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Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
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1905 – 1911 Iranian uprising against absolute monarchy
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Shah of Iran from 1896 to 1907
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