Where does Pahlavi family wealth comes from?
on Mohammad Reza Shah
Robert Graham, Iran: The Illusions of Power
pp. 155-169
On Reza Shah
Between 1925 and 1927, Reza Shah extorted sooooooooo much land, he became the largest landowner in Iran.
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=MAJDXF01
see pp. 146-154.
Kinzer, p. 44