Pahlavi dynasty
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The Pahlavi dynasty is an Iranian royal dynasty that was the last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah Pahla
Reza Shah Pahlavi Founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty in 1940.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 1960s
Reza Shah Pahlavi, 1940s
Official portrait of the Iranian royal family 1978.
Reza Shah
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Reza Shah Pahlavi was Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally an army officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and
Pahlavi dynasty
…royal dynasty that was the last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah Pahlavi, born Reza Khan, a non-aristocratic Iranian soldier of Mazanderani origin, who took on the name of the Pahlavi scripts of the Middle Persian language…
Formal portrait, c. 1931
Museum of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the house where he was born, in Alasht
Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma
Reza Pahlavi behind a machine gun