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Ahmad Mirza
(redirected from Ahmad Shah Qajar)

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Ahmad Mirza (äkhmäd` mērzä`), 1898–1930, shah of Persia (1909–25), son of Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, 1872–1925, shah of Persia (1906–9), son of Muzaffar ad-Din Shah, of the Qajar dynasty. Muhammad Ali, who was an opponent of constitutional government, began to rule at a critical period just after the constitution of 1906 had been granted.
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. The last of the Qajar dynasty, he came to power as a result of a coup against his father. A regent initially ruled for him. A weak figure, Ahmad was overthrown in 1921 in a military coup by Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlevi Reza Shah Pahlevi (rē`zä shä pä`ləvē), 1877–1944, shah of Iran (1925–41).
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). The shah, unable to oppose the new government, left (1923) for Europe, where he died.


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