Persian Constitutional Revolution
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The Iranian Constitutional Revolution (also Persian Constitutional Revolution and Constitutional Revolution of Iran) against the despotic rule of the last Qajar Shah started in 1905 and lasted until 1911. It led to the establishment of a parliament in Persia.
The movement, however, did not end with the Revolution and was followed by the Constitutionalist movement of Gilan.
People like Sardar Assad, Sattar Khan and Bagher Khan and cities like Tabriz played significant roles in this movement.
Persian Constitutional Revolution was the first event of its kind in the Middle East. The Revolution opened the way for cataclysmic change in Persia, heralding the modern era. It saw a period of unprecedented debate in a burgeoning press. The revolution created new opportunities and opened up seemingly boundless possibilities for Iran’s future. Many different groups fought to shape the course of the Revolution, and all sections of society were ultimately to be in some way changed by it. The old order, which Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar had struggled for so long to sustain, finally passed away, to be replaced by new institutions, new forms of expression, and a new social and political order.
The system of constitutional monarchy created by the decree of Mozzafar-al-Din Shah that was established in iran as a result of the Revolution ultimately came to an end in 1925 with the dissolution of the Qajar dynasty and the ascension of Reza Shah Pahlavi to the throne.
See also
- Mozzafar-al-Din Shah
- Iranian Revolution of 1979
- White Revolution
- 1979 energy crisis
- History of Iran
- Constitutionalist movement of Gilan
- Mirza Kuchak Khan
- Intellectual Movements in IranTemplate:MEast-hist-stub
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