Saira Shah

In Persepolis, Marjane’s grandmother explains to her that “dynasties have succeeded each other, but the kings always kept their promises. The Shah kept none ” (27). With this in mind, the Shah’s actions fueled the Islamic revolution and consequently, exile. From a historical aspect, the Shah acted as an authoritarian under his political regime. In politics, authoritarianism occurs when a society’s government has a strong central power with limited freedoms among individuals. Approaching…

“ India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.” India is located on the South Asian. India is next to Myanmar, where I came from.It’s a small country compared to other countries. India is one of the busiest country in the world. They have a lot of traffic, population, small villages, and cities. As a result of the huge population most of Indian people are…

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 changed not only the government of Iran, with its fundamentalist Islamic overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy; this event furthermore impacted the political and religious climate of the countries surrounding it as well. The revolution ushered in an era of transformation in the Middle East. This effect on other nations, primarily due to the nature of the regime transformation Iran underwent, lasted for decades and into the twenty-first century. The nation of Iran…

Argentine revolutionist Che Guevara once said “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall” (“Ernesto Che Guevara”). To completely see how a revolution operates, one must know the meaning of it. “In eastern Europe, the concept of ‘revolution’ has been seen as constituting and being constitutive of the ‘downfall’ of totalitarian regimes and (re)birth of democracy” (Tileaga 360). Various nations have built up their own particular definition since no…

Muzzaffar al-Din Shah became the successor of the throne after the death of his father and the nearing end of the Tobacco Revolt. Muzzaffar al Din Shah was a leader who ignored the plea of his people whom only wanted an improved Iran society. Only upsetting his people, even more, the Shah, later on, gave rights to a London-based financier, William Knox D’arcy, “special and exclusive” privilege to exploit and sell natural gas for sixty years since 1901. (pg 33). After signing the exclusive…

known Iranian architects Ali Mardan Khan and Mulla Ala-al-Mulk Tuni. 197 Chashma Shahi Bagh(چشمہ شاہی باغ) Chashma Shahi Bagh(چشمہ شاہی باغ) or also famous as The Royal Spring Garden at Kashmir was built in 1632 A.D. attributed its construction to Shah Jahan himself. But its Iranian features seem more likely that the actual builder was Ali Mardan Khan, at that time as Governor of Kashmir, working accorrdingto the Emperor’s instructions. 198 Nishat Bagh (نشاط باغ) When the great Mughals…

The medieval city of Fatehpur Sikri Introduction Fatehpur Sikri is a town located in Agra, India. This complex palace was built by Mughal emperor jalal'ud-Din Muhammad Akbar son of Humayun. Fatehpur Sikri is a famous monument in India that attracts a lot of tourist from all over the world. It is located 120 miles away from the Delhi which is the capital of India. After the Mughals invaded India in the 16th century, they captured a large area of the country and ruled it for more than 300 hundred…

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The Iranian Revolution took place in 1979. Reza Shah had plans to modernize and westernize Iran, but while this was taking place, oil was discovered in Iran. The Iranian revolution was the overthrowing of the Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house in Iran, which was a monarchy. This was led by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. He was supported by the United states. One of the leaders of the revolution was Ayatollah Khomeini, who was an Iranian religious scholar. He did not believe in equality for women in…

Besides the Iran and Hostage Crisis, Carter did not have any other corrupt policies. However, he was not that great because his policies didn’t help create big differences in the Cold War. In addition, under his leadership, the nation faced economic problems. One of the foreign policies was the Panama Canal and the Torrijos Carter Treaties. Because Colombia refused to allow the United States to build a canal, the United States decided to help Panama gain independence from Colombia in exchange…