The 1908 bombardment of the Majlis of Iran took place on 23 June 1908 in Tehran, during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, when the Persian Cossack forces, commanded by Vladimir Liakhov and other
The Majlis parliament building after the bombardement by the Cossack Brigade under the command of Colonel Liakhoff
A number of constitutionalists arrested in the Shah Garden.
The parliament of Iran, 1906
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, who was Shah of Iran at the time of the 1908 Tehran bombardment and wanted to subdue Majlis.
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
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Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was the sixth shah of the Qajar dynasty and remained the Shah of Iran from 3 January 1907 until being deposed on 16 July 1909. He was furthermore the grandson of Iran’s early m
1908 bombardment of the Majlis
…when the Persian Cossack forces, commanded by Vladimir Liakhov and other Russian officers, bombarded and suppressed the Iranian parliament, the Majlis. Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, who had ascended the throne on 3 January 1907, opposed the constitution of 1906 that had been ratified during the reign of his father, Mozaffar ad-Din…
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar with Mirza Mohammad Ebrahim Khan, the Mo'avin al-Dowleh, and Company, c. 1907
A 2000 Dinar/2 Qiran coin of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar era
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar after deposal, c. 1912–1915