British imperial power installed and maintained the Pahlavi Shahs in Iran
Evidence
In 1921, British colonial powers endorsed the overthrow of the Iran’s theocratic rulers and their replacement by reza Khan who later crowned himself Shah, a title derived from Persian for king. British influence was integral to his reign and was privy to the abolition of the hijab and the compulsory wearing of european attire. Following his alliance with Germany in the Second World War however, his relationship with the British deteriorated to the extent that the Allies forced him to abdicate in order that his son – Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who supported the Allies – could be duly installed and crowned. Through his son, Western interests continued to be protected not only during the War but so too throughout the Cold War as well. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 217
Categorization
- XREF: Provides concrete colonial context that grounds the text’s colonialism-to-Islamophobia causal argument. — connects to: Formal independence from Britain masked continued imperial control of Arab states — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 309; Imperial growth and academic study of Islam collaborated to legitimise power — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 187; Britain transplanted its nation through colonization rather than building a multi-peopled empire (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Formal independence from Britain masked continued imperial control of Arab states
#corroborates(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 309 - The CIA overthrew Iran’s elected leader for nationalizing oil
#corroborates(0.82) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 209 - British imperial presence was conceived as permanently transforming the Orient
#expands(0.80) - Imperial growth and academic study of Islam collaborated to legitimise power
#expands(0.78) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 187 - Cold War logic led the US to fund Islamists even after Iran’s revolution
#expands(0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 247 - Britain transplanted its nation through colonization rather than building a multi-peopled empire
#expands(0.72) - British occupation displaced Ottoman authority and severed Egypt from its dependency the Sudan
#exemplifies(0.72) - The ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ discourse was born from a media-driven agenda around Khomeini’s Iran
#expands(0.72) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 219 - The 1979 Iran hostage crisis made Khomeini the embodiment of Islamic evil to Americans.
#responds-to(0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 248