bombardment of the Majlis

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The bombardment of the Majlis was a 1908 attack ordered by Mohammad Ali Shah on Iran’s parliament in Tehran, marking a violent turning point against the Persian Constitutional Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack on a legislature ⓘ
coup d'état ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bombardment of the Iranian Parliament ⓘ
Bombardment of the National Consultative Assembly ⓘ
Bombardment of the Parliament ⓘ
carriedOutBy Persian Cossack Brigade ⓘ
cause conflict between Mohammad Ali Shah and constitutionalists ⓘ
opposition to the 1906 constitution ⓘ
commander Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ⓘ
Vladimir Liakhov ⓘ
conflict Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
coordinateLocation 35.6892°N 51.3890°E ⓘ
country Qajar Iran ⓘ
date 23 June 1908 ⓘ
followedBy civil conflict between royalists and constitutionalists ⓘ
constitutionalists’ armed resistance in provinces ⓘ
deposition of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar in 1909 ⓘ
hasCategory 1908 in Iran ⓘ
Attacks on legislatures ⓘ
Coups d'état in Iran ⓘ
History of Tehran ⓘ
Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
hasEffect arrest and exile of leading constitutionalists ⓘ
destruction of the Majlis building ⓘ
intensification of resistance in Tabriz and other cities ⓘ
involved clerical and intellectual supporters of the constitution ⓘ
constitutionalists ⓘ
royalist forces ⓘ
location Baharestan Square ⓘ
Majlis building ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ
orderedBy Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar ⓘ
partOf Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
period Qajar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran
politicalContext struggle between absolutist monarchy and constitutional government ⓘ
precededBy granting of the Persian Constitution of 1906 ⓘ
reign of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
region Central Tehran ⓘ
linked to: central Tehran
result dissolution of the First Majlis ⓘ
escalation of the Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
strengthening of royalist control in Tehran ⓘ
temporary suppression of the constitutional movement ⓘ
significance symbol of royalist opposition to constitutionalism in Iran ⓘ
turning point against the Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
target Iranian constitutionalists ⓘ
Majlis of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Iran
year 1908 ⓘ

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Persian Constitutional Revolution → significantEvent → bombardment of the Majlis ⓘ
Bombardment of the Majlis → alsoKnownAs → Bombardment of the National Consultative Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: bombardment of the Majlis
linked to: bombardment of the Majlis