Fall of Reza Shah : the abdication, exile, and death of modern Iran's founder / Shaul Bakhash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakhash, Shaul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Iran--Politics and government--1941-1979.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780755634439

0755634438

9780755634422

075563442X

9780755634415

0755634411

OCLC:

1235964398