Biography of the Khans Cut

He began military service with lower ranks in the Persian Cossack division, created, armed and trained under the leadership of Russian officers. He rose to the lieutenant colonel, showing himself a capable officer. He participated in the Iranian revolution - was interested in politics. He established ties with the liberal conspiratorial circles opposed to the British influence in the country and the weak shared of the Kajar dynasty.

The new cabinet was headed by the political head of the conspirators Seyid Ziya Ed-Din Tabatabai, but the real power fell into the hands of Reza Khan, who became the general, the commander of the Cossack division, and in April-the military minister. The new regime signed an agreement with Soviet Russia, having achieved the withdrawal of Russian troops from the north of the country, the abolition of debts and previous agreements, and also broke an unequal agreement with the UK.

In May, Reza Khan achieved the displacement of Seid Zia. In the fall of the same year, Reza Khan sent government troops to the Gilyan province and suppressed the remnants of the rebel movement that enjoyed the support of Soviet Russia. The strike of oil workers was defeated and the activities of communists and trade unions were prohibited. In-the forces of Reza Khan suppressed a major uprising of the Kurds.

The coronation of the monarch, who received the title of Raza-Shah Pahlavi, took place on April 25 as a Persian throne, Reza-shah held a number of public reforms.

He secured the landowners and officials the peasant lands occupied by them, introduced a secular education system, established the Tehran University, reorganized and centralized public administration, created a regular army, stabilized finances and conducted judicial reform. Measures were taken to strengthen political and economic sovereignty. He contributed to the development of the economy with the active participation of the state, the construction of the Transiransky Railway.

The name of the state "Persia" was replaced by the national - "Iran". At the same time, Reza Shah brutally pursued a democratic and communist opposition, forbade political and trade union activities and freedom of print. In foreign policy, Reza Shah tried to maneuver between the great powers. He broke an agreement with the Anglo-Persian oil company, but resumed it for a period of up to the Saadabad Pact with Turkey, Iraq and Afghanistan.

In August, the Soviet troops entered Iran from the north, and British troops from the south. Reza-Shah was forced to renounce the throne in the favor of his son Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and leave the country in favor of his son. Vadim Damier.