Reza Khan was born in Mazanderan, Iran; however, his family was Turkish and Armenian. He was the leader of the Cossack Brigade, a unit in the Persian army that had been established by the Russians. Later on, Khan seized power after the chaos, and famine of World War I and became the Shah in 1925. He then changed his name from Reza Khan to Reza Shah and establishing a republic in Persia. Reza Shah was a good leader because he improved Persia’s economy, and empowered women. Reza Shah improved Persia’s economy by centralizing and modernizing Persia; although he did not came up with this idea he modeled himself like Mustafa Kemal “Atarturk”. According to Gelvin, the author of the book The Middle East: A History,
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