God knows if it was a national thing or as some suggest, another conspiracy of "the English", but whatever it was, it was large. After the death of Nasser Al-Din Shah, intellectuals and oppositions both inside and outside the country found a situation in which they could voice their complains. Newspapers started to publish, books started to be written, parties came to existance, and for the first time, people started questioning the "divine" right of the king.
Who knows how, but some how, the courtians and nobles, mostly from the "Fars" group started to enter the scene. They began arranging meetings and leading people. It might be that they wanted to kick the "Turks" out, but lets be optimistic, maybe they were really thinking of the people! (sic.) Anyhow, some of these "nobles" became famous as the great "liberalists" and they started pressuring the old king to sign the guideline for limiting his own power, constitution. Finally, he did, and maybe because of it, he died almost immidiatly after, leaving the throne for his son, Mohammad Ali.
Meanwhile, the revolutionaries did not waste anytime taking advantage of the moment. They found a big building, and created the house of commons. Then they started the election for the first parliament. It went pretty good, and it was actually working, bringing almost democracy to the country, but Mohammad Ali was far too big (and fat...) of a trouble to get rid of.
| Mozzafar Al-Din Shah | The Small Constitution Perios |
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