Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

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Shah of Iran human monarch politician

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last monarch of Iran, ruling from 1941 until his overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and was known for his pro-Western policies and ambitious modernization efforts.

Aliases (3)

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shah of Iran → human → monarch → politician →
alsoKnownAs	Mohammad Reza Shah → Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi → The Shah →
awarded	Order of Pahlavi → Order of the Lion and the Sun →
birthCountry	Iran →
birthDate	1919-10-26 →
birthPlace	Tehran →
burialCity	Cairo →
burialPlace	Al Rifa'i Mosque →
cameToPower	after Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in World War II →
causeOfDeath	complications of lymphoma →
child	Ali-Reza Pahlavi → Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi → Farahnaz Pahlavi → Leila Pahlavi →
countryOfCitizenship	Iran →
deathCountry	Egypt →
deathDate	1980-07-27 →
deathPlace	Cairo →
education	Institut Le Rosey → Swiss boarding schools →
eraName	Pahlavi era →
exile	Bahamas → Egypt → Mexico → Morocco → United States →
father	Reza Shah Pahlavi →
foreignHonour	Legion of Honour → Order of the Garter → Order of the Golden Fleece →
fullName	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi →
gender	male →
ideology	monarchism →
implementedReform	land redistribution → literacy corps program → women's suffrage in Iran →
knownFor	White Revolution reforms → close relations with the United Kingdom → close relations with the United States → expansion of education in Iran → land reform policies → modernization of Iran → oil nationalization settlement after Mossadegh → rapid industrialization of Iran →
languageSpoken	English → French → Persian →
memberOfDynasty	Pahlavi dynasty →
militaryRank	Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces →
mother	Tadj ol-Molouk →
notableEvent	1953 Iranian coup d'état →
opposedBy	Islamist opposition → leftist opposition →
overthrownIn	Iranian Revolution →
policyOrientation	anti-communist → pro-Western →
portrait	official portrait of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi →
positionHeld	Head of State of Iran → Shahanshah of Iran →
predecessor	Reza Shah Pahlavi →
reignEnd	1979-02-11 →
reignStart	1941-09-16 →
religion	Shia Islam →
residence	Niavaran Palace → Saadabad Palace →
securityService	SAVAK →
sibling	Ashraf Pahlavi →
signature	signature of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi →
spouse	Farah Diba → Fawzia of Egypt → Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary →
successor	Islamic Republic of Iran → Ruhollah Khomeini →
supportedBy	United Kingdom government → United States government →
title	Aryamehr → King of Kings → Shahanshah →
yearOfOverthrow	1979 →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ("Mohammad Reza Shah") → Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ("Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi") → Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ("The Shah") →	alsoKnownAs
Azadi Tower →	commissionedBy
Sa’dabad Complex ("Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi") →	formerResident
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi →	fullName
Uppsala University →	hasNotableAlumnus
Pahlavi dynasty →	lastMonarch
Iran →	lastShah
Pahlavi dynasty →	notableLeader
Mahabad Republic →	opposedBy
Iranian Revolution →	overthrew
Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) →	relatedTo