How Persia Became Iran
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Over nine-hundred years after the Shahnama defined Iranian identity, the specter of 20th century European imperialism sparked furious discussions about how to best protect the Iranian nation – and who that nation belonged to. In 1925, after years of leading Iran to ruin, the Qajar dynasty was overthrown by Reza Shah Pahlavi. The new Shah declared to international actors in 1935 that he was not the Shah of Persia, but the Shah of Iran and they should only refer to his country as ‘Iran’. Reza Shah’s request was rooted in trying to gain historical legitimacy for his nation. Western nations promptly adopted the name change, but Reza Shah’s declaration evoked a far more mixed response among non-Persians in Greater Iran. The Afghan historian Ahmad Ali Kohzad denounced the name change as a Persian attempt to claim ownership of Greater Iran in its entirety, bitterly opining “the name of the total was given to a part.” FREE NEWSLETTER: https://mailchi.mp/a69f93be6c66/hikma-history-newsletter
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