (1965; 2d ed. 1967), and Yahya Armajani, Middle East: Past and Present (1970). |