IRAN

The Pahlavi Dynasty

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1941 - 1979 H.I.M. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran, Aryamehr, GCB (c 13.5.1942), Royal Victorian Chain (21.7.1948). b. at Teheran, 26^th October 1919, eldest son of H.I.M. Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran, by his fourth wife, Nimtaj Khanum, Taj ul-Mulk [H.I.M. The Empress Mother], educ. Institut Le Rosey, Switzerland, and Iranian Military Acad., Teheran. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. 1938, aptd. Army Inspectorate Dept., Personal ADC to the Shahanshah, prom. Gen. 1940, GOC Army Corps of Defence 1940, Inspector-Gen. of the Army 1940-1941. Invested by his father at the Museum Hall of the Gulistan Palace, Teheran, as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahad-i-Iran, 24^th April 1926. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 16^th and took the oath at the Majlis, 17^th September 1941. Granted the title of Aryamehr ('Light of the Aryans') by an extraordinary session of the joint Houses of Parliament, 15^th September 1965. Crowned at Teheran, 26^th October 1967. Left the country and went into exile in Egypt, 16^th January 1979. Deposed on the proclamation of the Islamic Republic, 1^st April 1979. Colonel-in-Chief 1^st (Pahlavi) Guards Regt. 1931-1941. Supreme Commander of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces. Hon. Air Chief Marshal, RAF 1959. Founded the Nishan-i-Kidmat (the Order of Honour) in 1949, Nishan-i-Haft Paykar (the Order of the Pleiades) in 1957, and the Nishan-i-Aryamehr (the Order of Light of the Aryans) on 26^th September 1967. Rcvd: Grand Collar of the Order of Pahlavi (1932), GC of the Orders of the Zulfiqar (1949), and Crown of Iran (24.4.1926), Knt. of the Orders of the Golden Spur of the Vatican (20.8.1948), Elephant of Denmark (14.5.1959), Seraphim (29.4.1960) with Collar (4.9.1967) of Sweden, and Maha Chakri of Thailand (22.1.1968), the Grand Order of the Hashimites of Iraq (18.10.1957), the Grand Collar and Chain of the Order of Solomon Ethiopia (14.9.1964), the Grand Collars of the Orders of Carlos III (197x) and the Yoke and Arrows of Spain (22.5.1957), Supreme Sun of Afghanistan, the Nile of the Republic of Egypt, the Liberator San Martin of Argentina (x.5.1965), and the Aztec Eagle of Mexico (1975), the Collars of the Orders of Muhammad 'Ali of Egypt (16.3.1939), Husain ibn 'Ali of Jordan (28.2.1949), Idris I of Libya, Chrysanthemum of Japan (13.5.1958), Muhammad of Morocco (11.6.1966), Mubarak the Great of Kuwait, al-Khalifa of Bahrain, and Independence of the State of Qatar, the Badr Chain of Saudi Arabia, and the Chain of Honour of the Sudan, GC of the Orders of the Renaissance of Jordan special class (28.2.1949), Propitious Clouds of China special grade (3.6.1946), Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany special class (25.2.1955), Merit of the Lebanon special class (17.10.1956), Merit of the Republic of Italy with collar (26.8.1957), the Netherlands Lion (19.5.1959), Redeemer of Greece, Leopold of Belgium (mil 11.5.1960), St Olav of Norway with collar (17.5.1961), Independence of Tunisia with collar (15.3.1965), Southern Cross of Brazil with collar (3.5.1965), and the Lion of Finland with collar (1970), the Orders of the White Lion 1^st class with collar of Czechoslovakia (x.12.1943), Pakistan 1^st class (Nishan-i-Pakistan) (9.11.1959), Ojaswi Rajanya of Nepal (3.7.1960), Yugoslavian Grand Star of Yugoslavia (3.6.1966), and the State Crown of Malaysia (DMN) (x.2.1968), the Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Merit of Austria (15.3.1958), the King Abdul Aziz Decoration 1^st class of Saudi Arabia (mil 9.8.1955 or 12.3.1957), the Military Order of Oman 1^st class, Ch. Cdr. of the Legion of Merit of the USA (x.10.1947), and the Croix de Guerre with palm of France (1945). m. (first) at the Abidin Palace, Cairo, 16^th March 1939 (Shi'ite rite) and at the Gulistan Palace, Teheran, 25^th April 1939 (Suni rite) (div. at Teheran, 20^th October 1948) H.R.H. Princess Fawzia (b. at the Ras el-Tine Palace, Alexandria, Egypt, 5^th November 1921; m. second, at Cairo, 28^th March 1949, Colonel H.E. (Sahib ul-Izza) Ismail Husain Shirin Bey, by whom she had further issue), became an Iranian national and granted the title of Princess (Shahdokht) with the style of Her Imperial Highness 15^th March 1939, and enjoyed that of Queen (Malika Fawzia Pahlavi) with the style of Her Majesty 17^th September 1941-20^th October 1948, Colonel-in-Chief 2^nd (Fateh) Regt. of Cavalry (Princess Fawzia's) 25/4/1939-1948, Patron Child Welfare Assoc. 1940-1948, rcvd: the Decoration of al-Kamal in brilliants, and GC of the Order of Pahlavi (27.10.1940), second daughter of H.M Fuad I, King of Egypt, Sovereign of Nubia, of the Sudan, of Kordofan and of Darfur, GCB, Royal Victorian Chain, by his second wife, H.M. Queen Nazli, daughter of H.E. 'Abdu'l Rahim Sabri Pasha. m. (second) at the Marble Palace, Teheran, 12^th February 1951 (div. at Teheran, 14^th March 1958) H.I.H. Princess Soraya (b. at the English Missionary Hospital, Isfahan, 22^nd June 1932; d. at Paris, 25^th October 2001), granted the title of Queen (Malika Soraya Pahlavi) with the style of Her Majesty 12^th February 1951, and Princess with the style of Her Imperial Highness 14^th March 1958, rcvd: the Order of the Pleiades 1^st class (1957), GC of the Orders of Merit (special design) of Germany (25.2.1955), and Isabella the Catholic of Spain (22.5.1957), and the Grand Decoration of Honour for Merit in gold with sash of Austria (15.3.1958), daughter of Khalil Khan Esfandiari Bakhtiari, of Gafarog, by his wife Eva, eldest daughter of Herr Franz Karl, of IG Farben and AEG, of St Petersburg. m. (third) in the Hall of Mirrors, at the Marble Palace, Teheran, 21^st December 1959, H.I.M. Empress (Shahbanu) Farah (b. at the American Mission Hospital, Teheran, 14^th October 1938), educ. Razi Coll., Teheran, École Jeanne d'Arc and École d'architecture, Paris, granted the title of Queen (Malika Farah Pahlavi) with the style of Her Majesty 21^st December 1959, and crowned as Empress (Shahbanou) with the style of Her Imperial Majesty at Teheran, 26^th October 1967, Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 1^st class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 1^st class (21.12.1959), Knt. of the Orders of the Elephant of Denmark (3.5.1963), and Maha Chakri of Thailand (22.1.1968), Mbr. of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden (29.4.1960), GC of the Orders of Netherlands Lion (26.9.1963), the Legion of Honour of France (16.10.1963), Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia (14.9.1964), Leopold of Belgium (civ 17.11.1964), St Olav of Norway (8.1.1965), Independence of Tunisia (15.3.1965), Southern Cross of Brazil (3.5.1965), the Liberator San Martin of Argentina (x.5.1965), Merit (special design) of the Federal Republic of Germany (1967), Merit of the Republic of Italy (15.12.1974), Isabella the Catholic of Spain (197x), and the Precious Crown of Japan, the Order of the Yugoslav Star 1^st class (3.6.1966), the Grand Decoration of Honour for Merit in gold with sash of Austria, and the Order of the Crown of Malaysia (DMN) (x.2.1968), daughter of Captain Sohrab Diba, Imperial Iranian Army, by his wife Farideh, née Ghotbi. He d. at the Maadai Military Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 27^th July 1980 (bur. ar-Rifai Mosque, the Citadel, Cairo), having had issue, two sons and three daughters:

1) H.I.M. Cyrus Reza II Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran (s/o Empress Farah) - see below.
2) H.I.H. Prince (Shahpur) 'Ali Reza Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 28^th April 1966 (s/o Empress Farah), educ. Reza Pahlavi Sch., Niavaran Palace; Columbia Univ., New York (BA 1992) and Harvard Univ.
1) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Shahnaz Pahlavi [Hajar Alavi]. b. at the Sa'adabad Palace, Teheran, 27^th October 1940 (d/o Princess Fawzia), educ. Rcvd: the Orders of Aryamehr 2^nd class (26.9.1967) and the Pleiades 2^nd class (11.10.1957). m. (first) at the Gulistan Palace, Teheran, 11^th October 1957 (div. 1964), H.E. Ardeshir Zahedi, GCVO (b. at Teheran, 17^th October 1928), sometime Iranian Foreign Minister and Ambassador at the Court of St James's, rcvd: the Order of Humayun 1^st class, only son of Major-General H.E. Fazlu'llah Khan Zahedi, Bashir-i-Divan, sometime ADC General and Prime Minister, by his wife Khadija ul-Mulk, daughter of H.E. Mirza Husain Khan Pirnia, Mu'tamin ul-Mulk, sometime Speaker of the Majlis, by whom she had issue one daughter - see below. m. (second) at the Iranian Embassy, Paris, February 1971, H.H. Shahzada Khusru Mirza [Khosrow Jahanbani] (b. 1942), youngest son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Shahzada Amanu'llah Mirza [Amanollah Jahanbani], sometime Governor-General of Azerbaijan, by whom she had further issue, one son and one daughter - see Persia (Qajar):
- a) H.H. Princess (Vala Gohari) Zahra Mahnaz Zahedi. b. at Teheran, 2^nd December 1958 (d/o Ardeshir Zahedi).Copyright© Christopher Buyers
2) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Yasmina Farahnaz Pahlavi. b. at Teheran, 12^th March 1963 (d/o Empress Farah), educ. Reza Pahlavi Sch., Niavaran Palace.
3) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Leila Pahlavi. b. at the Military Hospital, Teheran, 27^th March 1970 (d/o Empress Farah), educ. Reza Pahlavi Sch., Niavaran Palace. She d. unm. at the Leonard Hotel, London, 10^th June 2001 (bur. Passy Cemetary, Paris).

[1980] H.I.M. Cyrus Reza II Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran and Aryamehr. b. at the Mothers' Aid Society Hospital, Teheran, 31^st October 1960, elder son of H.I.M. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran, Aryamehr, GCB, Royal Victorian Chain, by his third wife, H.I.M. Empress Farah, educ. Reza Pahlavi Sch., Niavaran Palace, Joint Air Force Acad., Colorado Springs, Reese Air Force Base, Lubbock, Texas, Williams Coll., Massachusetts and the Univ. of Southern California, USA (BA). Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. Imperial Iranian Army. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Vali Ahd-i-Iran (Crown Prince of Iran), 26^th October 1967. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Imperial House of Pahlavi and assumed the titles of Shahanshah and Aryamehr together with the style of His Imperial Majesty, 27^th July 1980. Sometime Presdt. Iran Sports Org., Patron of the Iran Scouts, of the Best Workers Org., the Royal Equestrian Soc., and of the Rural Cultural Centre. Rcvd: the Grand Collar of the Order of Pahlavi (26.9.1967), Knt. of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden (24.11.1970), and GC of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (15.12.1974). m. at Connecticut, USA, 12^th June 1986, H.I.H. Princess Yasmina Pahlavi (b. at the Pars Hospital, Teheran, 26^th July 1968), educ. George Washington Univ., Washington DC (BA, JD), Attorney at Law 1998 , Presdt. Foundation for the Children of Iran 1991, with Children's Law Center since 2001, daughter of 'Abdu'llah Amini, by his wife, Forough, née Etemadi. He has issue, three daughters:

1) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Noor Pahlavi. b. in the USA, 3^rd April 1992.
2) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Iman Pahlavi. b. in the USA, 12^th September 1993.
3) H.I.H. Princess (Shahdokht) Farah Pahlavi. b. at Washington DC, USA, 17^th January 2004.

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