The Pahlavi Dynasty

The Pahlavi Dynasty

An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam

Edited by: Gholamali Haddad Ali, Mohammad Jafar Elmi & Hassan Taromi-Rad

Published by EWI Pres Ltd, London

► The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of only two monarchs, a father and his son, who ruled Iran for a total of 54 years. The Pahlavis were Iran’s last dynasty and their downfall brought an abrupt end to over two millenia of monarchical rule in the land historically known as Persia. The present book deals with the meteoric rise of Reza Khan from an unknown reserve infantry soldier in the Iran’s Cossack regiment to the autocratic king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Pages: 174

ISBN: 978 1 908433 01 5