Azizollah Zarghami Explained

Birth Date:1884
Birth Place:Tehran, Qajar Iran
Death Place:Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Allegiance:Imperial Iran
Serviceyears:1920s–1940s
Rank:Major general
Rank Label:Chief of Staff of the Imperial Iranian Army
Alma Mater:Cossack training school

Azizollah Zarghami (1884–1978) was an Iranian army officer. He served as the chief of staff of the Imperial Army in Iran in the period 1934–1941 during the rule of Reza Shah.

Biography

Zarghami was born in Tehran in 1884. His father was Hussein Pashakhan Zargham Al Saltanah, one of the leaders of the Shaqaqi tribe.[1] Zarghami trained at the Cossack school.[2] After serving in the gendarmerie unit of the Iranian Army he was named the chief of staff in 1934 which he held until 1941 when Reza Shah abdicated.[1] Later Zarghami served as the senator and governor of East Azerbaijan.[3]

In 1961 Zarghami and three other generals were arrested as part of the anti-corruption campaign of Prime Minister Ali Amini and were released soon.[4] Zarghami died in Tehran in 1978 and buried in the Imamzadeh Abdollah cemetery, Tehran.[2] One of his children, Ezatullah Zarghami, was also an army officer with the rank of brigadier general.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: عزیزالله ضرغامی. Rasekhoon. fa. 11 January 2022.
  2. Web site: General Azizollah Zarghami. Institute for Iranian Contemporary Studies. 11 January 2022. dead. 11 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111095448/https://www.iichs.ir/News-1660/General-Azizollah-Zarghami/?id=1660.
  3. Web site: موضوع: باشگاه لاینز تبریز. History Documents. 11 January 2022. fa.
  4. Michael J. Willcocks. 99. 2015. Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963. PhD. University of Manchester.
  5. News: از ارتشبد عزت‌الله ضرغامی تا سرتیپ عزت‌الله ضرغامی!. fa. 11 January 2022. Khabar Online. 1 February 2017.