
WWCiv 16: Persia and Portugal get constitutions, 1909 and 1910
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The Shah's Cossack Unit
In 1906, the Shah still hasn't dismissed the Belgian director general Naus or convened the House of Justice. And they also arrest a preacher for preaching against the government. So there's a march on the police station where the preacher is being held and the police shoot one of the demonstrators. The next day, there's a even bigger march of thousands of people for the funeral of the demonstrator and they are attacked by Iranian Cossacks. Persian, the Shah has a Cossack unit. Many of these Caucasian immigrants. Yeah. So you've got busty natto here. That's particularly nasty. Tell me more about it.
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