Royal Household Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Pur-Shoja, Amir

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

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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Pahlavi, Princess Ashraf

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Reminiscences of childhood; recollections of Reza Shah, relations with mother and siblings; relations with Crown Prince Mohammad Reza; early education; relations between Reza Shah and Abdol-Hosein Teymurtash; on Sardar As`ad Bakhtiyari’s attempt on Reza Shah’s life; recollections of Mohammad Reza Shah’s marriage to Queen Fawziyeh and reasons for their divorce; on the Shah’s marriage to Queen Sorayya; recollections of Reza Shah’s exile to South Africa; travel from South Africa back to Iran; marriage in Cairo; on Prime Minister Mosaddeq and the events of 1953; role in the anti-Mosaddeq campaign; on General Zahedi, Hosein Ala, Manuchehr Eqbal and Amir Asadollah Alam; on foreign powers and the tribal and religious opposition to the Pahlavi state; on the Shah’s close advisors, Generals Karim Ayadi and Hosein Fardust; SAVAK from General Teymur Bakhtiyar to General Ne`matollah Nasiri; on the media and the left; recollections of the revolutionary upheavals; on the Shah’s illness; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; recollections of meetings with Henry Kissinger and David Rockefeller after the Revolution; on the Shah’s reaction to the Revolution; on Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Jamshid Amuzegar and Ja`far Sharif-Emami; Shapur Bakhtiyar’s premiership and General Huyser’s trip to Iran; on the Shah’s life in exile.

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Izadi, Ali

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Personal background and history of employment at the court; on Reza Shah’s personal characteristics and leadership style; reminiscences of Crown Prince Mohammad Reza’s intercession with Reza Shah on behalf of Mohammad Mosaddeq; on Abdol-Hosein Teymurtash and Sardar As`ad Bakhtiyari’s conspiracy against Reza Shah; recollection of Reza Shah’s life in exile; Iran during the events of 1953; reminiscences of Princess Ashraf; structure of the imperial court during Mohammad Reza Shah’s reign.

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Atabai, Abol-Fath

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:01 +0000

Recollections of childhood at the Qajar court; on Reza Shah’s
coup of 1921; characteristics of the last Qajar Crown Prince and his relations with Ahmad Shah; reminiscences of Reza Khan’s premiership; Reza Shah’s relations with his entourage; Ahmad Shah’s life in exile; recollections of Reza Shah’s trip to Lorestan; on building the Iranian railway system; Mohammad Reza Shah’s childhood and temperament; on the character of General Teymur Bakhtiyar; recollections of the young Shah’s wedding with Queen Fawziyeh, and reasons for their divorce; Shah’s marriage to Queen Sorayya; recollection of the events of 1953; Mosaddeq’s attitude towards the Shah; on the Shah’s decision to leave Iran in 1953; Shah’s stay in Iraq and Italy and subsequent return to Iran in 1953; relations between the Shah and other members of the Pahlavi family; on the Shah’s personal friends; on Generals Hosein Fardust, Karim Ayadi, Gholam Reza Azhari, Mohammad Khatami and Amir Hosein Rabi`i; on the Shah’s decision to avoid bloodshed in the months preceding the Revolution; Queen Farah’s role in the last months of the regime; memories of the last meeting with the Shah.

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Aalam, Abdol-Madjid

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Family and educational background; recollection of first meeting with “Mohammad Reza Khan,” son of then Reza Khan Sardar Sepah; recollection of first presentation to Crown Prince Mohammad Reza; childhood friendship with the Crown Prince; on Crown Prince’s character, habits, customs; recollection of first presentation to Mohammad Reza Shah in 1945; on the Shah’s relations with personal friends; on the Shah’s manner and routine of passing his leisure time in the 1940s; recollection of the Shah during the Mosaddeq era; on the Shah’s close friends in the 1940s; on the Shah and his personal friends–Amir-Hushang Davallu, General Karim Ayadi, General Mohammad Khatami, Professor Yahya Adl–in the 1960s and 1970s; on the Shah’s habit of separating work and leisure; Shah’s assessment of his own personality; on the Shah’s character traits; on the Shah’s reaction to General Khatami’s death; on the last evening before the Shah’s departure from Iran in 1979; on teaching at Tehran University in the 1940s; on Mehdi Bazargan as the Dean of the School of Technology at Tehran University; on the relationship between the private sector and the Plan Organization; on the directors of the Plan Organization: Ahmad Zangeneh, Abolhasan Ebtehaj, Khosro Hedayat, and Safi Asfia; on Professor Yahya Adl.

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