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Reza Khan’s Rise to the Throne <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

23 Jan 2016 - 09:04

Reza Khan’s Rise to the Throne

Zahra Abbassi Following Feb.22nd 1920 coup, the forth term of Majlis, most members of which were led by Modarres began its work; Modarres was a strong opponent to the minister of war, Reza Khan’s power seeking policies. Through some actions including the suppression of nomadic tribes of the country, the Jungle movement, Sheikh Khazal,...

South Persian Rifles <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

20 Jan 2016 - 11:19

South Persian Rifles

Zahra Abbassi The independent military organization of the south of Iran was formed in mid-1916 under the supervision of the British officers and authorities in Fars, Kerman, and Shiraz. The apparent purpose of forming this military group was providing the safety of the southern roads. However, the main purpose of this was to control the southern ...

Dar ul-Fonun school <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

20 Jan 2016 - 09:24

Dar ul-Fonun school

Parvaneh Babaei Dar ul-Fonun is the school name that was founded in 1889 by Amir Kabir, the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah. The building had 50 rooms. Amir Kabir, after traveling to Europe, founded that Iran needs to develop in science and technology and decided to establish a higher level of primary and secondary school. He could persuade ...

The Invasion of Ottoman Forces to Iran <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

20 Jan 2016 - 08:59

The Invasion of Ottoman Forces to Iran

Zahra Abbassi Following a series of battles between the Ottoman and Iranian forces, and the defeat of the Turks, the border disputes between the two countries were settled through Arzanatorrum treaty, which was concluded in 1824. In 1904, subsequent to the change of autocratic regime to constitutional, and the resulting unrests, the ...

Morgan Shuster <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 15:18

Morgan Shuster

Zahra Abassi In May 1911, Morgan Shuster came to Iran as a head of financial board and appointed to the treasury department president. At the early of June 1911, he reformed and adjusted Iran finances and also signed contacts in this regard. In June 27, 1921, Mohammad Ali Shah, who lived under the Russian governments with Iran government ...

The Conversion of the Solar Hijri Calendar to Imperial <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 14:42

The Conversion of the Solar Hijri Calendar to Imperial

Eftekhar Blarashk Throughout the history, unpopular and illegitimate governments used various procedures to prove their power and legitimacy and linked their own regime to ancient historical past. One of those Shah actions for making his fake identity was converting Jalali calendar to imperial without considering Iranian religious beliefs....

Colonel Pessian <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 13:55

Colonel Pessian

Mahmood Mirza Hosseini Colonel Mohammad Taqi Khan Pessian was appointed commander in chief to Khorassan Gendarmerie in Nov. 1920. According to the documents, he endeavored to suppress the bandits and maintain the order in that district. He encouraged the tribes to join the Gendarmerie and developed this force. When the coup government took ...

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19 Jan 2016 - 13:08

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's Marriage to Farah Diba

Mahmud MirzaHosseini Following the Shah's divorce to Sorayya Esfandiyari, some people including Qotbi were dissatisfied with this affair. Shahnaz Pahlavi was among the people who wished to choose a suitable wife for the Shah who would help to the survival of Pahlavi dynasty. Not long after their acquaintance, she paved the path for a meeting ...

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19 Jan 2016 - 12:03

Saqat-ol-Islam Tabrizi's Execution

Mahmud MirzaHosseini Hajj Mirza Ali Agha Saqat-ol-Islam Tabrizi, son of Hajj Mirza Mussa, leader of an Azerbaijani Sheikhi sect was born in Tabriz, 1860. This liberal-minded clergy was one of the active and influential figures of the constitutional movement in Azerbaijan. According to the following documents, the Russians ...

Assadollah Alam and the Pahlavi Court <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 11:26

Assadollah Alam and the Pahlavi Court

Farzaneh Babaee Amir Assadollah Alam was born in Birjand, 1919. He married Qavam-olmolk Shirazi's daughter in 1939. He was graduated from Karaj Agriculture School in 1942. From 1944 to 1949 he had many appointments such as court valet, governor general of Baluchestan, minister of agriculture, minister of labor, head of ...

The Nationalization of Oil Industry <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 11:19

The Nationalization of Oil Industry

Zahra Abbassi Researches on many events of Iran’s contemporary history would not be possible except that of surveying the question of oil and its role in historical events. Some of experts call 1921 coup as the oil coup. Renewing D’Arcy’s contract in 1933 is a turning point in Iran’s contemporary history. The Azerbaijan ...

Tobacco Sanction <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 11:11

Tobacco Sanction

Eftekhar Blarashk Iranian history has witnessed very regrettable events; events that had taken place due to the incompetence of kings, especially in the Qajar period, such as granting of concessions and capital to foreign countries. Nasseraddin Shah was one of those kings that due to his own and his courtiers lavish and profligacy,...

19th Coup of 1953 <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 10:06

19th Coup of 1953

Zahra Abbasi Dr. Mossadegh's government, in the second period of its thirty-month government, from June 1952 encountered with a variety of conspiracy, seizures and street clashes. 19th August coup put an end to the life of Mossadegh's national government. And regardless of financial and economic losses, it was a great blow to Iran's process ...

Riot in Isfahan, Documents Relating to the Rebellion against Hatz Company (1896) <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

19 Jan 2016 - 09:52

Riot in Isfahan, Documents Relating to the Rebellion against Hatz Company (1896)

Jalal Farahmand Riot in Isfahan has turned out to be very critical; and I should ask your majesty what action should be done at this step... Believe me that the mullahs are the basis of this intrigue ... a few months ago ... I mentioned that the return of Agha Najafi to Isfahan would be dangerous.... As it is found out he has become the leader ...

Constitutional Movement <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

18 Jan 2016 - 15:22

Constitutional Movement

Eftekhar Blarashk Constitutional movement is one of Iran's important political developments which many historians find its roots in the political and social structure of that period. With all its weaknesses, Constitutionalist movement had as its subsequent a series of movements as a result of which people entered the political arena and fought ...

Sattar Khan <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

18 Jan 2016 - 15:18

Sattar Khan

Mahmud MirzaHosseini Son of Hajj Hassan Qarajadaghi, Sattar Khan, was entitled as Sardar e melli (national commander) by the majliss, after so many struggles for the establishment of constitutionalism by Mohammad Ali Shah. In mid march 1872, he arrived at Tehran in the company of Bagher Khan and the Mujahedin of Tabriz and was received with ...

Constitutionality and State and Provincial Associations <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

18 Jan 2016 - 14:48

Constitutionality and State and Provincial Associations

Farzaneh Babaei The Constitutional decree was issued in 1906 by Mozaffaraddin Shah, and the first term of National Assembly composed of representatives of traders, merchants, nobles, princes and landlords was established. One of the results of the Constitutional Revolution and the formation of the National Consultative Assembly was ...

5th June 1963 Uprising <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

18 Jan 2016 - 14:26

5th June 1963 Uprising

Mozaffar Shahedi Subsequent to the appointment of Assadollah Alam as prime minister in July 1962, and the efforts of the government to carry out the plans known as the White Revolution of the Shah and the Nation, scholars and clerics began a continuous struggle against the Pahlavi regime. Following a referendum held by the government and its ...

Anglo Iran 1919 Agreement <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

18 Jan 2016 - 13:38

Anglo Iran 1919 Agreement

Zahra Abbassi The 1919 agreement was concluded between the British and Iran through complicity of Vossouqoddowleh, then the prime minister. In 1919, Iran sent a mission to Paris Peace Conference to express Iran’s wishes for cancellation of 1907 agreement, capitulation law and all foreign concessions. However, the British impeded the ...

Pahlavi Family <img src="/images/picture_icon.png" width="16" height="16" border="0" align="top">

18 Jan 2016 - 11:07

Pahlavi Family

Farzaneh Babai Subsequent to the success of Islamic Revolution, some of Pahlavi family members published their memoirs creating an image of the events of Pahlavi period; they pretended to be innocent and accused the other family members of being disloyal to the nation. A look to these memoirs shows that they did not even observe the rules ...

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