Iranian Constitutional Revolution

Iran's constitutional uprising forced the Shah to establish a parliament and constitution, marking the first democratic stirrings in the Islamic world.

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The Persian Constitutional Revolution, also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911 during the Qajar era. The revolution led to the establishment of a parliament in Iran (Persia), and has been called an "epoch-making episode in the modern history of Persia".

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