| Iran under Seljuq Rule
c. 1080 | |
| | Shrine of
Sheikh Zahed Gilani
*1 2 1 6 - 1 3 0 1
Sheikhanvar near Lahijan
Gilan Province |
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| | The Mystic
Taj Eddin Ebrahim Sanjani,
Titled "Sheikh Zahed
Gilani". Founder and
Grandmaster - Murshid Kamil
- of the Zahediyeh Sufi
Order.
Eponym of the Zahedi Family |
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| Safi Eddin Ardebili
*1252 - 1334
Disciple and Son in Law of
Sheikh Zahed. Heir of the
latter's Zahediyeh Sufi Order
Founder of the SAFAVIYEH
Sufi Order Eponym of the Safavid Dynasty |
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| | Shrine Inscription:
"Sheikh ZAHED" | |
| | Zahedi Forebearers
Sheikh Zahed's secondborn
Son and ancestor of the
Zahedi Family, Shams Eddin
Muhammad, Brother in Law
of Sheikh Safi, later wed
Safi's Daughter from a previous Marriage, becoming also
his Son in Law |
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| | Sheikh Zahed and Sheikh Safi Flourished during the Ilkhanid Period (1256 1353) | |
| | Sheikh Zahed Gilani
appointing
Sheikh Safi Eddin to be his
Successor as Head Mystic,
overgoing his firstborn son,
Gamal Eddin Ali .
1301 |
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| | Zahediyeh and Safaviyeh Orders culminate in the Safavid Dynasty
(1501 - 1736) | |
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| Shah Esmail I
First Safavid King
Descendant of both Sheiks in
direct Lineage
1501 - 1524 |
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| | Shah Tahmasp I
1524 - 1576 | |
| | Shah Abbas I The Great
The most Eminent of all
Safavid Rulers
1587-1629 |
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| | Mehdi Khan, titled
"Moqavem'ol Molk" with
Father Habibollah Khan, titled
"Majd'ol Ateba", who had
wed Zahra Khanom, a
descendant of Shah Karim
Khan Zand |
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| | Shah Karim Khan Zand
One of the most eminent
rulers in Iran's History and
Founder of the Zand Dynasty reigned 1760 -1779 |
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| Majd'ol Ateba with Sons
Mehdi Khan, Mohammad Ali
Khan "Bassir Homayoon" and
Nasrallah Khan.
Grandchildren: Mostafa, Iran,
Fakhr'ol Muluk |
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| | Mehdi Khan formally
assumed the Surname
ZAHEDI after the Eponym
Sheikh Zahed Gilani |
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| |
|
Karim Khan (l)
Cousin and Brother in Law of
Mostafa Khan (r) was named
after their Ancestor,
Karim Khan Zand |
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| | Mostafa Khan Zahedi
Eldest son of Mehdi Khan
Moghavem'ol Molk with
Spouse (and second cousin)
Zohdi, in Paris, 1928 |
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| |
Mostafa Khan Zahedi, Eldest
son of Mehdi Khan
Moghavem'ol Molk held
numerous Government Posts |
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| | Mostafa Khan with Spouse and Children | |
| | Mirza Hossein Khan Pirnia,
titled "Motamen'ol Molk",
married Princess Eshrat'ol
Saltaneh, a Daughter of
Mozaffareddin Shah Qajar,
who reigned 1896 – 190 |
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| | Fazlollah Khan Zahedi
Appointed General at age 25
Married the daughter of Mirza
Hossein Khan Pirnia,
Khadijeh Khanom |
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| General Zahedi with Reza
Shah and then Crown Prince
Mohammad Reza
at a Troop Reviewal
c. 1938 |
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| | Mariam Khanom Mobini
Second spouse of
"Moghavem'ol Molk" With
children Parviz, Parvin,
Faramarz, Simin (Firooz was
to be born yet)
c. 1936 |
|
| | General Zahedi is appointed
Prime Minister and wrests
power from his predecessor,
Dr. Muhammad Mossadeq, in
a USA and UK supported
military coup, on 19th August
1953
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| Mohammad Reza Shah upon
his triumphant return from
brief Exile in Rome
on 20th August 1953 |
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| | General Fazlollah Zahedi was
the son of Abol Hassan
"Bassir Diwan" Zahedi, of
Hamadan and Jawaher
Khanom, Sister of Zahra
Khanom, the Mother of
Mehdi Khan Zahedi |
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| | | The first Zahedi Cabinet 1953 |
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| General Zahedi and Son
Ardeshir
28 Mordad Anniversary
Celebrations 19 August 1954 |
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| | General Zahedi with son
Ardeshir
(Last Photo as Primeminister) |
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| | General Zahedi after his
Resignation as Prime
Minister, with Mohammad
Reza Shah, who expresses
Gratitude for the saving of his
Throne two years earlier,
April 1955 |
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| Tehran Mehrabad Airport
Return of Soraya from Rome
22nd August 1953 |
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| | Young Parviz Zahedi,
Second Son of Mehdi Khan
Moqavem'ol Molk |
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| |
Young Ardeshir Zahedi
Son of General
Fazlollah Zahedi
Chamberlain to HIM
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|
Ardeshir marries Princess
Shahnaz Pahlavi, Daughter of
Mohammad Reza Shah and
his first Spouse, Fawzia of
Egypt, Daughter of King Fuad I |
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| | Mohammad Reza Shah
presents a Wedding Gift |
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| | General Zahedi with Bride
and Groom |
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| | | Zahedi and Pahlavi Families |
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| |
| Ardeshir
Ambassador to USA
1st Tenure
1959 - 1961 |
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| | President Dwight D.
Eisenhower
greeting the Iranian
Ambassador's spouse,
Princess Shahnaz
Washington DC, 1960 |
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| | Welcoming Shah, on State
Visit, at London Gatwick in
1961, with Daughter Mahnaz.
Ambassador to the Court of
St. James's
1961 - 1964 |
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| Harnessed for Buckingham
Palace
Curiously: Second from right
isTycoon Nubar Gulbenkian,
serving at the Embassy as
Attaché for Economic Affairs |
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| Iran's Minister of Foreign
Affairs
1967 -19 |
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| | With young King Juan Carlos
of Spain |
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| | During State Visit to Germany
1967 |
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| With Queen at Windsor Castle
Among Representatives of
"CENTO" |
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| | Hosting US President Richard
Nixon at his private Residence
"Hessarak" in Northern
Tehran, 1970 |
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| | Dinner with US President
Gerald Ford and First Lady
Betty Ford |
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| | Dr. Parviz Zahedi in Rome
At the Vatican. Reception in
Honor of the Spanish Royal
Couple, 1970s |
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| Parvin, Daughter of Mehdi
Khan Zahedi |
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| | Parvin and German Husband
Toni Loessl |
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| |
Homa Zahedi
Daughter of General Zahedi |
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| Old Friends. Ardeshir visiting
US President George Bush at
White House, 1990 |
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| | Meeting US President Bill
Clinton in 1995 |
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| Painting of General Fazlollah
Zahedi |
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| | Ardeshir in Munich
June 2001 |
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In Glion, above Montreux
20th March 2004 |
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A close friend of her late Father,
She called Ardeshir Papa
Hosting Benazir Bhutto, shortly before her Assassination
Hotel des Trois Couronnes
Vevey on Lake Geneva
Autumn 2007 |
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Zahedi Fariborz Zahedi Family Website
http://www.zahedi.info |
