Yes, this was during the rule of Mohammed Ali of the Qajjar Dynasty.
The Pahlavi Dynasty was ruled by Reza Shah Pahlavi from 1925 to 1941, and Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi from 1941 to 1979. It was overthrown and abolished in 1979 as a result of the Iranian Revolution.
Yes. He ruled Iran as an absolute monarch.
Not in so many words. Prior to rule by the Ayatollahs Iran was called Persia and was ruled by the Shah. Up until he was unseated by the Ayatollahs the Shah was a great "friend" of the US. All three, Persia/Iran, the US, and the Shah did quite well out of it.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran
Iran.
The Pahlavi Dynasty was ruled by Reza Shah Pahlavi from 1925 to 1941, and Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi from 1941 to 1979. It was overthrown and abolished in 1979 as a result of the Iranian Revolution.
Yes. He ruled Iran as an absolute monarch.
Islamic theocracy
they were called the shah.
Iran
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Not in so many words. Prior to rule by the Ayatollahs Iran was called Persia and was ruled by the Shah. Up until he was unseated by the Ayatollahs the Shah was a great "friend" of the US. All three, Persia/Iran, the US, and the Shah did quite well out of it.
Reza Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Reza Shah, full name Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the last king of Iran. He ruled Iran from September 1941 until his overthrow in February 1979 by the Iranian Rebellion.
non-Islamic influences on the culture and economy
In 1925, Reza Khan, later known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi, overthrew the last Shah of the Qajar dynasty and became Shah himself. He was forced to abdicate in 1941 for a few years because of the Anglo-Soviet invasion, but following the resolution of the invasion, took back power and ruled until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
Shah is the Persian term for King. As a result there are numerous Iranian Shahs. The last was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi who ruled Iran up to 1979 when he was overthrown in the Islamic Revolution.