Pahlavi Biography

Birth of Rezah Shah Pahlavi

Birth of Mohammed Rezah Shah Pahlavi, eldest son of Reza Shah

Appointed Commander in Chief

Appointed Minister of War

Appointed Prime Minister of Persia

Has Parliament depose Ahmad Shah Qajar

Appointed Regent

Succeeds as Shah of Iran, overthrows the Kajar Dynasty & is proclaimed Shah

Succeeds as Shah of Iran, overthrows the Kajar Dynasty & is proclaimed Shah

Succeeds as Shah of Iran

Crowned Shah of Iran

Crowned Shah of Shahs

Begins the construction of the Transian Railway

Appointed Prime Minister of Persia

Draws Iran closer to Germany

Opens the 1st regular university

Dozens are killed and hundreds injured when a rebellion by pious Shia at the most holy Shia shrine in Iran

Graduates from the Tehran Military School

The Transian Railway is opened

Marries a sister of Faroq I of Egypt

Iran declares itself neutral

Iran declares itself neutral

The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran

Abdicates in favour of his son Muhammad Reza Pahlevi

The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran

The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran. Russia & Britain invade Iran, because of its close relations to Germany

Reza Shah is deposed and his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is installed by an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops

Britain invades Iran to aid supplies to Russia

Abdicates in order to prevent a Russian invasion

Abdicates in order to prevent a Russian invasion

Succeeds as Shah of Iran. Reza Shah is deposed and his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is installed by an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops

The Allies have occupied Tehran forcing the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son

The Allies have occupied Tehran forcing the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son

Moves to South Africa

Death of Rezah Shah Pahlavi

Russian troops withdraw

The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad falls under control of the Shah

An assassination attempt backed by the pron Tudeh Party

The Tudeh Party is banned after a failed assassination attempt

The Shah declares martial law

Marries Soraya Esfandiari

Failed assassination attempt, during the uprising led by Mussadeq

Mosaddeq passes a bill nationalizing British Petroleum's Iranian interests

The USA helps the Shah return to Iran after a 3 day exile

Marries Farah Diba

The Shah introduces land reform, voting rights to women & removal of illiteracy

The Shah introduces land reform, voting rights to women & removal of illiteracy

Crowns himself King of the Kings, Emperor of Iran

The 1971 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire at Persepolis, organized by the Shahs regime, is attacked for its extravagance

Replaces the Islamic Calendar with an Imperial Calendar

Replaces the Islamic Calendar with an Imperial Calendar

All Iranians are required to join and pay dues to a new political party, the Rastakhiz party, all other parties are banned

Attempts to fight inflation with populist "anti-profiteering" campaigns, fining and jailing merchants for high prices, angers and politicizes merchants while fueling black markets

Attempts to fight inflation with populist "anti-profiteering" campaigns, fining and jailing merchants for high prices, angers and politicizes merchants while fueling black markets

All Iranians are required to join and pay dues to a new political party, the Rastakhiz party, all other parties are banned

The Shah responds to the "polite reminder" of the importance of political rights by the new American President, Jimmy Carter, by granting amnesty to some prisoners and allowing the Red Cross to visit prisons

The Shah responds to the "polite reminder" of the importance of political rights by the new American President, Jimmy Carter, by granting amnesty to some prisoners and allowing the Red Cross to visit prisons

A new round of protests begins across the nation

The first militant anti-Shah demonstrations, after the death of Khomeinis son Mostafa

A CIA analysis, just six months before the Shah fled Iran, had concluded that the country "is not in a revolutionary or even a pre-revolutionary situation"

A new Prime Minister, Jafar Sharif-Emami, is installed and reversed some of the Shahs policies, casinos are closed, the imperial calendar abolished, & activity by political parties legalized

A new Prime Minister, Jafar Sharif-Emami, is installed and reversed some of the Shahs policies, casinos are closed, the imperial calendar abolished, & activity by political parties legalized

The Shah introduced martial law, and banned all demonstrations but on September 8 thousands of protesters gathered in Tehran, security forces shot and killed dozens, in what became known as Black Friday

The Shah introduced martial law, and banned all demonstrations but on September 8 thousands of protesters gathered in Tehran, security forces shot and killed dozens, in what became known as Black Friday

The Shah introduced martial law, and banned all demonstrations but on September 8 thousands of protesters gathered in Tehran, security forces shot and killed dozens, in what became known as Black Friday

A military Government headed by General Gholam Reza Azhari replaced conciliatory Prime Minister Sharif Emami

A general strike in October resulted in the paralysis of the economy, with vital industries being shut down,"sealing the Shahs fate"

A general strike in October resulted in the paralysis of the economy, with vital industries being shut down,"sealing the Shahs fate"

A general strike in October resulted in the paralysis of the economy, with vital industries being shut down,"sealing the Shahs fate"

During the Islamic month of Muharram, over two million people filled the streets of Tehrans Azadi Square (then Shahyad Square), to demand the removal of the Shah and return of Khomeini

During the Islamic month of Muharram, over two million people filled the streets of Tehrans Azadi Square (then Shahyad Square), to demand the removal of the Shah and return of Khomeini

A "total of 6 to 9 million" anti-shah demonstrators marched throughout Iran

Death of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi