Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi

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Lieutenant General (Sepahbod) Ahmad Amir Ahmadi

Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi ( listen ? / I ; * 1884 in Isfahan ; † 1974 ) was Lieutenant General of the Army, Minister and Senator in Iran . Audio file / audio sample

Life

Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi was born in Isfahan in 1884. At the age of 15, he joined the Cossack Brigade in 1899 . He received his military training in the Cossack cadet school. In 1916 he was promoted to major and in 1919 to colonel. He was involved in the suppression of the Jangali movement of Mirza Kutschak Khan and was promoted to brigadier general in 1921 because of his services. As part of the army reform, he was given command of the western division in Hamadan .

Amir-Ahmadi was involved in planning and executing the 1921 coup d'état of Seyyed Zia al Din Tabatabai and Reza Khan against the government of Prime Minister Sepahdar . Amir Ahmadi describes the events as follows:

“After the decision was made to send a larger unit of Cossacks to Qazvin , Brigadier General Reza Khan came to Qazvin with his troop contingent. He told me that he wanted to go to Tehran to talk to some influential people about whether he could become the commander of the Persian Cossacks. A few days later we met again in Qazvin, and he told me that he had discussed his plan with some people who would have no objection to his plan if the officers, who were more likely to be entitled to the post because of their seniority , did not object would raise. We decided that Reza Khan would write a letter to two senior officers, including my father-in-law Major General Mohammad Tofiqi Sardar Azim. I took the letters to Tehran and received their written consent that they would raise no objection if Reza Khan were promoted to command of the Cossacks. "

On February 20, 1921, Reza Khan, Seyyed Zia, Kazem Khan, Mas'oud Khan and Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi met and swore on the Koran that they wanted to protect Iran's independence. Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi swore another oath on the Koran that he would support Reza Khan in all his actions. On the same day, Reza Khan advanced with about 1,000 men on Tehran. In the afternoon, a delegation from the government and Ahmad Shahs reached Reza Khan's encampment and asked Reza Khan to return to Qazvin, whereupon Reza replied that he wanted to go to Tehran to see his family. On February 21, 1921 , the Cossack Brigade, led by Reza Khan, marched into Tehran and occupied all ministries, government buildings, police stations, the post office and the telegraph office. All of the city's major intersections were manned by soldiers. A state of emergency was declared and Colonel Kazem Khan Sayyah was appointed military governor.

The result of this coup was the ousting of Prime Minister Sepahdar and the establishment of a new government by Ahmad Shah Kajar headed by Prime Minister Seyyed Zia al Din Tabatabai. Reza Khan was appointed commander of the Persian Cossacks and was given the title of Sardar Sepah (Army Commander in Chief).

In 1926 Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi became commander of the North-West Division in Tabriz. Previously, he was ruthless against insurgent Luren procedure and was therefore relieved of his command of the Western Division. Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi was the first general to receive the title Sepahbod (Lieutenant General) from Reza Shah in 1929 .

After the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941, Amir-Ahmadi became military governor of Tehran. In 1942 he served as Minister of Defense in Prime Minister Ali Soheili's cabinet . In 1948 he took over this office again under Prime Minister Abdolhossein Hazhir . Amir Ahmadi was later a member of the Senate.

His sister was married to a member of the Pesyan family. When Colonel Pesyan was arrested and later executed, it was she who took Colonel Pesyan's body, hid it for a while, and later ensured a dignified burial.

See also

literature

  • Aliteza Avsati: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries". Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3 .
  • Stephanie Cronin: The army and the creation of the Pahlavi State in Iran. Tauris Academic Studies, 1997, p. 235.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cyrus Ghani: Iran and the rise of Reza Shah. IBTauris, 2000. pp. 169f.