Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi
Ahmad Amir - Ahmadi Sepahbod (* 1884 in Isfahan, † 1974) was Lieutenant General of the Army, Secretary and Senator in Iran.
Life
Ahmad Amir - Ahmadi was born in 1884 in Isfahan. With 15 years he joined in 1899 in the service of the Cossack Brigade. He received his military training at the Military Academy of the Cossacks. In 1916 he was appointed Major, promoted in 1919 to the Colonel ( Oberst ). He was involved in the crackdown on Jangali movement of Mirza Khan Kutschak and was promoted to brigadier general basis of merit in 1921. As part of the reform of the army to him the command of the Western Division in Hamadan was transferred.
Amir - Ahmadi was involved in the planning and execution of the coup of 1921 by Seyyed Zia al Din Tabatabai and Reza Khan against the government Prime Minister Sepahdar. Amir Ahmadi described the events as follows:
" After it was decided to send a larger unit of Cossacks after Qazvin, Brigadier General Reza Khan came with his contingent of troops after Qazvin. He told me that he was going to Tehran to talk with some influential people about whether he could not be the commander of the Persian Cossack. A few days later we met again in Qazvin, where he told me that he had discussed his plan with some people who had no objection to his plan, if the officers who rather would be entitled to the post because of their seniority, no objections would rise. We decided that Reza Khan would write a letter to two senior officers, including my father, Major General Mohammad Tofiqi Sardar Azim. I brought the letters to Tehran and obtained their written agreement that they would have no objection if Reza Khan would be promoted to commander of the Cossacks. "
On February 20, 1921, Reza Khan, Seyyed Zia, Kazem Khan, Mas'oud Khan and Ahmad Amir - Ahmadi met and swore on the Koran that they wanted to protect the independence of Iran. Ahmad Amir - Ahmadi swore another oath on the Koran that he would support Reza Khan in all his actions. On the same day Reza Khan marched with about 1,000 men against Tehran. In the afternoon a delegation of government and Ahmad Shah reached the camp of Reza Khan and demanded of Reza Khan to Qazvin return, whereupon Reza replied that he wanted to go to Tehran to see his family. On 21 February 1921, the Cossack Brigade marched under the leadership of Reza Khan in Tehran, occupied all ministries, government buildings, police stations and post office and telegraph office. All major intersections of the city were occupied by soldiers. The state of emergency was declared and appointed Colonel Kazem Khan Sayyah military governor.
Result of this coup was the dismissal of the Prime Minister Sepahdar and the establishment of a new government by Ahmad Shah Qajar with Prime Minister Seyyed Zia al Din Tabatabai at the top. Reza Khan was appointed commander of the Persian Cossack and received the title Sardar Sepah ( Army Commander ).
In 1926, Ahmad Amir Ahmadi commander of the division North West in Tabriz. Previously, he had been ruthless action against insurgent Luri and therefore relieved of his command of the Western Division. Ahmad Amir - Ahmadi was the first general who was awarded the title of Reza Shah in 1929 Sepahbod ( Lieutenant General ).
After the Anglo- Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941 was Amir - Ahmadi military governor of Tehran. In 1942 he served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Soheili as defense minister. In 1948 he took office a second time by Prime Minister Abdolhossein Hazhir. Later Amir Ahmadi was a member of the Senate.
His sister was married to a member of the Pesyan family. When Colonel Pesyan was arrested and later executed, it was she who took the body of Colonel Pesyans to be hidden for a time and later made for a decent burial.