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Reza Shah

1878 - 1944

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Reza Shah Pahlavi (15 March 1878 – 26 July 1944) was an Iranian military officer and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. As a politician, he previously served as minister of war and prime minister of Qajar Iran and subsequently reigned as Shah of Pahlavi Iran from 1925 until he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Shah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reza Shah has received more than 3,565,986 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Reza Shah is the 620th most popular politician (up from 743rd in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Iran (up from 34th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Iranian Politician.

Reza Shah was the first shah of Iran. He is most famous for his modernization of Iran, which included the establishment of a national army, the building of roads, and the introduction of Western-style education.

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  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Reza Shah ranks 620 out of 19,576. Before him are Władysław IV Vasa, Christian X of Denmark, Yongzheng Emperor, Umberto I of Italy, Gojong of Korea, and Yuan Shikai. After him are Yesugei, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Anna of Russia, Frederick VIII of Denmark, John, King of England, and Handan Sultan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Reza Shah ranks 3. Before him are Lise Meitner, and Janusz Korczak. After him are John B. Watson, Martin Buber, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Pancho Villa, Werner von Blomberg, Gustav Stresemann, André Citroën, Pyotr Wrangel, and Lucien Febvre. Among people deceased in 1944, Reza Shah ranks 11. Before him are Wassily Kandinsky, Romain Rolland, Claus von Stauffenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Abdulmejid II, and William James Sidis. After him are Günther von Kluge, Richard Sorge, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Charles Glover Barkla, Michael Wittmann, and Alexis Carrel.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Reza Shah ranks 30 out of 631. Before him are Bodhidharma (483), Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Khosrow I (501), and Mansur Al-Hallaj (858). After him are Salman the Persian (568), Ferdowsi (940), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Darius II (-475), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), and Shams Tabrizi (1185).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Reza Shah ranks 12. Before him are Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), and Khosrow I (501). After him are Hassan Rouhani (1948), Darius II (-475), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), and Farah Pahlavi (1938).

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