Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) held numerous titles and honours, both during and before his time as

Shah of Iran This is a list of monarchs of Persia (or monarchs of the Iranic peoples, in present-day Iran), which are known by the royal title Shah or Shahanshah. This list starts from the establishment of the Medes around 671 BCE until the deposition of th ...

Royal titles and styles

From his father's accession to the throne, on 15 December 1925, until his own accession, on 16 September 1941, Mohammad Reza held the style and title of ''His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince''. Mohammad Reza deliberately chose to crown himself as Shah ('King'), rather than Shahanshah ('King of Kings'), pledging that he would not do so until he turned Iran into a prosperous and modernised nation. On the 26th year of his reign, in 1967, his imperial coronation ceremony took place and he was elevated to the title of Shahanshah. On 15 September 1965, Mohammad Reza was granted the title of

Aryamehr Aryamehr ( fa, آریامهر, Âryâmehr, ) was the title used in the Pahlavi dynasty by Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran. It means ''Light of the Aryans''. History ''Aryamehr'' was granted as a secondary title by a session of the joint H ...

('Light of the Aryans') by an extraordinary session of the joint Houses of Parliament.

Military ranks

; Imperial State of Iran * 19381938: Second Lieutenant,

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* 193816 September 1941: Captain, Imperial Iranian Army * 16 September 194121 July 1952:

Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces The position of Commander-in-Chief (''Farmandehe Koll-e Qova'' ( fa, فرمانده کل قوا), formerly known as ''Bozorg Arteshtārān'' ( fa, بزرگ‌ارتشتاران) is the ultimate authority of all the Armed Forces of Iran, and the h ...

* 19 August 195311 February 1979: Commander-in-Chief Iranian Armed Forces

Honours

National dynastic honours

;Appointments ;Decorations and medals

Foreign honours

References

External links

O. James Younessi
Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Empire of Iran – the Pahlavi Era {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi