Ali Reza Pahlavi ( fa, علیرضا پهلوی; 1 March 1922 – 17 October 1954) was the second son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and the brother of

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 Octob ...

. He was a member of the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

Biography

Ali Reza Pahlavi studied political science at

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. Following Reza Shah's deposition and exile, Ali Reza accompanied his father in exile in

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and then into

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, South Africa. He was married to Christiane Cholewska; they had a son, Patrick Ali Pahlavi (born 1 September 1947). However, there is no record of his parents' 20 November 1946 wedding in the

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. The couple divorced in 1948. Christiane had a son from a previous marriage, Joachim Christian Philippe, born 15 September 1941. Ali Reza died on 17 October 1954 in a

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in the Alborz Mountains.

Honours

National honours

Knight Grand Cordon of the

Order of Pahlavi The Order of Pahlavi of the Empire of Iran, in Persian: "Neshan-e Pahlavi" was the highest order of the former Imperial State of Iran. History The Order was instituted in 1932 by Rezā Shāh, the founder of the Dynasty of the Pahlavi, and it ...

Order of Military Merit (Iran) First Class

Order of Military Merit, First Class (1937) * Order of Military Merit (Iran) Second Class

Order of Military Merit, Second Class (1937) * Order of the Glory (Iran)

Order of Glory, First Class (1937)

Foreign honours

Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (28 February 1949) * Order of the Sun (Afghanistan) - ribbon bar

Member First Class of the

Order of the Supreme Sun The Order of the Supreme Sun (''Nishan-i-Lmar-i-Ala'') was a decoration of the former Kingdom of Afghanistan. The Order was instituted in 1920 by King Amanullah Khan and discontinued in 1973 upon the abolition of the Afghan monarchy. It was award ...

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* Ali Reza 1922 births 1954 deaths Iranian royalty Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Iran Harvard University alumni People from Tehran Mazandarani people People exiled to Mauritius {{Iran-royal-stub