Pahlavi EraHistory
Two Shahs, Fifty-Three Years
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Two shahs, one dynasty, fifty-three years: 16 under Reza Shah, 37 under Mohammad Reza Shah. The milestones of each reign on one timeline.
Which moment on this timeline mattered most?
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Iran or Persia? Iran's foreign ministry asked foreign governments to use "Iran" in official correspondence from 21 March 1935, Nowruz. Iranians had long used the name Iran themselves.
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Mohammad Reza Shah's coronation took place on 26 October 1967, his 48th birthday. Empress Farah was crowned beside him, the first consort crowned in Iran's modern monarchy.
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