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Reza Shah Pahlevi
(Encyclopedia) Reza Shah PahleviReza Shah Pahlevirēˈzä shä päˈləvē [key], 1878–1944, shah of Iran (1925–41). He began his career as an army officer and gained a reputation for valor and leadership.…Iran Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Iran Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Iranian Relations PEOPLEThe 1979 Islamic revolution and the…Pahlevi, Iranian shahs
(Encyclopedia) Pahlevi: see Reza Shah Pahlevi; Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi.Khatami, Mohammad
(Encyclopedia) Khatami, MohammadKhatami, Mohammadkhätˈämē [key], 1943–, Iranian religious and political leader. From a prominent clerical family, Khatami opposed the regime of Muhammad Reza Shah…Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi
(Encyclopedia) Muhammad Reza Shah PahleviMuhammad Reza Shah Pahlevim&oomacr;hämˈmäd rĭzä shä păˈləvē [key], 1919–80, shah of Iran (1941–79). Educated in Switzerland, he returned (1935) to Iran to…Ahmad Mirza
(Encyclopedia) Ahmad MirzaAhmad Mirzaäkhmädˈ mērzäˈ [key], 1898–1930, shah of Persia (1909–25), son of Muhammad Ali. The last of the Qajar dynasty, he came to power as a result of a coup against his…Riza Shah Pahlevi
(Encyclopedia) Riza Shah Pahlevi: see Reza Shah Pahlevi.Bakhtiari
(Encyclopedia) BakhtiariBakhtiaribäkhˌtēäˈrē, –ärēˈ, băkhˌ– [key], tribal group, numbering around 850,000, living in SW Iran, in a mountainous region (c.25,000 sq mi/64,750 sq km) in Khuzestan and…Modern Persia and Iran: Rulers
Samanid, Muslim Persian dynasty that ruled (819–1005) in Khorasan and Transoxiana Ismail, shah of Persia (1502–24), founder of the Safavid dynastyTahmasp, shah of Persia (1524–76)Abbas I,…Mohammad Zahir Shah, 2002 News
former king of Afghanistan, returned to his homeland in April, after spending 29 years in exile following his overthrow by his cousin, Muhammad Daoud Khan, in 1973. He led June's loya jirga…Trending
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