Mohammed Reza Pahlavi: 1919-1980
Is it not passing brave to be a King,
And ride in triumph through Persepolis?
Tamburlaine the Great,
Christopher Marlowe
He ended fearing for his life,
On the pinnacle of nothingness.
Owhadi, Persian poet
Not even Scheherazade could have conceived the splendid scene beside the ancient ruins of Persepolis. The occasion was the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great, and the Shah of Iran had decided to throw a party that would dazzle even the most jaded of his guests: Kings and Queens, Presidents and Premiers,...
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