Biography of Iranian Generals (1875 - 1980) (5 Viewers)

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Voshmgir, Changiz
Lieutenant-General
Imperial Iranian Army

LTG Voshmgir

DoB: XXXX-XX-XX
Death: 1979-10-03 , Tehran [Suicide]

1965-10-26: as Brigadier General and adjutant of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, received the Order of Homayoun, 3rd grade.

XXXX-XX-XX --- 1979-02-11: Deputy Commanding General, Imperial Iranian Army Ground Forces

 

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Amanpour, Fazlollah
Major General
Imperial Iranian Army

DoB: 1906 - Shiraz, Fars, Iran
Death: XXXX-XX-XX , ?

Promotions:

1928: 2Lt.

1951: Brigadier General

1956: Major General

Commands Held:

Officer, Commanding Divisional Artillery, Fars Division

Chief of G-2 (Intelligence), Southern Corps staff

Military Governor of Abadeh

Officer, Commanding Guards Division Artillery Regiment

Brigadier General, Commanding 3rd Mountains Brigade

Brigadier General, Deputy Commanding General, Guards Division

Brigadier General, Commanding Kerman Division

Major General, Commanding Khorasan Corps

Major General, Commanding 1st [Centre] Corps

Retired on 1959 as Major General

 

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Modarres, Fakhr-e-ddin
Lieutenant-General
Imperial Iranian Army (1939 - 1979)

LTG Modarres

DoB: 1919-XX-XX , Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Died: 1979-03-05 , Qasr Military Prison, Tehran, Iran [Executed]

In 1939, he graduated from the officer college with the rank of second lieutenant. Then he went to Paris and continued his studies until he got a doctorate in law. During the years 1944 to 1948, he served in the army prosecutor's office and after that, from 1950, he served as the chief of staff of the First Brigade of the Khorasan Division.

Lieutenant General Modarres also served as a legal advisor to the Ministry of War for four years.

From 1971, Lieutenant General Modares became the head of the judicial department of the Army.

He was Executed on March 5, 1979.

 

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Hojjat Kashani, Ali
Lieutenant-General
Imperial Iranian Army.

LTG Hojjat Kashani

From English Wikipedia:

Lieutenant general Ali Hojjat Kashani (1921 - 11 April 1979) as Lieutenant-general of the Imperial Army of Iran, was the Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Physical Education Organization. He was executed in Qasr Prison after the victory of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Iranian sports won 64 medals at the Asian Games in Tehran, including 30 gold medal. He also played an important role in the re-admission of Chinese sports to international forums.

Translated from Persian Wikipedia [No Pilotics, Just history]:

Ali Hojjat Kashani, after Morocco's decision to cut off dependence on France in the field of military training from Iran in the framework of technical assistance, and as the head of Iran's military advisory board to that country, he set up an officer cadet college and his services were noticed by the Moroccan authorities. .

He, who was known as "Timsar Hojjat" among the people of the sports community, from May 1351, corresponding to the ninth year of Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida, became his deputy and the head of the physical education organization.

Hojjat Kashani was tried in the Revolutionary Court. He, who was deprived of having a defense lawyer, was recognized as a "combatant" and "Mehdur al-Dam" by Sadegh Khalkhali and was shot on 22nd of Farvardin 1358 in Qasr prison.

Among his accusations were sports activities and the holding of the Tehran Asian Games. In part of the indictment against him, it was stated: "Do you remember those times when the power was in your hands and you dragged the youth into the mire of corruption by holding shows of the Olympics, etc., while your duty was to make our youth Grow healthy."

Ali Hojjat Kashani is one of the 438 people whose executions were recorded in the March 1358 [1979] report of Amnesty International.

علی حجت کاشانی - ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد

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Ali Hojjat Kashani - Wikipedia

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Sepahram, Esmaeel
Major-General
Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie

DOB: XXXX-XX-XX, ?
Death: Dec 24, 1979 , Zahedan, Sistan & Balouchestan [Executed]

General Officer, Commanding Sistan & Balouchestan Gendarmerie

 

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Zand -e Karimi, Mohammad Vali
Major-General
Military Police
Imperial Iranian Army

MG Zand -e Karimi

DoB: Jul 10, 1921 , Shiraz, Fars, Iran
Death: Mar 13, 1979, Qasr Military Prison, Tehran, Tehran, Iran [Executed]

General Officer, head of Army Prisons Management Organisation, Military Police Command

Major-General Mohammad Vali Zand -e Karimi is one of the 438 people whose executions were recorded in the March 1358 [1979] report of Amnesty International.

 

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Here is a List of Iranian Officers who were or became General by any means from 01-01-1900 till 12-31-1980 for those who are interested with this subject.

General Ranks of Iranian Army, Shahrbani and Gendarmerie and Their Equivalent in U. S. Army

IR Army and Shahrbani --- U. S. Army --- Short version used in list

SarTip --- Brigadier General --- ST

SarLashkar --- Major General --- SL

Sepahbod --- Lieutenant General --- S

Arteshbod --- General --- A

No. - Last Name, First Name, Last Rank, Birth - Death,

1- Atabaki, ?, ST, ? - ? --- see here

201- Afkham-Ebrahimi, Abdolreza, SL, 1887 - 1964

New entries on list:

202- As'adi Beigi, Manoochehr, ST,

203- A'azami, Asghar, S,

204- Afrand, Kazem, SL,

205- Amini, Shams-o-ddin, SL,

206- Anvar, Bijan, ST,

207- Bakhtoortash, Nosratollah, SL,

208- Basari, Sasan, ST,

209- Bayat, Ali, SL,

210- Hosseini, Abdol-Ali, SL

211- Haghayeghi, Hassan, SL,

212- Zoghi, Enayatollah, SL,

213- Saeeidi, Ali Ashraf, SL,

214- Soheili, Morteza, ST,

215- Shojaiee, Ali, S,

216- Shojaiee, Habib, S,

217- Shojaiee Davood Abadi, Esmaieel, SL,

218- Shakibi, Habibollah, S,

219- Shams, Mohammad Ali, S,

220- Shirin Sokhan, Ahmad, S,

221- Askari, Abolhasan, SL,

222- Askari, Ahmad, ST,

223- Fakkour, Morteza, SL,

224- Kashef, Mohammad Hadi, SL,

225- Kiani, Ataollah, ST,

226- Kiani, Azizollah, SL,

227- Majin, Ahmad, S,

228- Mojab, Abdollah, SL,

229- Majidzadeh Shirvani, ?, SL,

230- Mokhtari, Hossein, SL,

231- Maghbal, Abolfazl, Daryaban

232- Mogharebbi, Ataollah, ST,

233- Moa'yed Moghaddam, Hossein, ST,

234- Naderi, Rahmatollah, SL,

235- Vaghar, Nezamoddin, SL,

236- Yazdan Seta, ?, SL

 

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15- AMIR EKHTIYAR, Hossein Pasha

Brigadier General

Qajar Royal Guards
Qajar Army

* 1845 - Tabriz, Azerbaijan, Iran
+ 1918 - Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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Biographical Summary of Hossein Pasha Khan (Amir Bahador-e Jang)

Lineage and Early Career:

Born in 1845, he was the son of Mohammad Sadeq Ajudan-Bashi (descended from Caucasian khans who migrated to Iran following the Treaty of Turkmenchay). Adhering to family tradition, he pursued a military career, beginning his service in Tabriz within the court of Crown Prince Mozaffar al-Din Mirza.

Military Advancement and the Mozaffari Court:

Rising steadily through the ranks—from Yuzbashi (centurion) to Qollar-Aqasi-Bashi (commander of royal guards)—he attained the rank of first brigadier general (Sartip-e Avval) upon the recommendation of Amir Nezam Garrousi. In 1896, with Mozaffar al-Din Shah's accession to the throne, he was appointed head of the Royal Guard (Keshik-Khaneh). Having accompanied the Shah on all three of his European tours, he received numerous military decorations and medals (to the point where Mehdi Qoli Hedayat mockingly noted that his medals overflowed onto the hem of his tunic). He subsequently served as Minister of the Imperial Court from 1903 to 1906.

Fierce Opposition to the Constitutional Movement:

He was an uncompromising opponent of the Constitutional Revolution (Mashruteh) and the establishment of the House of Justice (Edalat-Khaneh). He vehemently declared his opposition during the high-level meeting in Bagh-e Shah and led an unsuccessful mission with 300 mounted cavalrymen to negotiate with the clerics and merchants taking sanctuary (bast) at the Shah Abd al-Azim shrine.

Minister of War during the "Lesser Tyranny" (Estebdad-e Saghir):

Under Mohammad Ali Shah, during the period of the Lesser Tyranny (~1908), he served as Minister of War across several cabinets, playing a pivotal role in spearheading reactionary crackdowns and defying the National Consultative Assembly (parliament), leading the Majles to adamantly demand his dismissal.

Downfall and Exile:

Following the Capture of Tehran by constitutionalist forces and the deposition of Mohammad Ali Shah, he took refuge in the Russian Legation alongside the Shah and fled to Europe. Later, after obtaining formal safe-conduct and security guarantees from the Iranian government, he returned to Tehran, where he passed away circa 1918.

Personality Traits and Cultural Patronage:

According to the master painter Kamal-ol-Molk, he remained unswayed by European influences, strictly devoted to classical traditions and customs.

A profound admirer of Ferdowsi, he personally financed the lavish lithograph edition of the epic, famously known as the "Amir Bahadori Shahnameh," calligraphed by the master Hossein Emad al-Kottab.

Throughout his life, he hosted grand mourning and Ta'zieh (passion play) gatherings during the months of Muharram and Safar at his estate on Amiriyeh Street in Tehran (the historic mansion later acquired by the National Heritage Society of Iran).

 

[ThomasP]

Interesting stuff, ARTESH, and information we in the West do not really have access to (at least not easily) to any extent.

Thank you.