Minor Tyranny
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The Minor Tyranny was a roughly one year long period in Iranian history lasting from the bombardment of the Iranian parliament by the forces of Mohammad Ali Shah on 23 June 1908 to the capture of Tehr
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, who ascended the throne in January 1907, was an opponent of the constitutional revolution from its inception.
Members of the first Iranian parliament, in front of the parliament building.
The Parliament building after bombardment.
A group of arrested constitutionalists in Baghshah.
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
Minor Tyranny
…The Minor Tyranny (Persian: استبداد صغیر) was a roughly one year long period in Iranian history lasting from the bombardment of the Iranian parliament by the forces of Mohammad Ali Shah on 23 June 1908 to the capture of Tehran by the revolutionary forces on 13 July 1909. This period was marked by the…
The Majlis parliament building after the bombardement by the Cossack Brigade under the command of Colonel Liakhoff
The parliament of Iran, 1906