Abdollah Amir Tahmasebi
Abdollah Khan Amir Tahmasebi, close aide to Reza Shah
Born1881 (1881)
Tehran
Died1928 (aged 46–47)
Boroujerd
Allegiance Persia
Iran
Service/branchPersian Army
Iranian Army
RankMajor General
UnitPersian Cossack Brigade
Awards Order of Zolfaghar

Abdollah Khan Amir Tahmasebi (Persian: عبدالله خان امیر طهماسبی, 1881–1928) was an Iranian senior military commander, instrumental in the fall of the Qajar dynasty and rise to power of Reza Shah Pahlavi.

He first became well known in Azerbaijan for the successful restoration of law and order, gaining widespread recognition and popularity there. He was then appointed governor of Tehran by Reza Shah, replaced in Azerbaijan by Mohammad Hosein Airom. In 1925, he became Minister of War.

In 1928, while en route to Lurestan to visit a road construction site with some engineers, his group was ambushed by unknown assailants near Borujerd. He died shortly after due to bullet wounds in a hospital in Borujerd.

Reza Shah attended his funeral to pay his respects.

References

  • 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). ISBN 964-93406-6-1 (Vol. 1), ISBN 964-93406-5-3 (Vol. 2).

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