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
Formal portrait, c. 1931
Museum of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the house where he was born, in Alasht
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Reza Pahlavi behind a machine gun
Ahmad Shah Qajar
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Ahmad Shah Qajar was the shah of Iran from 16 July 1909 to 15 December 1925, and the seventh and final ruling member of the Qajar dynasty.
Reza Shah
…an army officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and was elected shah following the deposition of Ahmad Shah, the last monarch of the Qajar dynasty. Joining the Persian Cossack Brigade at age 14, he rose through the ranks, becoming a brigadier-general by 1921…
Ahmad Shah in 1916
Ahmad Shah (center) as a child, pictured with Haj Seyed Gholamhossein Majd Mojabi (above) and guards in 1901.
A picture of Ahmad Shah Qajar
Ahmad Shahi Pavilion was built at the end of the Qajar era as Ahmad Shah's dwelling in Niavaran garden.