Word: reza
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Persia's wild-riding, self-made "King of Kings," Reza Shah Pahlevi never denied that the original Anglo-Persian concession was not factually binding. One of his predecessors, paunchy Shah Muzzafar-uddin, in 1901 signed away Persian oil rights to 500,000 sq. mi. of territory for $20,000. Canceling the concession last November Reza Shah announced as his excuse that a modern Persian Government must not be held to acts committed "prior to the establishment of a constitutional regime," i. e., the Government of Reza Shah...
...Imperial Majesty Reza Shah was selected as Ruler and ascended the throne by the unanimous will of the nation...
Because humbly-born Reza Shah did not inherit his Throne but wrested Persia's Government from weak, sensuous, do-nothing Ahmed Shah by a coup d'état in 1921, TIME will continue to call His Imperial Majesty "dynamic, self-made...
...loyal Chargé d'Affaires Azodi all praise for emphasizing that four years after the coup d'état Persia's Majlis (Parliament) formally deposed Ahmed Shah, formally elevated Reza Shah to the Peacock Throne...
...trade barriers leveled, believes the U. S. should consume at least $900,000,000 more of imported goods than it does so that other nations could pay their debts and buy more GM products. At present he is wangling for a monopoly from Persia's Reza Shah Pahlevi...