Triumph of Tehran

Triumph of Tehran picture, hold in Sa'dabad Palace.

Triumph of Tehran refers to the entrance of the Gilaki, Armenian, and Bakhtiari pro-constitutional movement in Tehran on July 13 1909. This act resulted in Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, the king, to escape. The king escaped to the Russian legation in Tehran, but it did not help him and he was proscribed from Iran.[1]

Provinces movement

The first revolutionary movement started one year before (1908) from Isfahan. Saad ad-Daula attacked Isfahan and occupied this city.

Iqbal ad-Daula, who were feared of his life, escaped to Britain's legation in Isfahan.

After Isfahan fell, the people in Gilan started the same movement and present a united front against Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. They killed Aqa Balakhan, Rasht's governor, and consequently Gilan fell too.[2]

Deposition of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar

After five-day battle revelutionaries could take the capital's control. While the heads of these groups gathered in Baharestan palace and finally decided to replace the king with Ahmad Shah Qajar instead of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.

All these changes took place under the name of Superior parliament which was involving 30 persons.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Triumph of Tehran, willing for change
  2. 1 2 Malekzadeh, Mehdi. History of Persian Constitutional Revolution. Sokhan publication. p. 1241. ISBN 964-372-094-2.
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