Tobacco Concession controversy

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The Tobacco Concession controversy was a major late-19th-century Iranian political and social upheaval sparked by widespread opposition to a royal monopoly granted to a British company, which became an early landmark in Iran’s modern nationalist and constitutional movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf economic dispute ⓘ
political controversy ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
beneficiary British concessionaires ⓘ
Imperial Tobacco Corporation of Persia ⓘ
country Qajar Iran ⓘ
describedAs early landmark in Iran’s constitutional movement ⓘ
early landmark in Iran’s modern nationalist movement ⓘ
endTime 1892 ⓘ
field Iranian political history ⓘ
Middle Eastern economic history ⓘ
grantedBy Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
hasCause Tobacco Régie concession ⓘ
economic grievances of Iranian merchants and producers ⓘ
granting of tobacco monopoly to a British company ⓘ
perceived foreign interference in Iran ⓘ
royal concessions to foreigners under Naser al-Din Shah ⓘ
hasEffect inspiration for the Iranian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
undermining of royal absolutism in Iran ⓘ
hasType anti-imperialist protest ⓘ
religiously led boycott ⓘ
location Iran ⓘ
mainSubject foreign economic concessions ⓘ
tobacco monopoly ⓘ
movement early Iranian nationalist movement ⓘ
proto-constitutional movement in Iran ⓘ
opposedBy Iranian merchants ⓘ
Iranian nationalists ⓘ
linked to: Iranian nationalism

Iranian tobacco growers ⓘ
Shiʿi ulama ⓘ
linked to: Shia hawzas

urban bazaaris ⓘ
participant British businessmen ⓘ
Iranian bazaar merchants ⓘ
Qajar state officials ⓘ
Shiʿi clerical establishment ⓘ
tobacco cultivators ⓘ
religionInvolved Shia Islam ⓘ
result financial compensation to the British concessionaire ⓘ
precedent for mass political mobilization in Iran ⓘ
revocation of the tobacco concession ⓘ
rise of Iranian nationalism ⓘ
strengthening of Shiʿi ulama political role ⓘ
significantEvent Shirazi tobacco fatwa ⓘ
cancellation of the tobacco concession ⓘ
nationwide tobacco boycott ⓘ
significantPerson Mirza Hasan Shirazi ⓘ
Mirza Malkom Khan ⓘ
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
Sayyed Jamal al-Din al-Afghani ⓘ
startTime 1890 ⓘ
supportedBy Imperial Tobacco Corporation of Persia ⓘ
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
Qajar court ⓘ

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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar → knownFor → Tobacco Concession controversy ⓘ
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar → knownFor → Tobacco concession controversy ⓘ
subject linked to: Naser al-Din
linked to: Tobacco Concession controversy