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Mahmud Khan Puladeen

Major General (; d. February 1928), also spelled as , was a senior military leader during the reign of .

In 1921, he served as personal guard to . He was sent to various parts of Iran where tribal clashes were threatening stability.

Soon after ascended to the throne, arrested on charges of conspiring to overthrow , along with Samuel Jem, a Jewish member of parliament.

The court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, but insisted on a death sentence. Major General , a friend of , refused to carry out the death sentence and resigned from his post.

Finally, in 1928, he was executed in , Tehran, by firing squad. He survived the firing squad's 21 bullets, but Major General went up to the wounded and shot him in the head, finishing the execution.

References

  • 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).

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