The fall of Reza Shah : the abdication, exile, and death of modern Iran's founder

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The fall of Reza Shah : the abdication, exile, and death of modern Iran's founder

Shaul Bakhash

I.B. Tauris, 2022

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"First published in Great Britain 2021. This paperback edition published 2022"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174) and index

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Reza Shah's authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran's independence ended in ignominy in 1941. In this book, Shaul Bakhash tells the full story of the Anglo-Soviet invasion which led to his forced abdication, drawing upon previously unused sources to reveal for the first time that the British briefly, but seriously, toyed with the idea of doing away altogether with the ruling Pahlavis and considered reinstalling on the throne a little-regretted previous dynasty. Bakhash charts Reza Shah's final journey through Iran and into his unhappy exile; his life in exile, his reminiscences; his testy relationship with the British in Mauritius and Johannesburg; and the circumstances of his death. Additionally, it reveals the immense fortune Reza Shah amassed during his years in power, his finances in exile, and the drawn-out dispute over the settlement of his estate after his death. A significant contribution to the literature on Reza Shah and British imperialism as it played out in the case of one critical country during World War II, the book reveals the fraught relationship between a once powerful ruler in his final days and the British government at a critical moment in recent history.

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Table of Contents Chapter I: Solder and King, Reformer and Autocrat Chapter 2: Britain and the Abdication of Reza Shah Chapter 3: 'Dear Anthony', 'Dear Leo': Britain's Quixotic Flirtation with Dynastic Change Chapter 4: The Journey into Exile Chapter 5: Mauritius: 'A Prison'...A Death in Life' Chapter 6: Johannesburg and Death Chapter 7: Wrapping Up Chapter 8: Reza Shah's Finances in Exile Chapter 9: The Settlement of Reza Shah's Estate Chapter 10: A Brief Epilogue Notes Bibliography

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