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Government
Government Persia
House Pahlavi
Military
World War, 2nd
Year
1878
Birth Pahlavi
1919
Birth Pahlavi
1921
Commander in Chief
Minister War
1923
Prime Minister
1925
Abdication Pahlavi
Abdication Qajar
Birth Pahlavi
Coronation Pahlavi
Death Pahlavi
Diplomacy
Exile Pahlavi
Invasion Iran
Iranian Railway
Minister War
Neutrality
Reform Education
Succession Pahlavi
1926
Coronation Pahlavi
1927
Iranian Railway
1932
Prime Minister
1933
Diplomacy
1934
Reform Education
1938
Education Pahlavi
Iranian Railway
1939
Abdication Pahlavi
Diplomacy
Invasion Iran
Marriage Pahlavi
Neutrality
1941
Abdication Pahlavi
Abdication Qajar
Birth Pahlavi
Capture Tehran
Coronation Pahlavi
Death Pahlavi
Diplomacy
Education Pahlavi
Exile Pahlavi
Health
Invasion Iran
Iranian Railway
Marriage Pahlavi
Martial Law
Minister War
Nationalization
Neutrality
Occupation Iran
Plot
Prime Minister
Reform Calendar
Reform Education
Reform Franchise
Revolution White
Rule Mahabad
Siege US Embassy
Succession Pahlavi
Tudeh Party
1942
Exile Pahlavi
1944
Death Pahlavi
1946
Occupation Iran
1947
Rule Mahabad
1949
Martial Law
Plot
Tudeh Party
1950
Marriage Pahlavi
1951
Nationalization
Plot
1953
Exile Pahlavi
1959
Marriage Pahlavi
1963
Reform Franchise
Revolution White
1967
Coronation Pahlavi
1976
Reform Calendar
1979
Abdication Pahlavi
Birth Pahlavi
Capture Tehran
Coronation Pahlavi
Death Pahlavi
Education Pahlavi
Exile Pahlavi
Health
Invasion Iran
Marriage Pahlavi
Martial Law
Nationalization
Occupation Iran
Plot
Prime Minister
Reform Calendar
Reform Franchise
Revolution White
Rule Mahabad
Siege US Embassy
Succession Pahlavi
Tudeh Party
1980
Death Pahlavi
Places
Cairo
Mahabad
Tehran
Pahlavi
History of Iran
1941
Abdication of Pahlavi
Abdicates in favour of his son
Muhammad
Reza Pahlevi
The Shah is forced to
abdicate
after the
Russian
&
British
invasion
of
Iran
16th Sep
Abdicates in order to prevent a
Russian
invasion
16th Sep
Abdicates in order to prevent a
Russian
invasion
1979
Abdication of Pahlavi
16th Jan Tehran
Deposed while "on holiday"
16th Jan Tehran
Due to inflation, isolation & resistance by an older generation of religious zealots
1925
Abdication of Qajar
Oct
Appointed
Regent
Oct
Has parliament depose
Ahmad
Shah Qajar
1878
Birth of Pahlavi
Birth of Rezah Shah
Pahlavi
1919
Birth of Pahlavi
26th Oct
Birth of
Mohammed
Rezah Shah Pahlavi, eldest son of Reza Shah
1941
Capture of Tehran
17th Sep Tehran
The Allies have occupied
Tehran
forcing the Shah to
abdicate
in favor of his son
1921
Commander in Chief
Tehran
Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1926
Coronation of Pahlavi
Crowned Shah of
Iran
April
Crowned Shah of Shahs
1967
Coronation of Pahlavi
Crowns himself King of the
Kings
,
Emperor
of
Iran
1944
Death of Pahlavi
Death of Rezah Shah
Pahlavi
1980
Death of Pahlavi
27th July Cairo
Death of
Mohammed
Reza
Pahlavi
1933
Diplomacy
Draws
Iran
closer to
Germany
1939
Diplomacy
Sep
Iran
declares itself neutral
1938
Education of Pahlavi
Tehran
Graduates from the
Tehran
Military
School
1942
Exile of Pahlavi
16th Sep
Moves to Sth Africa
1953
Exile of Pahlavi
The
USA
helps the Shah return to
Iran
after a 3 day
exile
1979
Exile of Pahlavi
Jan
Forced into
exile
& accepted into the
USA
for medical treatment
1979
Health
Jan
Suffers from advanced lymphatic cancer & receives treatment in the
USA
1941
Invasion of Iran
Russia
&
Britain
invade
Iran
, because of its close relations to
Germany
The Shah is forced to
abdicate
after the
Russian
&
British
invasion
of
Iran
Aug
Britain
invade
s
Iran
to aid supplies to
Russia
1927
Iranian Railway
Begins the construction of the
Trans
-
Iran
ian
Railway
1938
Iranian Railway
The
Trans
-
Iran
ian
Railway
is opened
1939
Marriage of Pahlavi
Marries a sister of Faroq I of
Egypt
1950
Marriage of Pahlavi
Marries Soraya Esfandiari
1959
Marriage of Pahlavi
Marries Farah Diba
1949
Martial Law
Feb
The Shah declares martial law
1921
Minister of War
Appointed
Minister
of War
21st Feb
Appointed
Minister
of War
1951
Nationalization
Mar
Mosaddeq passes a bill nationalizing
British
Petroleum's
Iraq
i interests
1939
Neutrality
Sep
Iran
declares itself neutral
1946
Occupation Iran
Russian
troops withdraw
1949
Plot
An assassination attempt backed by the pro-
Russian
Tudeh
Party
1951
Plot
Tehran
Failed assassination attempt, during the uprising led by
Mussadeq
1923
Prime Minister
28th Oct Tehran
Appointed
Prime
Minister
of
Persia
1932
Prime Minister
28th Oct Tehran
Appointed
Prime
Minister
of
Persia
1976
Reform of Calendar
Replaces the
Islamic
Calendar
with an
Imperial
Calendar
1934
Reform of Education
Opens the 1st regular university
1963
Reform of Franchise
The Shah introduces land
reform
, voting rights to women & removal of illiteracy
1963
Revolution White
The Shah introduces land
reform
, voting rights to women & removal of illiteracy
1947
Rule of Mahabad
Feb Mahabad
The Kurdish
Republic
of
Mahabad
falls under control of the Shah
1979
Siege of US Embassy
4th Nov Tehran
Arrives in New York, "Students of Imam's Line" besiege the
USA
Embassy
4th Nov Tehran
Students demand the return of the Shah for
trial
1925
Succession of Pahlavi
30th Oct Tehran
Succeeds as Shah of
Iran
, overthrows the Kajar
Dynasty
& is proclaimed Shah
Dec
Succeeds as Shah of
Iran
1941
Succession of Pahlavi
16th Sep Tehran
Succeeds as Shah of
Iran
1949
Tudeh Party
The
Tudeh
Party
is banned after a failed assassination attempt
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