Amanullah Jahanbani
Iranian general and historian (1891–1974)
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Amanollah Jahanbani (Persian: امان الله جهانبانى; 1891 – 1 February 1974) was a member of the Qajar dynasty of Iran and a senior general of Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Reza Shah
Amanullah Jahanbani | |
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امانالله جهانبانی | |
Amanullah Jahanbani | |
| Chief of the Joint Staff | |
| In office 22 December 1922 – 12 February 1927 | |
| Monarchs | Ahmad Shah Qajar Reza Shah |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Habibollah Sheibani |
| Minister of Roads | |
| In office 4 December 1941 – 13 December 1941 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Ali Mansur Mohammad Ali Foroughi |
| Preceded by | Seyyed Mohammad Sajjadi |
| Succeeded by | Yadollah Azdi |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 21 September 1941 – 4 December 1941 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Ali Foroughi |
| Preceded by | Javad Ameri |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 9 March 1942 – 10 August 1942 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Ali Soheili Ahmad Qavam |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Ali Foroughi |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Qavam |
| Member of the Iranian Senate | |
| In office 19 August 1951 – 1 February 1974 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1891 |
| Died | 1 February 1974 (aged 83) Robat Karim, Tehran, Iran |
| Spouse | Helen Kasminsky |
| Children | Masoud Mirza, Hossein Mirza, Hamid Mirza, Nader, Majid, Parviz, Mahmoud, Khosrow, Mehr Monir |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Qajar Iran (1902–1925) Pahlavi Iran (1925–1937) |
| Branch/service | Imperial Iranian Army |
Years of service | 1902–1937 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant general |
Early life and education
Born in 1895, Jahanbani was the son of general Amanullah Mirza Jahanbani and via him the great-grandson of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar.[1] At the age of 10, he was sent to St. Petersburg for schooling, where he attended the Mihailovsky Artillery College and the Nikolaevsky War Academy.[citation needed] He returned to Iran as a ranked military officer in World War I.
Career
After completing his studies in Europe, Jahanbani joined the Cossack forces and became a major general.[2] On 6 December 1921 Jahanbani was named the commander of gendarmerie headquarters following the dissolution of the Cossack Division by Reza Shah.[2] He was appointed the chief of the staff with the rank of brigadier general at the beginning of the 1920s.[3] As of 1925 he was the head of military academy.[4] In 1928, he led the army in Balochistan attack to control the resistance.[5] His path of success continued until 1938, when he fell out of favor and was thrown into the Qasr prison by Reza Shah.[6][additional citation(s) needed] However, in 1941 he was named interior minister.[7]
When Reza Shah was forced to abdicate during World War II, he was appointed to the Senate during the era of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi where he served for five consecutive periods.[8]
Personal life and death
Jahanbani married twice. He had a total of nine children, four children with his second wife, Helen Kasminsky: Nader, Parviz, Khosrow, and Mehr Monir. Nader Jahanbani became the deputy head of the Imperial Iranian Air Force, Parviz was an officer in the Imperial Iranian Marines, and Khosrow was the second husband of Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi. Amanullah Jahanbani is the father-in-law of Captain Nasrollah Amanpour, and the uncle of CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour.[9]
Jahanbani died in 1974, at the age of 83.
He wrote an autobiography titled "Iranian Soldier: Meaning of Water and Soil," which was published in 2001 with the help of his son, Parviz Jahanbani.[10]