As whom did Mohammad Reza Pahlavi become better known?
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (, ; 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah (محمدرضاشاه Mohamad Rezā Ŝāh), was the last Shah of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979. Mohammad Reza Shah took the title "Shahanshah" ("King of Kings") on 26 October 1967. He was the second and last monarch of the House of Pahlavi. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi held several other titles, including that of "Aryamehr" ("Light of the Aryans") and "Bozorg Arteshtaran" ("Commander-in-Chief"). His dream of what he referred to as
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi d'état which deposed Ahmad Shah Qajar, he was informed that he would need a name for his house. This led Reza Khan to pass a law ordering all Iranians to take a surname; he chose for himself the surname Pahlavi, which is the name for Middle Persian (language) that itself is derived from Old Persian. At his father's coronation on 24 April 1926, Mohammad Reza was proclaimed Crown Prince. Mohammad Reza described his father in his book "Mission for My Country" as "one of the most frightening men" he had ever known, depicting Reza Khan as a dominating man with