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'''Ali Reza Pahlavi''' ({{lang-fa|علیرضا پهلوی}}; 1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of [[Reza Shah|Reza Shah Pahlavi]], [[Shah#History|Shah of Iran]], and the brother of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. He was a member of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]].<ref name=Dareini1999/>
'''Ali Reza Pahlavi''' ({{lang-fa|علیرضا پهلوی}}; 1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of [[Reza Shah|Reza Shah Pahlavi]], [[Shah#History|Shah of Iran]], and the brother of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. He was a member of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]].<ref name=Dareini1999/>


== Biography ==
== Education and Marriage ==
He joined the [[French Army]] in the year 1944 and served there until 1947, then returned to Iran. During his service in France, Alireza married a French-Polish descent widow named Christiane Shoulooski. She was the daughter of André-Louis Shoulooski, a French mathematician and the author of [[Cholesky decomposition]]. She was a beautiful woman and had received the first prize for the most beautiful leg in [[Deauville]] from [[Marlene Dietrich]].<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=jSE9BAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA58&dq=iran%20heir%20OR%20presumptive%20%22ali%20reza%22&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> Alireza accepted Christiane's four-year-old son, ''Christian Pahlavi'', as his adopted son and gave him his surname. Alireza also became the stepfather of a boy named [[Ali Patrick Pahlavi]] through Christiane, but the Iranian court did not recognize this marriage, so Alireza's wife and Shahpour Alireza lived in Paris.
Ali Reza Pahlavi studied political science at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="Dareini1999">{{Cite book|author=Ali Akbar Dareini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJZ_xgqCOMQC&pg=PR7|title=The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1999|isbn=978-81-208-1642-8 |page=123|location=Delhi}}</ref> Following [[Reza Shah]]'s deposition and exile in 1941, Ali Reza accompanied his father in exile in [[Mauritius]] and then into [[Johannesburg]], South Africa.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Shaul Bakhash|title='This is a Prison…A Death in Life': Reza Shah's troubled exile on the Island of Mauritius|journal=Middle Eastern Studies
|date=2019|volume=55|issue=1|page=129|doi=10.1080/00263206.2018.1501681|s2cid=150341032 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2018.1501681}}</ref>


Displeased with his brothers' passive stance towards the events in Mohammad Mossadegh's government, Alireza Pahlavi founded the "Shah's Fedayeen." Unlike his brothers, he actively supported the Shah's regime and was ready to take effective action against Mossadegh's government. He played a key role in organizing the events of February 28, 1953, by calling for and mobilizing thugs such as [[Tayeb Haj Rezai|Tayeb Haj Rezai]], Hossein Esmaeili Pour (Ramazan Yekie), and [[Shaban Jafari]]. All those who mobilized to demonstrate against Mossadegh and in support of the Shah on 28 Mordad also played similar roles on November 19.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=RsK0BAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PP1&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
He was married to Christiane Cholewska; they had a son, [[Patrick Ali Pahlavi]] (born 1 September 1947). However, there is no record of his parents' 20 November 1946 wedding in the [[16th arrondissement of Paris]].<ref name="burkes-montgomery">{{Cite book|author=Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World|volume=II Africa & the Middle East|year=1980|isbn=0-85011-029-7|page=149}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1948.<ref name="burkes-montgomery" /> Christiane had a son from a previous marriage, Joachim Christian Philippe, born 15 September 1941.


On 21 November 1953 , Saturday, Alireza Pahlavi was appointed as the head of the Army Sports Association.<ref>{{Citation|chapter=|book=Chronology of Iran's History from Constitutionalism to the Islamic Revolution Volume Two|author=Dr. Baqer Agheli|translation=|publisher=Namek|location=Tehran|effort=|edition=|page=Page 23|year=1387|isbn=964-6895-53-0}}</ref>
==end of life==
Ali Reza died on 17 October 1954 in a [[Aviation accidents and incidents|plane crash]] in the [[Alborz|Alborz Mountains]].<ref name="burkes-montgomery"/><ref>{{Cite book|author=James D Cockcroft|location=New York; Philadelphia, PA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JiIEFLxZaJwC|title=Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|year=1989|isbn=9781555468477|page=79}}</ref>
Ali Reza died on 17 October 1954 in a [[Aviation accidents and incidents|plane crash]] in the [[Alborz|Alborz Mountains]].<ref name="burkes-montgomery"/><ref>{{Cite book|author=James D Cockcroft|location=New York; Philadelphia, PA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JiIEFLxZaJwC|title=Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|year=1989|isbn=9781555468477|page=79}}</ref>


Revision as of 20:18, 12 February 2024

This article is about the son of Reza Shah. For his nephew of the same name, see Ali Reza Pahlavi (born 1966).

Ali Reza Pahlavi
Born(1922-03-01)1 March 1922
Tehran, Sublime State of Iran
Died17 October 1954(1954-10-17) (aged 32)
Alborz, Imperial State of Iran
Burial
Mausoleum of Reza Shah
Spouse
Christiane Cholewski
​
​
(m. 1946; div. 1948)​
IssuePatrick Ali Pahlavi
HousePahlavi
FatherReza Shah
MotherTadj ol-Molouk

Ali Reza Pahlavi (Persian: علیرضا پهلوی; 1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and the brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.[1]

Education and Marriage

He joined the French Army in the year 1944 and served there until 1947, then returned to Iran. During his service in France, Alireza married a French-Polish descent widow named Christiane Shoulooski. She was the daughter of André-Louis Shoulooski, a French mathematician and the author of Cholesky decomposition. She was a beautiful woman and had received the first prize for the most beautiful leg in Deauville from Marlene Dietrich.[2] Alireza accepted Christiane's four-year-old son, Christian Pahlavi, as his adopted son and gave him his surname. Alireza also became the stepfather of a boy named Ali Patrick Pahlavi through Christiane, but the Iranian court did not recognize this marriage, so Alireza's wife and Shahpour Alireza lived in Paris.

Displeased with his brothers' passive stance towards the events in Mohammad Mossadegh's government, Alireza Pahlavi founded the "Shah's Fedayeen." Unlike his brothers, he actively supported the Shah's regime and was ready to take effective action against Mossadegh's government. He played a key role in organizing the events of February 28, 1953, by calling for and mobilizing thugs such as Tayeb Haj Rezai, Hossein Esmaeili Pour (Ramazan Yekie), and Shaban Jafari. All those who mobilized to demonstrate against Mossadegh and in support of the Shah on 28 Mordad also played similar roles on November 19.[3]

On 21 November 1953 , Saturday, Alireza Pahlavi was appointed as the head of the Army Sports Association.[4]

end of life

Ali Reza died on 17 October 1954 in a plane crash in the Alborz Mountains.[5][6]

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dareini1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=jSE9BAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA58&dq=iran%20heir%20OR%20presumptive%20%22ali%20reza%22&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false
  3. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=RsK0BAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PP1&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q&f=false
  4. ^ Dr. Baqer Agheli (1387), Tehran: Namek, p. Page 23, ISBN 964-6895-53-0 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |translation= and |effort= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |book= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference burkes-montgomery was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ James D Cockcroft (1989). Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. New York; Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 9781555468477.

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