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    Reza Shah Pahlavi (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian military officer and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. As a politician, he previously...
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    his son Reza Pahlavi declared himself as the new Shah of Iran in exile. Born in Tehran, in the Sublime State of Iran, to Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlavi...
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  • Reza Khan (Persian: رضاخان, also Romanized as Rez̤ā Khān) is a village in Kakavand-e Sharqi Rural District, Kakavand District, Delfan County, Lorestan...
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    پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty that ruled for roughly 53 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic...
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    The Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا, romanized: Haram-e Emâm Rezâ, lit. 'Sanctuary of Imam Reza'), located in Mashhad, Iran, is an Islamic shrine...
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  • State of Iran from 1925 to 1941 Reza Khan (Afghan) (d. 2007), Afghan who was executed in 2007 Reza Khan, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran Mohammad...
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  • Iranian-American Philosopher Reza Zadeh, American-Canadian-Iranian Computer Scientist Mohammad Ali Reza Khan, Bangladeshi ornithologist Reza Abbasi (1565–1635)...
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    children: Shams, Mohammad Reza, the last Shah of Iran, and his twin sister Ashraf, and Ali Reza. On 23 February 1921, Reza Khan took power in a coup in...
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    Reza Shah asked foreign delegates to use the endonym Iran instead of the exonym Persia when addressing the country in formal correspondence. Reza Shah...
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    Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar (Persian: رضا قلی میرزا افشار; 1719–1747) was the eldest son of Nader Shah, King of Afsharid Iran. After his father's coronation...
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  • The events began with a coup by the Persian Cossack Brigade headed by Reza Khan on 22 February 1921. The precise level of British Empire involvement in...
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    Ahmad Shah Qajar (category Iranian royalty)
    the Parliament on 16 July 1909. Due to his young age, his uncle, Ali-Reza Khan, took charge of his affairs as Regent. Upon reaching the age of majority...
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    crown prince. The Pahlavis were a parvenu house as Reza Khan, the son of a peasant who entered the Iranian Army as a private, rising up to become a general...
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    Ali-Reza Khan Azod-ol-Molk (Persian: علیرضا خان عضدالملک‎; 11 October 1847 – 22 September 1910) was an Iranian politician who acted as regent for Ahmad...
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    Ahmad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: احمدرضا پهلوی; 27 September 1925 – 1981) was a member of Iran's Pahlavi dynasty. He was a son of Reza Shah and a half-brother...
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    Qoli Khan, Morteza Qoli Khan, Mostafa Qoli Khan, Reza Qoli Khan, Jafar Qoli Khan, Mehdi Qoli Khan, Abbas Qoli Khan and Ali Qoli Khan. When Nader Shah died...
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    Division was subsequently transferred to Iranian officers. Most notable among these officers was General Reza Khan, who started his military career as a...
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  • Iranian-American actor Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of London-based children's charity Kids Company Reza Pahlavi, son of the deposed Shah of Iran,...
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  • Khan Baba Motazedi (Persian: خان‌بابا معتضدی) (1892– 1986) also known as Khan Baba Khan Motazedi, was an Iranian pioneer within the field of Iranian cinema...
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    replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the...
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    Ernest Perron (category Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)
    Perron (29 June 1908 – 1961) was a Swiss courtier in Iran during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Perron had been a servant in a college at Rolle...
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    Turan Amirsoleimani (category Wives of Reza Shah)
    February 1905 – 24 July 1994) was an Iranian royal and the third wife of Reza Shah, with whom she had a son named Gholam Reza Pahlavi. Turan was born Qamar ol-Molouk...
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    In February 1921, Reza Khan, commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, staged a coup d'état, becoming the effective ruler of Iran. In 1923, Ahmad Shah...
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    account", Mohammed Hosein Khan Qajar, who had been entrusted with supervising Abbas and his father in captivity, warned Reza that on hearing the news of...
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    success. Reza Khan subsequently sent him a bombastic tactless telegram, after which the Sheikh expressed his determination to overthrow Reza Khan or perish...
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    in Iran (Persia). Prince Husain Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu (1742–1831) Prince Ja'afar Quli Khan-e Khajar Quyunlu (1751–1790) Amir Muhammad Qasim Khan-e...
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    Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat (Persian: رضاقلی‌خان هدایت; 8 June 1800 – 29 June 1871) was an Iranian literary historian, administrator, and poet in 19th-century...
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    Shahrokh Shah (category Iranian blind people)
    two-month interruption. A grandson of the Iranian conqueror Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747), Shahrokh was the son of Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar and his Safavid wife...
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    Qajar dynasty (category 1785 establishments in Iran)
    Iranian royal dynasty founded by Mohammad Khan (r. 1789–1797) of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended...
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    Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (Persian: محمدرضا شجريان; Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːæd ɾeˈzɒː ʃædʒæɾiˈɒːn], 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer...
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