HIST-UA 157 Lecture 6: Middle East Timeline
Document Summary
1920-23 king faisal i abdicates the throne in syria to french forces, who occupy the land according to a league of nations mandate. 1925 reza khan (later changed his name to reza shah pahlavi), an officer in iran"s military, stages a successful coup and overthrows the despotic qajar dynasty. Tried to modernize the country with infrastructural, educational, judicial and transportational developments. He also wanted to step away from british and russian. 1933 king ghazi succeeds his father king faisal i to the iraqi throne, and the military gained much strength over government at this point. Ghazi opposed britain in wwi and supported the military coup of the civilian leadership of iraq. 1939 king faisal ii succeeds ghazi to the throne of iraq. 1941 reza shah declares iran neutral in the lead-up to wwii. Iran becomes a supply line to the allies through the us lend-lease program. 1952 prince hussein bin talal becomes king of jordan.
