Shah of Iran

(Biography) See Pahlavi¹

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Shah of Iran - title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

Shah

crowned head, monarch, sovereign - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

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The method he is peddling is almost identical with that promoted by Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled heir to the Iranian monarchy.

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That attempt at Kurdish statehood ended with a bloody crackdown by the Iranian monarchy.

Kurdish Rebels Clash With Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Lest there be any doubt, the 1953 coup was also designed to make sure the Iranian monarchy would safeguard the Anglo-American interests in the region.

CIA's 1953 Coup: All Is Not Yet Forgiven in Iran

It was aimed at making sure the Iranian monarchy would safeguard the west's oil interests in the country." (The Guardian, Aug.

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When the Arabs in the fight between Amin and Ma'mun often advocated Amin, and when Baback were looking for revival of Iranian monarchy, and Taher Dhu'l-Yaminayn thougt of an emirate, Ma'mun and the Abbasid dynasty under his idea thought of a third force.

Examine the role of the Turkish military in the Abbasid Dynasty

During our college days, when I and Raza Rabbani (now a Senator) were associated with the RCD Students Association, we used to visit Murshid at his residence in Nazimabad in connection with his literary inputs for the stage show we were doing to celebrate the 2,500 Years Anniversary of the Iranian Monarchy (Cyrus the Great).

Quresh Pur farewell to an era

Syria and Iran have been strategic allies since 1979 when the Islamic revolution toppled the Iranian monarchy. His allies in Syria's authoritarian regime will fall in a reckoning for the bloody crackdown on their own people, as activists there reported at least 17 more dead in new raids on anti-government protesters.

Erdogan escalates pressure on Syria's Assad as protests continue--"era of tyrant regime is gone;" Iran urged to stop helping Syria--repressive regimes don't last long; up to 32 people said killed