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Gholam Reza Pahlavi

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Gholam Reza Pahlavi
Personal details
Born 15 May 1923(1923-05-15) (age 101)
Spouse(s) Homa Aalam (divorced)
Manijeh Jahanbani

Shahpour Gholam Reza Pahlavi (Persian: غلام رضا پهلوی ) (born 15 May 1923) is the son of Reza Shah and half-brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Therefore, he is a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. Along with his half sister Ashraf, Gholam Reza is one of the two last surviving children of Reza Pahlavi and the only living son.

Early life and education[]

Pahlavi was born on 15 May 1923.[1] He is the fifth child and third son of Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran.[2][3] His mother, Turan (Qamar al Molouk) Amir Soleimani, was related to the ancient Qajar dynasty deposed in 1925 in favor of Reza Shah.[4] More specifically, she was the daughter of a Qajar dignitary, Issa Majd al Saltaneh.[5][6][7] She was also the granddaughter of Mehdi Qoli Majde Dowleh, Naser al Din Shah's maternal uncle.[7] Gholam Reza's parents were married in 1922 and divorced shortly after his birth in 1923.[3][5]

Shapour Gholamreza Pahlavi & Mohamad Khatami

Shahpour Gholam Reza Pahlavi (left) and Mohamad Khatami

He received primary education in Iran and then went to Switzerland for secondary education.[3] In 1936, he returned to Iran and attended the military school.[3] He accompanied his father, Reza Shah, in his exile in Mauritius when he was forced to abdicate in September 1941.[3][8] In the aftermath of Reza Shah's abdication, the British and Russian envoys attempted to put Gholam Reza on the throne bypassing then Crown Prince Mohammad Reza when their efforts to end the Pahlavi dynasty and then to reinstate the Qajar dynasty failed.[9] It, however, also did not work.[9]

Gholam Reza graduated from Princeton University.[8] Upon returning to Iran, he attended military officers' training college and graduated as a brigadier general.[3]

Career and activities[]

Pahlavi began his career in the Iran's armed forces.[10] He served as inspector general of the armed forces.[11][12] After holding different positions in the army he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1973.[10] In 1955, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee.[13] He also served as president of the Iranian National Olympic Committee.[14] Between 5 and 13 December 1973 he and his wife officially visited China just before the first Iranian ambassador, Abbas Aram, began to serve in the country.[15] Pahlavi, as the president of the Iranian national olympic committee, supported China's objection of Taiwan's participation in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.[16] However, he was not very active in domestic political life.[17]

During the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he owned lands in Iran and was the holder of large shares in six firms.[18]

Personal life and later years[]

Pahlavi first married Homa Aalam on 4 April 1947 in Tehran.[1] They had a son, Bahman (born 30 January 1950).[1] They later divorced and he married to Manijeh Jahanbani in Tehran on 6 March 1962.[1] Jahanbani is a Qajar princess.[7] They have two daughters and a son.[2]

Gholam-Reza-Pahlavi R Iman Ansari L Nice 2007

Shahpour Gholam Reza Pahlavi (right) and Iman Ansari, book launch ceremony, Nice, 2007

Pahlavi left Iran before the 1979 revolution together with other relatives.[18] He settled in Paris. In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, a religious judge and then chairman of the Revolutionary Court, informed the press that the death sentence was passed on the members of the Pahlavi family, including Gholam Reza, and former Shah officials.[19]

Book[]

Pahlavi published a book, Mon père, mon frère, les Shahs d'Iran, in 2005, dealing with both his experience and thoughts about the future of Iran.[20] The book was published in French and Persian.

Honours[]

Pahlavi received both national and international awards, including the Order of the Supreme Sun of Afghanistan (First Class) and

  • Grand Cross of the Order of Isabela the Catholic of Spain (1978)[10]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Iran Pahlavi Dynasty". İran. http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/islamic/iran_pahlavi.html. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Imperial Regime was not a model of Democracy but?". Rozaneh Magazine. November–December 2005. http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/NoveDec05/aprinceGPahlavi.html. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 (ed.) Gholamali Haddad Adel, Mohammad Jafar Elmi, Hassan Taromi-Rad (1 October 2012). Pahlavi Dynasty: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. MIU Press. pp. 172. ISBN 978-1-908433-01-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=jRZ227eqm4sC&pg=PA172. Retrieved 8 April 2013. 
  4. ↑ Cyrus Ghani (6 January 2001). Iran and the Rise of the Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power. I.B.Tauris. pp. 194. ISBN 978-1-86064-629-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=VGZItY9kL0AC&pg=PA194. Retrieved 19 June 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Reza Shah Pahlavi". Iran Chamber Society. http://www.iranchamber.com/history/reza_shah/reza_shah.php. Retrieved 16 July 2013. 
  6. ↑ Jangravi, Mehdi. "Reza Shah's Wives". Institute for Iranian Studies. http://iichs.org/index_en.asp?img_cat=105&img_type=0. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "The Qajars (Kadjars) and the Pahlavis". Qajar Pages. http://www.qajarpages.org/qajpahlavis.html. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mohammad Gholi Majd (25 September 2001). Great Britain and Reza Shah: The Plunder of Iran, 1921-1941. University Press of Florida. pp. 320. ISBN 978-0-8130-2111-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=rabPD_Arfy8C&pg=PA320. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mokhtari, Fariborz (Spring 2005). "No One Will Scratch My Back: Iranian Security Perceptions in Historical Context". http://www.ndu.edu/nesa/publications/Mokhtari.pdf. Retrieved 19 August 2013. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "The Pahlavi Dynasty". Royal Ark. http://www.royalark.net/Persia/pahlavi2.htm. Retrieved 20 July 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Prince Gholam Reza Pahlavi". Foundation for Iranian Studies. http://fis-iran.org/en/oralhistory/Pahlavi-Prince-Gholam-Reza. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  12. ↑ Edgar Burke Inlow (1 January 1979). Shahanshah: The Study of Monarchy of Iran. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. p. 91. ISBN 978-81-208-2292-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=-2SWMAFL1JoC&pg=PA91. Retrieved 8 April 2013. 
  13. ↑ "The Olympic Games". International Olympic Committee. Lausanne. 1962. http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Olympic%20Charter/Olympic_Charter_through_time/1962-The_OG-general_information.pdf. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Address by H.I.H. Prince Gholam Reza Pahlavi". LA 84 Foundation. http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1967/BDCE98/BDCE98j.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  15. ↑ John W. Garver (1 July 2006). China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World. University of Washington Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-295-80121-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=CPMoRVo3fSwC&pg=PA308. Retrieved 29 November 2013. 
  16. ↑ "IOC put off decision on China issue". 25 May 1975. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xIMuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e30FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3699,3416976&dq=gholam+reza+pahlavi&hl=en. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 
  17. ↑ Ali Akbar Dareini (1 January 1999). The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. p. 123. ISBN 978-81-208-1642-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=SJZ_xgqCOMQC&pg=PR7. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "105 Iranian firms said controlled by royal family". Tehran. 22 January 1979. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7X5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5z4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1063,1948802&dq=abdul+reza+pahlavi&hl=en. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 
  19. ↑ "No Safe Haven: Iran's Global Assassination Campaign". Iran Human Rights. 2008. http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/english/publications/reports/3152-no-safe-haven-iran-s-global-assassination-campaign.html?p=2#.Uf49pWTAVgs. Retrieved 4 August 2013. 
  20. ↑ "Gholam Reza Pahlavi's book". Amazon. http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2915685061/qid%3D1127058370/sr%3D1-1/ref%3Dsr_1_0_1/171-2698216-9892250. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 

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