
WWCiv 16: Persia and Portugal get constitutions, 1909 and 1910
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The Jacobin Stage: A Personal Narrative
In 1909, the Shah kept his head. He was pensioned off to Europe. The constitutionalists organize a rural Jandar-Marie with Swedish help. They reorganized tax administration with American help. William Morgan Schuster had a whole idea for recovering the tax and financial situation of the country but he found himself frustrated by the intrigues of Britain and Russia. In 1921, we have the Napoleon stage. Colonel Reza Khan, the Cossack Division, he has coup and that begins the Palavi dynasty which rules until 1979.
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