List of titles and honours of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) held numerous titles and honours, both during and before his time as Shah of Iran.
Royal titles and styles
From his father's accession to the throne, on 15 December 1925, until his own accession, on 16 September 1941, Mohammad Reza held the style and title of His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince. Mohammad Reza deliberately chose to crown himself as Shah ('King'), rather than Shahanshah ('King of Kings'), pledging that he would not do so until he turned Iran into a prosperous and modernised nation. On the 26th year of his reign, in 1967, his imperial coronation ceremony took place and he was elevated to the title of Shahanshah.[1]
On 15 September 1965, Mohammad Reza was granted the title of Aryamehr ('Light of the Aryans') by an extraordinary session of the joint Houses of Parliament.[2]
Military ranks
- 1938 – 1938: Second Lieutenant, Imperial Iranian Army[3]
- 1938 – 16 September 1941: Captain, Imperial Iranian Army[3]
- 16 September 1941 – 21 July 1952: Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces[a]
- 19 August 1953 – 11 February 1979: Commander-in-Chief Iranian Armed Forces
Honours
National dynastic honours
- Appointments
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | of the Order of Zolfaghar ![]() |
12 December 1946 – 4 February 1949 | Knight | ||
4 February 1949 – 27 July 1980 | Knight Grand Officer | ||
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1932 – 16 September 1941 | Grand Collar | of the Order of Pahlavi ![]() |
16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | ||
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26 September 1967 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Aryamehr ![]() | |
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16 September 1941 – 26 September 1967 | Sovereign of the Order of Aftab ![]() | |
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Aqdas ![]() | |
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of the Lion and the Sun ![]() | |
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24 April 1926 – 16 September 1941 | Knight Grand Cordon | of the Order of the Crown ![]() |
16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | ||
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1957 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of the Pleiades[citation needed] ![]() | |
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1938 – 16 September 1941 | First Class | of the Military Order of Merit ![]() |
16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | ||
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1938 – 16 September 1941 | First Class | of the Military Order of Sepah ![]() |
16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | ||
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of the Red Lion and the Sun![]() | |
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12 December 1946 – 16 September 1941 | First Class | of the Order of Honor![]() |
16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | ||
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Service![]() | |
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Three Star Service![]() | |
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First Class | of the Order of Pas ![]() | |
16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign | ||
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16 September 1941 – 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Homayoun![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Gratitude![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Avecinna![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Sciences![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Splendor![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Official Merit![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of the Military Police![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of the Police ![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Razy![]() | |
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– 27 July 1980 | Sovereign of the Order of Arts![]() |
- Decorations and medals
Country | Date | Decoration/Medal | |
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15 October 1971 | Sovereign recipient of the Persepolis Medal ![]() | |
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14 October 1971 | Sovereign recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500 year Celebration of the Persian Empire ![]() | |
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26 October 1967 | Sovereign of the Imperial Coronation Medal ![]() | |
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Sovereign recipient of the Land Reform Medal![]() | ||
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Sovereign recipient of the Scout Medal ![]() | ||
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Sovereign recipient of the Sport Medal![]() | ||
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1953 | Sovereign recipient of the 1953 Coup d'état Medal ![]() | |
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1978 | Sovereign recipient of the Reza Shah Centennial Medal | |
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24 April 1926 | Recipient of the Reza Shah Coronation Medal![]() | |
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24 April 1926 | Knight of the Imperial Family Decoration of Reza Shah |
Foreign honours
References
- ^ Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was granted emergency powers by the Shah to rule by decree.[4] While holding office as the Prime Minister and Minister of War (renamed to "Ministry of National Defence") simultaneously. Mossadegh went over the authority of the Shah, the Commander-in-Chief vetted in the Persian Constitution of 1906, and appointed commanders in Imperial Iranian Army and police force.[5]
- ^ Ansari, Ali M. (2012). The politics of nationalism in modern Iran. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780521687171.
- ^ Ansari, Ali M. (2012). The politics of nationalism in modern Iran. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780521687171.
- ^ a b Fardust, Hossein; Dareini, Ali (April 1999). The rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty : memoirs of former General Hussein Fardust. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-8120816428.
- ^ James Buchan (2013). Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and Its Consequences. Simon and Schuster. p. 64. ISBN 978-1416597773.
- ^ John Prados (2006). Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA. Ivan R. Dee. pp. 102–103. ISBN 1615780114.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 97. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Kolana Řádu Bílého lva aneb hlavy států v řetězech".
- ^ Matikkala, Antti (2017). Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ja Suomen Leijonan ritarikunnat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Edita. p. 498. ISBN 978-951-37-7005-1.
- ^ "The History of Papal Knighthoods". Association of Papal Orders in Great Britain. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ 䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 [Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan] (PDF). Reinanzaka Scout Club (in Japanese). 2014-05-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-11.
- ^ Revistas.bancomext.gob.mx
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1960
- ^ Dragović, Rade (6 April 2011). "Srpski orden na ruskim grudima" [Serbian Medals on Russian Chests] (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
External links
- O. James Younessi, Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Empire of Iran – the Pahlavi Era