
WWCiv 16: Persia and Portugal get constitutions, 1909 and 1910
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The Civil War in Azerbaijan
There are armed volunteers that start recruiting intubries, Isfahan, Rushd, and then Tehran. There's a general strike in the central bazaar of Tabriz. And they write, Allah has cursed tyrants. You may be victorious for the moment, but you will not remain so for long. So July 13th, 1909, the constitutionalist leaders Yeprem Khan and Sam Sam al-Sultanate reached Tehran,. The Shah runs to the Russian location to take refuge, and the civil war is over.
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