{{Short description|1926 coronation in Iran}} {{Infobox event | title = Coronation of Reza Shah | image = Reza shah coronation.jpg | caption = The official coronation photograph of Reza Shah | native_name = {{Langx|fa|{{nq|{{small|تاجگذاری رضا شاه}}}}|translit=Tâj Gozâri-ye Rezâ Shâh}} | date = {{start date and age|1926|04|25|df=y}} | venue = Salam Hall, Golestan Palace | Location = Tehran, Iran | organizers = Government of Iran | participants = {{ubl|Reza Shah|Members of the Pahlavi dynasty|Ministry of the Royal Court|Public officials}} }}
The coronation of Reza Shah, the shah of Iran took place on 25 April 1926,<ref>{{cite book |last=Rahnema |first=Ali |title=Superstition as Ideology in Iranian Politics: From Majlesi to Ahmadinejad |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781139495622 |page=115}}</ref> at the Salam Hall in Golestan Palace.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1926-10-01 |title='I, Reza, Place This Crown Upon My Head' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1926/10/i-reza-place-this-crown-upon-my-head/649650/ |access-date=2026-04-19 |work=The Atlantic |language=en |issn=2151-9463}}</ref> Reza Shah acceded to the throne after Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last monarch from the Qajar dynasty, was deposed by the National Consultative Assembly and Reza was elected to be Qajar's successor on 15 December 1926. Reza Shah's coronation marked the beginning of the Pahlavi dynasty's rule in Iran, which would last up until they were overthrown in the Iranian Revolution of 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=Birth of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Reza Shah's coronation and his ascention to the Throne |url=https://thelionandthesun.org/906/birth-of-the-pahlavi-dynasty-reza-shahs-coronation-and-his-ascention-to-the-throne/ |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=The Lion and The Sun Podcast |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Event == On 25 April 1926, Reza Shah placed the newly made, Pahlavi Crown on himself in the Salam Hall of the Golestan Palace.<ref>{{Cite news |last=TIMES |first=Special Cable to THE NEW YORK |date=1926-04-26 |title=PERSIAN DICTATOR PUTS ON THE CROWN; Oriental Magnificence Marks Teheran Ceremony as Reza Khan Assumes Throne. PEOPLE GIVE ACCLAMATION New Ruler Has Modern Tastes and Ideas Which May Revolutionize Nation. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/04/26/archives/persian-dictator-puts-on-the-crown-oriental-magnificence-marks.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The day prior to the coronation, Reza Shah's eldest son, Mohammad Reza, was proclaimed Crown Prince.<ref>{{cite book |last=Milani |first=Abbas |date=2011 |title=The Shah |title-link=The Shah (book) |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin (Palgrave Macmillan) |isbn=9780230340381 |page=25}}</ref><ref name="Inlow p90">{{cite book |last=Inlow |first=E. Burke |title=Shahanshah: The Study of Monarchy of Iran |date=1979 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120822924 |page=90}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Amrullah |date=2026-02-03 |title=Kronologi Runtuhnya Dinasti Qajar dan Berdirinya Dinasti Pahlavi |url=https://tintaemas.net/kronologi-runtuhnya-dinasti-qajar-dan-berdirinya-dinasti-pahlavi/ |access-date=2026-03-13 |website=Tinta Emas |language=id}}</ref> After Reza Shah's abdication in 1941, Mohammad Reza became the Shah of Iran and he also had a coronation in 1967.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Coronation_of_Reza_Shah.jpg|The Coronation Coach carrying the Shah to Golestan Palace File:RezaShahBozorgCoronation19a.jpg|Military parade on the occasion of the coronation File:Reza_shah_stamp_26.jpg|A stamp commemorating the coronation File:Coin_commemorating_Reza_Shah_Pahlavi's_first_Nowruz_celebration.jpg|A coin commemorating the coronation </gallery>
== See also == * Coronation of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
== References == {{Reflist}}
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