# Canonical recap data for Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1905)
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slug: iranian-constitutional-revolution
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1905/iranian-constitutional-revolution"
title: Iranian Constitutional Revolution
subtitle: Iran's constitutional uprising forced the Shah to establish a parliament and constitution, marking the first democratic stirrings in the Islamic world.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1905-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1905
decade: 1900
country:
name: Iran
slug: iran
summaryShort: 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".
summaryLong: 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".
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Sattarkhan_%26_Bagherkhan.jpg/1280px-Sattarkhan_%26_Bagherkhan.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Persian Constitutional Revolution"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution"
  title: Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1910
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- revolution
- election
metaDescription: The Persian Constitutional Revolution, also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911 during the Qajar era. The revolutio
wikidataQid: Q4818171
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260622095253/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-22
  label: Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1910
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution"
