1925 in Iran

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    The following lists events that have happened in 1925 in the Qajar dynasty.

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    Reza Shah Pahlavi was an Iranian military officer and the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. As a politician, he previously served as minister of war and prime minister of Qajar Iran and subsequently reigned as Shah of Pahlavi Iran from 1925 until he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammad Reza Shah. A modernizer, Reza Shah clashed with the Shia clergy, but also introduced many social, economic, and political reforms during his reign, ultimately laying the foundation of the modern Iranian State. Therefore, he is regarded by many as the founder of modern Iran.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Pahlavi dynasty</span> Iranian royal dynasty (1925–1979)

    The Pahlavi dynasty was the last Iranian royal dynasty that ruled for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who took on the name of the Pahlavi language spoken in the pre-Islamic Sasanian Empire to strengthen his nationalist credentials.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Academy of Persian Language and Literature</span> Official regulatory institution of the Persian language

    The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL) is the regulatory body for the Persian language, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Formerly known as the Academy of Iran, it was founded on May 20, 1935, by the initiative of Reza Shah, the founder of Pahlavi dynasty. The academy acts as the official authority on the language, and contributes to linguistic research on Persian and other languages of Iran.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Qajar dynasty</span> Iranian royal dynasty of Turkic origin (1789–1925)

    The Qajar dynasty was an Iranian dynasty founded by Mohammad Khan of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman Qajar tribe.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Ahmad Shah Qajar</span> Shah of Iran from 1909 to 1925

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    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar</span> Shah of Iran from 1789 to 1797

    Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, also known by his regnal name of Agha Mohammad Shah, was the founder of the Qajar dynasty of Iran, ruling from 1789 to 1797 as Shah. Originally a chieftain of the Quwanlu branch of the Qajar tribe, Agha Mohammad Khan was enthroned as the king of Iran in 1789, but was not officially crowned until March 1796, having deposed Lotf Ali Khan of the Zand dynasty in 1794. Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar was famously the eunuch Monarch, being castrated as a toddler upon his capture by Adel Shah Afshar, and hence was childless. He was assassinated on 17 June 1797, and was succeeded by his nephew, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Fath-Ali Shah Qajar</span> Shah of Iran from 1797 to 1834

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    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine</span> Iranian national heritage site

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    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammad Hassan Mirza</span> Last Qajar Crown prince, 1899–1943

    Mohammad Hassan Mirza Qajar was a younger brother of the last Qajar Shah of Iran Ahmad Shah Qajar, and former Crown Prince of the Qajar dynasty. Soon after Reza Shah deposed the Qajar dynasty and installed himself as Shah of Iran in 1925, Mohammad Hassan and his family were sent into permanent exile to England. In 1930, he declared himself the rightful heir to the crown as pretender to the throne. He died on 7 January 1943 in Maidenhead, England and was buried in Kerbala, Iraq.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammad Ali Foroughi</span> Iranian diplomat and politlcian

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    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat</span> Iranian politician

    Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat was an Iranian literary historian, administrator, and poet in 19th-century Qajar Iran.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma</span> Persian prince and Iranian politician

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    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan</span>

    Mirza Ali Asghar Khan, also known by his honorific titles of Amin al-Soltan and Atabak, served as Prime Minister of Iran from 1887 to 1896 under Nasereddin Shah, from 1898 to 1904 under Mozaffareddin Shah and from May 1907 until his assassination in August 1907 under Moahammad Ali Shah.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Qajar Iran</span> Country in Western Asia (1789–1925)

    The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin, specifically from the Qajar tribe, from 1789 to 1925. The Qajar family took full control of Iran in 1794, deposing Lotf 'Ali Khan, the last Shah of the Zand dynasty, and re-asserted Iranian sovereignty over large parts of the Caucasus. In 1796, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad with ease, putting an end to the Afsharid dynasty. He was formally crowned as Shah after his punitive campaign against Iran's Georgian subjects.

    The following lists events that have happened in 1907 in the Qajar dynasty.

    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Iranian Enlightenment</span> A period of intellectual movements in Iran from the late 19th century to the early 20th

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    <span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdollah Mirza Qajar</span> Prince of Qajar Iran (1796–1846)

    Abdollah Mirza Qajar was an Iranian prince (shahzadeh) of the Qajar dynasty, the 11th son of Fath-Ali Shah, king of Qajar Iran from 1797 to 1834. Abdollah was the governor of Zanjan. He had two children, Mohsen Mirza and Shams al-Molok, with his wife. Other than that, he had 19 sons and 9 daughters from his concubines.

    References

    1. "رحلت عالم رباني، آيت ‏اللَّه "سيد ابراهيم احمدي موسوي زنجاني" (1378ش)". rasekhoon.net (in Persian). Archived from the original on 24 August 2022.