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131Nāsir al-Dīn Shah — or Nāser od Dīn Shah born (b. July 17, 1831, Tehrān, Iran died May 1, 1896, Tehrān Qājār dynasty shah of Iran (1848–96) who began his reign as a reformer but became increasingly conservative. Domestically, he curbed the power of the clergy in… …
132Páez, José Antonio — ▪ Venezuelan general born June 13, 1790, Curpa, near Acarigua, New Granada [now in Venezuela] died May 6, 1873, New York, N.Y., U.S. Venezuelan soldier and politician, a leader in the country s independence movement and its first president. In… …
