Persian Constitution of 1906

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The Persian Constitution of 1906 was a landmark legal charter that transformed Iran from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy by establishing a parliament (Majles) and codifying citizens’ rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational law of Iran ⓘ
legal charter ⓘ
aimedTo limit arbitrary rule ⓘ
modernize state institutions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fundamental Law of 1906 ⓘ
Mashruteh Constitution ⓘ
appliedTo subjects of the Qajar state ⓘ
category 1906 in Iran ⓘ
1906 in law ⓘ
Constitutional law of Iran ⓘ
context Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
defined limits on royal authority ⓘ
powers of the parliament ⓘ
enactedIn 1906 ⓘ
enactedOn 30 December 1906 ⓘ
era Qajar dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran
establishedInstitution Majles ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Iran

National Consultative Assembly ⓘ
followedBy Supplementary Fundamental Laws of 1907 ⓘ
guaranteed certain civil rights ⓘ
equality of all subjects before the law ⓘ
freedom of expression within limits of law ⓘ
security of life and property ⓘ
influencedBy Belgian Constitution of 1831 ⓘ
French constitutional ideas ⓘ
Islamic legal principles ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
legalStatus foundational document of modern Iranian constitutionalism ⓘ
locationOfDrafting Tehran ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
partlySupersededBy Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979) ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished constitutional monarchy ⓘ
promulgatedIn Tehran ⓘ
providedFor a committee of mujtahids to review legislation ⓘ
executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
reduced absolute powers of the Shah ⓘ
relatedEvent granting of the royal decree for the establishment of the Majles in August 1906 ⓘ
required laws to conform to Islam ⓘ
resultOf Persian Constitutional Revolution ⓘ
signedBy Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional amendments and reinterpretations in later reigns ⓘ

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Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar → signed → Persian Constitution of 1906 ⓘ
National Consultative Assembly → legalBasis → 1906 Constitution of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Persian Constitution of 1906
deposition of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar → relatedTo → Iranian constitutionalism ⓘ
linked to: Persian Constitution of 1906
deposition of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar → legalBasis → Persian Constitution of 1906 ⓘ
Persian Constitution of 1906 → alsoKnownAs → Mashruteh Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Persian Constitution of 1906
Mozaffar ad-Din → signed → Persian Constitution of 1906 ⓘ