Pahlavi dynasty

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Iranian dynasty royal dynasty

The Pahlavi dynasty was the last ruling royal house of Iran, established in 1925 by Reza Shah Pahlavi and known for its modernization efforts, secular reforms, and eventual overthrow in the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Government of the Imperial State of Iran	1
House of Pahlavi	1
Pahlavi monarchy	1
Pahlavi royal family	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian dynasty ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ
capital	Tehran ⓘ
characterizedBy	authoritarian rule ⓘ rapid modernization ⓘ secular reforms ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
economicPolicy	industrialization ⓘ oil-based development ⓘ
endTime	1979 ⓘ
firstMonarch	Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
followedBy	Iran ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
foreignPolicy	alignment with Western powers ⓘ close relations with the United Kingdom ⓘ close relations with the United States ⓘ
founder	Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
governmentType	authoritarian monarchy ⓘ constitutional monarchy ⓘ
houseType	Pahlavi dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: House of Pahlavi
ideology	Iranian nationalism ⓘ modernization ⓘ secularism ⓘ
language	Persian ⓘ
lastMonarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
notableInstitution	SAVAK ⓘ
notableLeader	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
oppositionFrom	Islamist movements ⓘ Shia clergy ⓘ leftist groups ⓘ nationalist groups ⓘ
overthrownIn	Iranian Revolution ⓘ surface form: 1979 Iranian Revolution
policy	ban on certain religious dress codes ⓘ centralization of state power ⓘ expansion of education ⓘ land reform ⓘ secular legal reforms ⓘ women's emancipation measures ⓘ
religion	officially Shia Islam ⓘ
replaces	Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty
significantEvent	1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ Ahmad Shah Qajar ⓘ surface form: 1925 deposition of Ahmad Shah Qajar Iranian Revolution ⓘ surface form: 1979 Iranian Revolution Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran White Revolution reforms ⓘ surface form: White Revolution abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ coronation of Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
startTime	1925 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persians → associatedEmpire → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

Sa’dabad Complex → expandedDuring → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

Sa’dabad Complex → formerResident → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pahlavi royal family

Persian Jews → historicalPresenceInDynasty → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

Pahlavi dynasty → houseType → Pahlavi dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Pahlavi

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → memberOfDynasty → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

Iranian Revolution → opposed → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pahlavi monarchy

Iranian Revolution → overthrew → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

Government of Iran → precededBy → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of the Imperial State of Iran

Qajar Iran → successor → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ

Shahanshah of Persia → usedInDynasty → Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ