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Reza Shah

1878 - 1944

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Reza Shah Pahlavi (Persian: رضاشاه پهلوی; pronounced [ɾeˈzɒː ˈʃɒːh-e pæhlæˈviː]; 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 3,247,529 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Reza Shah is the 744th most popular politician (down from 654th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Iran (down from 29th in 2019) and the 14th 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Reza Shah ranks 744 out of 15,577Before him are Alexander Van der Bellen, Konstantin von Neurath, Louis, Grand Dauphin, Claudius Gothicus, Letizia Ramolino, and Karl Liebknecht. After him are Sun Quan, Geronimo, Boris III of Bulgaria, Robert II of France, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Reza Shah ranks 5Before him are Janusz Korczak, Lise Meitner, John B. Watson, and Martin Buber. After him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Gustav Stresemann, Werner von Blomberg, André Citroën, Pancho Villa, Robert Walser, and Lucien Febvre. Among people deceased in 1944, Reza Shah ranks 13Before him are Claus von Stauffenberg, Abdulmejid II, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, William James Sidis, Richard Sorge, and Günther von Kluge. After him are Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Alexis Carrel, Marc Bloch, Ludwig Beck, and Michael Wittmann.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Reza Shah ranks 34 out of 528Before him are Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), Ferdowsi (940), Salman the Persian (568), Doris Lessing (1919), and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201). After him are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Shams Tabrizi (1185), and Farah Pahlavi (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Reza Shah ranks 14Before him are Ali Khamenei (1939), Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Khosrow I (501), and Darius II (-475). After him are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Cambyses I (-600), and Astyages (-700).