History of Uganda Minister, suspended the constitution and assumed all government powers, removing the positions of president and vice president. In September 1967, a new constitution proclaimed Uganda a republic, gave the president even greater powers, and abolished the traditional kingdoms. After a military coup on 25 January 1971, Obote was deposed from power and the dictator Idi Amin seized control of the country. Amin ruled Uganda with the military for the next eight years and carried out mass killings within the country to maintain his rule. An estimated 300,000 Ugandans lost their lives at the hands of his regime, many of them
Mohammad-Amin Riahi classical Persian texts such as "Mersad-al-ebad" and "Nozhat-al-majalis". During a course of 60 years he published numerous scholarly articles, a selection of which are gathered in a volume titled "Forty essays on language, literature and history of Iran". Among numerous cultural positions he held during his career, Riahi was a professor of Tehran University, the founding member and later president of the Shahnameh Foundation (1971–1979), vice-chairman of the Iranian Academy of Literature and Arts, and Iranian Minister of Education (1979). "Critical Editions of old Persian books:" "Literary and Historical research books:" "Some of Encyclopedic Articles:" Mohammad-Amin Riahi Mohammad-Amin Riahi (;