Reza Shah Pahlavi

1878 – 1944

Centralized Iran, built a national army and infrastructure, curtailed tribal and clerical autonomy, and imposed rapid secular modernization.

• 1878–1944

  Centralized Iran, built a national army and infrastructure, curtailed tribal and clerical autonomy, and imposed rapid secular modernization

  Centralized Iran, built a national army and infrastructure, curtailed tribal and clerical autonomy, and imposed rapid secular modernization.