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Pur-Shoja, Amir

Interviewer Mahnaz Afkhami
Place Bethesda, Maryland
Date December 12, 1990 and January 10, 1991
Condition Open
Status Complete
Language Persian
Content
Interviewee Details Mohammad Reza Shah's Personal Valet, 1956-1980.
Abstract Recollections of childhood; memories of father's service in the retinue of Reza Shah; early schooling; on joining the staff of the imperial court; recollections of the marriage of the Shah to Queen Farah; service in the personal staff of the Queen; service as personal valet of the Shah; on the Shah's daily routines and personal habits; on the Shah's mannerisms and mode of interaction with his staff; recollections of the Shah during the revolutionary period; reminiscences of the Shah's life in exile; on the Shah's illness and recollections of circumstances surrounding his death; an evaluation of the Shah's personality and characteristics.

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