2015 Event Turkey sends troops to Syria to rescue 40 guards and relocate remains from the tomb of Sulayman Shah, which is now surrounded by ISIS militants; the site is internationally recognized as Turkish territory 1996 Death Sayed Idries Shah, thinker, dies at 72 1996 Death Idries Shah, Indian Author 1994 Event King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns 1985 Event Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal 1980 Death Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60 1980 Event Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt 1979 Event Deposed Shah of Iran leaves U.S. for Panama 1979 Death Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris 1979 Event Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment 1979 Event Shah and family sentenced to death in Teheran 1979 Event Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah 1979 Event Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran 1979 Event Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt 1978 Event Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier 1978 Event Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government 1978 Event Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule 1978 Event Iranian Prime Minister Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1977 Event President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran 1973 Birthday Zahir Shah, cricketer, attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner 1973 Event Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees 1972 Death Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 1971 Birthday Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal 1967 Event Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne 1960 Birthday Reza Pahlavi, Iran, son of Shah of Iran 1959 Event Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba 1959 Birthday Ali Shah, cricketer, Zimbabwe all-rounder in two Tests 1992 1959 Event Shah of Persia visits Netherlands 1953 Event Shah of Persia returns to Teheran 1953 Event Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome 1952 Event Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier 1951 Death Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated 1951 Death Shah Ali Razmara, of Iran, assassinated 1951 Event Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari 1949 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1945 Birthday Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, King of Nepal, 1972- 1944 Death Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies 1944 Birthday Eddie Shah, English publisher, Today, Post 1941 Event Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi 1938 Birthday Mahboob Shah, cricketer, Pakistani Test umpire on International panel 1934 Event Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran 1933 Death Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan, assassin by Abdul Khallig 1926 Event Uprising against Reza Shah Pahlawi in Persia 1926 Event Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi 1925 Event Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia 1925 Event Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over 1925 Event Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia 1924 Birthday Sayed Idries Shah, thinker 1924 Birthday Idries Shah, Indian Author 1920 Birthday Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal, 1955-72 1919 Birthday Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, Shah of Iran, 1941-79 1914 Birthday Mohammed Sahir, shah, Afghanistan 1911 Event Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army 1908 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1896 Death Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 1878 Birthday Reza Sjah Pahlawi, Reza Chan, shah of Iran 1841 Event Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan 1747 Death Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), murdered 1666 Death Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 1631 Death Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal) 1629 Death Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57 1592 Birthday Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-58, built Taj Mahal 1556 Birthday Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629 1530 Death Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder Mogols-dynasty, dies at 47 1514 Birthday Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah 1502 Event Tebriz, shah Ismail I of Persia crowned 1487 Birthday Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah 1483 Birthday Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty 1451 Event Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
