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Section sizes

Section size for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (72 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	9,036	9,036
Early life, family and education	3,968	15,641
Family	6,345	6,345
Education	5,328	5,328
Rise to power and Rule as Shah	37	51,893
First marriage	3,214	3,214
Anglo-Soviet invasion and deposition of his father Reza Shah	4,653	4,653
Ascension to the throne	6,691	6,691
Opinion of his father's rule	953	953
Relationship with his exiled father	1,977	1,977
Onset of the Cold War	7,087	7,087
Conflict with the King of Jordan	369	369
Nationalization of oil and 1953 Iranian coup d'état	12,237	12,237
Self-assertion: from figurehead monarch to effective authoritarian	14,675	14,675
Middle years	19	71,876
The White Revolution	128	3,673
Conflict with Islamists	2,420	2,420
Conflict with communists	1,125	1,125
Pahlavi's court	4,764	4,764
Imperial coronation	578	578
2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire	3,739	3,739
Role at OPEC	1,991	1,991
Nationalist Iran	3,765	3,765
Economic growth	9,253	9,253
Relationship with the Western world	5,540	5,540
Foreign relations and policies	40	22,573
France	1,828	1,828
United States	5,182	5,182
Arab countries	4,860	4,860
Soviet Union	6,830	6,830
Iran and Israel vs. Iraq	2,787	2,787
Middle East oil industry	1,046	1,046
Modernization and style of governance	3,669	3,669
Image and self-image in the 1970s	12,312	12,312
Achievements	159	11,272
Women, children, and peasant class	832	832
Education and military	3,739	3,739
Nuclear program	2,305	2,305
Economic reforms	4,237	4,237
Islamic Revolution	25	17,802
Background	1,727	1,727
Reza's cancer diagnosis	4,672	4,672
Black Friday massacre	1,512	1,512
Collapse of the regime	6,706	6,706
Islamic Republic	3,160	3,160
Criticism of reign and causes of his overthrow	257	10,889
American inaction	5,304	5,304
Sidelining Islam	4,746	4,746
Unemployment	582	582
Exile	2,546	15,688
Decline of health	2,698	2,698
Treatment in the United States	8,377	8,377
Asylum in Egypt	2,067	2,067
Illness and death	1,034	5,986
CIA assassination conspiracy	2,064	2,064
Failed operation and death	1,750	1,750
Egyptian state funeral	1,138	1,138
Legacy	3,676	3,676
Religious beliefs	3,351	3,351
Wealth	10,151	10,151
Titles, styles, honours, and emblems	43	4,384
Titles, styles, and honours	1,175	1,175
Coats of arms	1,438	1,438
Imperial standards	1,728	1,728
Books	389	389
See also	1,022	1,022
Notes	24	24
References	44	6,782
Sources	6,138	6,138
Primary sources	456	456
Historiography	144	144
External links	5,473	5,473
Total	245,335	245,335

References

As I'm reading the article, I'm very surprised by how much information is being cited from Abbas Milani. This is an individual with an axe to grind against the Shah, so it would be nice if someone could find sources from other individuals to get a more balanced history of events. 47.198.212.71 (talk) 01:25, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My edit

Greetings and felicitations. I just made a significant edit to the article. Please let me know if there's something about that edit that you would like to discuss. —DocWatson42 (talk) 22:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]