Bahram Aryana

Bahram Aryana
General Bahram Aryana
Born
Hossein Manoochehri (حسین معتمدی منوچهری تنکابنی)

(1906-03-17)17 March 1906
Died21 June 1985(1985-06-21) (aged 79)
Burial placeMontparnasse Cemetery
NationalityIranian Georgian
Occupations
OrganizationAzadegan Organization
TitleMilitary attaché of Iran to France and Benelux[1]
Term1952–1953
Political party
Academic background
Fields
Alma mater
ThesisNapoleon et l'Orient (1955)
InstitutionsOfficers' Academy[2]
WorksPour une ethique iranienne (1981)
Military career
Allegiance Iran
Service / branchGround Forces
Years of service1930–1979
RankField Marshal/5 Star General
CommandsImperial Iranian Ground Force
Imperial Guard
AwardsLegion of Honour

Field Marshal Bahram Aryana (Persian: بهرام آریانا); also spelled Bahram Ariana born Hossein Manouchehri;[3] 17 March 1906 – 21 June 1985)[4] was the most senior military commander of the Imperial Iranian Army during the reign of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and an Iranian nationalist and humanist. Professor Monica M. Ringer described Aryana as probably the most famous “converted Zoroastrian” of the Pahlavi era.[5]

  1. ^ Naṣr Allāh Tavakkulī Nīshābūrī (2014). Memoirs of Nasrollah Tavakoli, The First Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army after the Islamic Revolution (in Persian). Ibex Pub. pp. 351–352. ISBN 978-1588140982.
  2. ^ a b "Who was Aryana" (in Persian). Political Studies and Research Institute. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ Ali Akbar Dareini (1998). The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs of Former General Hussein Fardust. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 15–16. ISBN 8120816420.
  4. ^ "Biographie du Général Bahram ARYANA" (in French). Aryana2500.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ Monica M. Ringer (2012). "Iranian Nationalism and Zoroastrian Identity". In Abbas Amanat; Farzin Vejdan (eds.). Iran Facing Others. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 267–277. ISBN 978-1-137-01340-8. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)