PAST HISTORY Since it is an enormous task to present the history of a family with a years history dating back to the Sasanian Empire (224-624), we shall therefore feature a brief historical outlook instead. It should be also noted that the Family name has been translated to western characters with varying orthographies such as; Ghiaee-e-Shamlu, Ghiai-e-Shamlou, Ghiaei-Shamlou, Ghiaie-Shamlu, etc... The Ghiaï de Chamlou Royal family has a recorded history of some 700 years although extrapolation can be made of over 1000 years of tradition. The Shamlu tribe (Persian: ایل شاملو; Azerbaijani: Şamlı, Şamlu), also known as the Shamli tribe, was one of the seven original and the most powerful Qizilbash tribes of Turcoman origin in Iran. Several villages have been named Chamlou (Shamlu) in Iran; Shamlu Fars, Shamlu-ye-Bozorg, Shamlu-ye-Kutchak,and Shamlu-East. The names Ghiabey and ChamlouBey derive from one of 7 royal tribes of the Persian Empire during the Turko-Mongolian invasion of Gengis Khan. It has been said that the Khans and Khanums ( Trans. Lords & Ladies ) of Ghiaï de Chamlou possessed enormous power and large fiefdoms in the Lorestan region of Iran and that they often created rivalry with various ruling kings who decided to geographically disburse and divide the Family in order to reduce their concentrated power. That action had the contrary effect of expanding the Family's geographical presence and power. During the first part of the 20th century and at the ascension of the Pahlavi dynasty, the Khans of the house of Ghiaï de Chamlou decided to support Reza Shah's modernization program and eliminated their Princely titles of Beys or Lords by modernizing their name to the Ghiaï de Chamlou Family. Various geopolitical events prompted the Exile of Reza Shah and the ascension of his son Mohammed Reza Shah to the throne. It was also during that politically charged time that Mohammad Reza Shah had to temporarily leave his country during an attempted coup d'etat which failed thanks in part with the help of the Governor of Teheran, Manouchehr Ghiaï , member of the Ghiaï de Chamlou family .