The following lists events that have happened in 1908 in the Qajar dynasty in
Iran
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, محمدعلی شاه قاجار; 21 June 1872 – 5 April 1925, San Remo, Italy), Shah of Iran from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909. He was the sixth shah of the Qajar dynasty.
Biography
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ...
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Prime Minister
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** until May 21:
Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi
** May 21-June 7: vacant
** starting June 7:
Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh
Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh ( fa, احمد مشیرالسلطنه ;July 6, 1844 in Amol– April 20, 1918 in Tehran), also known Moshir al-Saltaneh and Mirza Ahmad Khan Moshir al-Saltaneh was a Prime Minister of Qajar era Iran. He served as Prime ...
Events
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Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, محمدعلی شاه قاجار; 21 June 1872 – 5 April 1925, San Remo, Italy), Shah of Iran from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909. He was the sixth shah of the Qajar dynasty.
Biography
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ...
exploit divisions with the ranks of the reformers and
eliminate the Majlis.
[Mackey, Sandra The Iranians : Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation, New York : Dutton, c1996. p.150-55]
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Vladimir Liakhov
Polkovnik (Colonel) Vladimir Platonovitch Liakhov (also spelled Liakhoff, russian: Влади́мир Плато́нович Ля́хов) (c. 20 June 1869 – June 1919) was the commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade during the rule of Mohammad ...
a Russian Cossack Brigade commander shelled Majles and executed several leaders of Constitutional Movement.
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Siege of Astarabad
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References
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