Gholam reza pahlavi biography of donald

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He resided in Paris with his family. He died on 7 May at the age of 93, eight days before his 94th birthday. Pahlavi was born on 15 May in Iran. He was the fifth child and third son of Reza Shah, the founder of the Iranian Pahlavi dynasty. Gholam Reza's parents were married in and divorced shortly after his birth in He received primary education in Iran and then went to Switzerland for secondary education at Institut Le Rosey.

In , he returned to the country and attended military school. He accompanied his father, Reza Shah, to his exile in British Mauritius when the latter was forced to abdicate in September In the aftermath of Reza Shah's abdication, the British and Russian envoys attempted to put Gholam Reza on the throne, bypassing Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi when their efforts to end the Pahlavi dynasty and reinstate the Qajar dynasty failed.

It, however, also did not work. Gholam Reza graduated from Princeton University. In August while serving in the army Pahlavi joined a fourteen—week military training in Fort Knox , Kentucky.