HIST 2P72 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Caspian Sea, Ulama, Islamic Calendar
15 Sep 2013
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History of the modern middle east: lecture seven. From reza khan to reza shah (same person the transformation of his image) to king. Reza khan was born in a village in northern iran in 1878. He had a limited education and worked as an officer in the army. Iran was under a lot of pressure from foreign countries at this time and was making many changes. In 1907, iran was divided between russian and british control. The soviet forces occupied land and remained their they did not want to evacuate. He organized a secret society of persian officers and he opposed to british and russian control. He dismissed all russian officers and gained control of his country"s strongest force. What was important for him was to gain control of the military forces in iran. On february 21st, 1921, reza khan led a coup d" tat against the government regime of iran and thus became the minister of war.
