00:00September 16, 1941. Reza Khan, the first member of the Pahlavi dynasty, is forced by the British
00:07and the Soviets to abdicate the throne in favor of his son, who becomes Shah of Iran,
00:14under the name Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. Formerly commander of the Cossack Brigade of the Imperial
00:19Guard, Reza Khan had himself proclaimed Shah after ending the ancient Qajar dynasty with a coup.
00:26Sent into exile in South Africa, he would die there in 1944.
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