Persian Kings
- ebrahimarefi11
- May 28, 2018
- 3 min read
Updated: May 31, 2018
Cyrus The Great
Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus The Great, was the founder of the first Persian Empire, Achaemenid Empire.
Achaemenid Empire, existed about 2500 years ago, but Iran (Persia) in general has a history of more than 7000 years, which makes Iran the oldest country in the world, but due to lack of enough information about it past, they say 2500.
Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, was the monarch, who was the liberator of the Jews that were captive in Babylonia (Today Babylon is located in Iraq).
In the first year of his reign he decreed that the temple in Jerusalem should be rebuilt and the Jews are allowed to return to their promised land. He showed great respect towards the religious beliefs and cultural traditions of other races. He also declared the first Charter of Human Right that is known to mankind.
Also, he is known as a great conqueror, who once controlled one of the first and greatest Empire in the world. By his time the Persian empire was grown from north west of Africa (Egypt) to the center of Asia (at the border with India).
Tomb of Cyrus
He was buried in Fars capital city of Persia, but the reason of his death is unknown.
A short video of Iran's last king celebrating the Cyrus Day.
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi, also known as Reza Shah Kabir, meaning, The Great Reza Shah was an Iranian army officer who rose through army ranks and become Shah of Iran, and began the regeneration of his country.
He was Shah of Iran from 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on 1941.(In Persian language, the word Shah has a definition of King or monarch.)
After his abdication he was exiled to an unknown island around England. Later on, he was sent to South Africa, and three years after his abdication, he died as an exile in South Africa.
He was replaced by his 22 year old son, Mohammad Reza Shah, who was known as Shah an Shah, meaning King Of Kings.
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (Aryamehr)
After the death of Reza Shah, in South Africa they mummified his dead body, and sent it to his son who was ruling the country.
He buried his father in an area called, Shah Abdol Azim which was located in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.
40 years ago during the Iranian revolution Mohammad Reza Shah was forced to leave the country with his family. After leaving Iran, Shah and his family went to Egypt.
By the time Shah had cancer and 6 months later he was buried in Egypt.
However, there are rumours about his death, some people believe he did not have caner, but he was poisoned by Americans.
Mohammad Reza Shah was father of four kids, two sons and two daughters.
In 2001 Princess Leila Pahlavi, youngest child of the late Shah of Iran, was found dead in a London hotel, the cause of her death was suiciding.
In 2011 the youngest son of the Shah Prince Alireza Pahlavi was found dead at his home in the US after apparently turning a shotgun on himself. Alireza Pahlavi, who was 44, had suffered depression since the death of his sister in 2001.
However most of people belive that he was murdered and did not suicide.
Currently, Queen Farah Diba Pahlavi, knows as Shahbanu, her oldest son Reza Pahlavi the crown prince of Iran and her oldest daughter Princess Farahnaz Pahlavi are living in France.
After the Iranian revolution the new leaders of Iran ordered to destroy the tomb of Reza Shah in Shah Abdol Azim to burn his dead body.
They destroyed the tomb and his grave but never found the dead body of Shah.
About a month ago the government of Iran decided to build a restroom on the same place where the grave used to be, they had to dig more than seven meters down to be able to build the restroom. After digging for seven meters, they found the mummified body of Reza Shah. The mummy was found a day before his crown anniversary.
A short video of Of Shah's Coronation 1967.
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