Ruler · 1878 – 1944

Reza Shah

Lived 1878 – 1944; politician, military personnel. Shah of Persian Empire, 1925 – 1941; also in the line of Pahlavi dynasty and Pahlavi Iran.

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Lived: 1878 – 1944; 66 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Shah

Persian Empire · the 50th of 51 dated reigns · 530 BCE – 1979 · read from the line of Pahlavi dynasty

46 before

Adel Shah1747 – 1748

Ebrahim Afshar1748

Shahrokh Shah1748 – 1760

Reza Shah1925 – 1941

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi1941 – 1979

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1925 – 1941 · 16 years · came to it aged 47

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1941; they died in 1944

Also in the line of Pahlavi dynasty (1st of 2) and Pahlavi Iran (1st of 2).

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