Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Triumphal Arches. Six days after fleeing into exile, the Shah was back in his capital, stronger than ever, without having lifted a finger. Though his flight had reflected his panic, it also served to precipitate the crisis and thereby, in the end, had proved beneficial. For the people had shown more faith in him and in the throne he occupied than he himself suspected. Premier Zahedi and the entire frock-coated diplomatic corps were at the airport to greet...
...swirl of officials and newspapermen and honor guards, the Shah made his way with difficulty. Two bureaucrats flung themselves on the ground before him, embraced his legs and tried to kiss his feet; embarrassed in front of the foreign newspapermen, the Shah, after patting the bureaucrats' heads, tried to disengage himself. He looked tired, and as he made his way down the reception line past teary-eyed officials, his own eyes filled too. He clasped Ambassador Henderson's hand heartily; he gave Soviet Envoy Anatoly Lavrentiev a perfunctory handclasp. Then he was off to the palace...
...Shah is not the man his father was-but he never wanted to be. His father, an illiterate Cossack officer who founded a dynasty and unified and modernized Iran, was cruel and extravagant. When he slept in a town, all its dogs were killed lest one bark; he jailed his opponents, hung them by their heels and kicked out their teeth. With an army crop he once whipped a mullah. On the plus side, he reorganized the army, ended child marriage, unveiled the women, codified the civil...
...first wife (whom he divorced after nine years, one daughter, and no son) was Farouk's handsome sister Fawzia. The Shah asked his older sister, Princess Chams, to find him a new wife, and the princess began a search that spread to Europe. A friend one day suggested an Iranian girl to the princess, followed it up by bringing along her photo. The girl was 19-year-old Soraya Esfandiari, the beautiful commoner daughter of a chief of the powerful Bakhtiari tribe. The Shah looked, said: "If Soraya is as good as her pictures, I'll take...
...enjoy queenly functions, preferring to be alone with her husband. She has taken up his favorite sports, horseback riding and skiing. Soraya loves expensive clothes, has lots of them, wears them well. Iranians like their women to stay quietly in the background; she is therefore popular. So far the Shah and his wife have no children...