NOUN
- Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
- the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries
- the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
How To Use Pahlavi In A Sentence
- The word "faravahar" actually is Pahlavi, or Middle Persian.
- The point isn't that Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was Shah during the last three months of 1941. The Baker-Hamilton Panel on Iraq tells us the obvious about the need to change course
- A 1953 coup in support of Pahlavi — backed by the Americans and British — failed and the Shah was forced to flee.
- And, if I recall, that ‘Supreme Leader’, one Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, ended up bouncing from country to country looking for a decent place to die. Cheeseburger Gothic » Anyone else following the Iranian election?
- Andrew: No, it's not an Arabic loan; the base word tavān goes back to Pahlavi Middle Persian tuwān 'might, power.' Languagehat.com: NAME THAT LANGUAGE!
- The ideal candidate would have a royal lineage and pedigree which would enhance the position of the upstart Pahlavi monarchy, as well as political connections which would help Iran's power in the region.
- The Allies deposed Iran's ruler, Reza Shah, and installed his weak, pliant son, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, on the throne as the latest puppet ruler in the British Empire. Eric Margolis: How Obama Can Further U.S.-Iran Relations
- The CIA, under the direction of agent Kermit Roosevelt, engineered a coup that replaced Mosaddeq with the far more partnership-minded and conciliatory Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Nancy Scola: Debt and Development, Presidential-Style
- Iran has had a theocratic Shiite regime since Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was ousted in the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
- Former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who has lived in the United States since 1984, has traveled around the world to raise awareness of what he calls the plight of Iranians living under the Islamic regime in Iran. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
