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Shah of Iran. He was born in Tehran, Iran. He is the eldest son of Reza Pahlavi, who ruled Iran from 1925 to 1941. In 1926, Reza Pahlavi named him heir to the throne. He was the last Shah to rule Iran before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and his rule lasted from 1941 to 1979. People referred to him as Shahenshah, which translates to "the king of kings." He received his education at the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey before completing his studies at the Military College in Iran in 1935. He died in Cairo on July 27, 1980, at the Armed Forces Hospital in Maadi after a struggle with lymphoma at the age of 61. The late Egyptian President Sadat held a solemn military funeral for him from Abdeen Palace. Eight Arabian horses pulled the casket atop an artillery carriage as they played the Iranian Imperial Anthem. Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi II, former US President Richard Nixon, Constantine II, the former King of Greece, and ambassadors from various countries also attended the ceremony. He was buried in the royal tombs of Al Rifa'i Mosque in the same room where his father, Reza Pahlavi, was buried in 1944 before he was transferred to Tehran after the Shah’s divorce from Princess Fawzia of Egypt, daughter of King Fuad I of Egypt.
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