Ali Reza Pahlavi (son of Reza Shah)

Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi (1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, deposed Shah of Iran, and the brother of the Shah Mohammad Reza. He was a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.^[1]

Biography

Ali Reza Pahlavi studied political science at Harvard University.^[1] Following Reza Shah's deposition and exile, Ali Reza accompanied his father into exile in Mauritius and then into Johannesburg, South Africa.

He was married to Christiane Cholewska; their son is Patrick Ali Pahlavi (aka "Prince Ali", born 1 September 1947)^[2] although no record of his parents' 20 November 1946 wedding in the 16th arrondissement of Paris is on official record there.^[3] The couple divorced in 1948.^[3]

Ali Reza was killed on 17 October 1954 in a flying accident in the Alborz Mountains.^[3]^[4]

Honours

National honours

Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Pahlavi^[5]
Order of Military Merit, First Class (1937)^[5]
Order of Military Merit, Second Class (1937)^[5]
Order of Glory, First Class (1937)^[5]

Foreign honours

Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (28/02/1949)^[5]
Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun^[5]

References

1 2 Ali Akbar Dareini (1 January 1999). The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 123. ISBN 978-81-208-1642-8. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
↑ Ali Pahlavi. About, Biography Facebook
1 2 3 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1980). Burke’s Royal Families of the World: Volume II Africa & the Middle East. p. 149. ISBN 0-85011-029-7.
↑ Cockcroft, James D (1989). Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 9781555468477.
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