"Amanullah Jahanbani's" Wife Helen Kasminsky Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

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Up for auction "Amanullah Jahanbani's" Wife Helen Kasminsky Signed 3X5 Card.
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Amanollah Jahanbani
(
Persian
:
سپهبد امان‌الله جهانبانى
‎; 1891 – February 1, 1974) was a member of
the Qajar dynasty
and a senior general of
Reza Shah Pahlavi
.
Jahanbani was born in 1895. He was the great grandson of
Fath Ali Shah
. At the age of 10, Jahānbāni was sent to
St. Petersburg
for schooling, where he attended the
Mihailovsky Artillery College
and the
Nikolaevsky War Academy
. He returned to Iran as a ranked military officer in
World War I
. He furthermore served in the
Persian Cossack Brigade
and was a pivotal figure in the
1921 Persian coup d'état
.
During a second trip, after completing his studies in Europe, Jahanbani became major general in the Armed Forces. He was appointed the chief of the staff with the rank of brigadier general at the beginning of the 1920s. In 1928, he led the army in
Balochistan
attack to control the resistance. His path of success continued until 1938, when he fell out of favor and was suddenly thrown into
the Qasr prison
by
Reza Shah Pahlavi
. However, in 1941 he was interior minister.
With Reza Shah's abdication during
World War II
, his political life saw some luck again and he was appointed to the Senate during the era of
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
where he served during five consecutive periods. Jahanbani married twice. He had nine children. His first wife, Helen Kasminsky, bore him four children;
Nader
, Parviz,
Khosrow
, and Mehr Moneer. Nader became the deputy head of the
Imperial Iranian Air Force
, Parviz was an officer in the Imperial Iranian Marines, and Khosrow is the second husband of Princess
Shahnaz Pahlavi
. Amanullah is the father-in-law of Captain Nasrollah Amanpour, the uncle of
CNN
journalist
Christiane Amanpour
.
Jahanbani died in 1974 at the age of 83. Jahanbani wrote the book "Iranian Soldier: Meaning of Water and Soil"
the story of his life periods like, educating and serving. this book published in 2001 with efforts of his son Parviz Jahanbani.