The 1st Iranian Majlis was a legislative assembly from October 7, 1906, to June 23, 1908. Its session was formally opened by

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, مظفرالدین شاه قاجار, Mozaffar ad-Din Ŝāh-e Qājār; 23 March 1853 – 3 January 1907), was the fifth shah of Qajar Iran, reigning from 1896 until his death in 1907. He is often credited with t ...

. Mozaffar's son and successor,

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 ...

, became Shah on January 21, 1907. He was against the

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that was ratified during the reign of his father. In 1907 Mohammad Ali dissolved

Majles The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

(Iranian parliament/National assembly) and declared the Constitution abolished because it was contrary to

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. On June 23, 1908, the Shah bombarded the Majles with the military and political support of

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and

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Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat Morteza Gholi Khan (Sani-ol Douleh) ( fa, مرتضی‌قلی‌خان صنیع‌الدوله; 1856–1911) was a leader of the Persian Constitutional Revolution and the first Chairman of the first Majlis ( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Ar ...

was the first Chairman of the period. According to W. Morgan Shuster, "Five days later easured from February 1stthe Persian Minister of Finance, Saniu'd-Dawleh was shot and killed in the streets of Tehran by two Georgians, who also succeeded in wounding four of the Persian police before they were captured. The Russian consular authorities promptly refused to allow these men to be tried by the Persian Government, and took them out of the country under Russian protection, claiming that they would be suitably punished."

Prime ministers

Mirza Nasrullah Khan Nasrollah Pirnia, also known as Mirza Nasrollah Khan ( fa, میرزا نصرالله خان نایینی; 17 October 1840 – 13 September 1907, titled Moshir al-Dowleh), was the first Iranian Prime Minister. He became Prime Minister of Iran foll ...

1 August 1906 - 17 March 1907, Constitutional Movement * Amir Mirza Ali Asghar Khan (1 May 1907 - 31 August 1907)(assassinated),

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* Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (1st Term) 13 September 1907 - 21 December 1907, Constitutional Movement * Hossein Mafi, 21 December 1907 - 21 May 1908, Justice Party * Morteza-Gholi Khan Hedayat, 21 May 1908 - 7 June 1908, Constitutional Movement

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{{Iranian Majlis 1st term of the Iranian Majlis Politics of Qajar Iran

Prime ministers

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