Mahmud Khan Puladeen

Major General ', 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.