Timeline: Habibollah Ghavami: www.ghavami.net

- 2002

	Date	Event(s)
1	1848	1848: Qajar Dynasty: End of Muhammad Rule 1834 - 1848 1848: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Naser od-Din Shah
2	1853	1853: Another major earthquake hits Shiraz.
3	1857	1857: Naser od-Din Shah Tried to reclaim Herat for Iran; Britain forces entry into Iran w/ Treaty of Paris
4	1883	1883: First official census shows a population of Shiraz to be 53,607.
5	1890	1890: Naser od-Din Shah Began selling "concessions" to European companies
6	1891	1891: Naser od-Din Shah Religious fatva against tobacco concession sold to Britain
7	1896	1896: Qajar Dynasty: End of Naser od-Din Shah 1896: Naser od-Din Shah assassinated in mosque by Muslim objecting to Western influence 1896: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah Rule 1896 - 1907
8	1900	1900: Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah Pledged Iranian customs receipts as collateral for Russian loan
9	1901	1901: Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah gives British right to Iranian oil
10	1906	1906: Riots; 13,000-20,000 take refuge in British Embassy during Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah's rule. 1906: Constitution and inauguration of Majlis, parliament during Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah rule 1906: Irans's First Majlis (1906) After the Constitutional Revolution in Iran, the first elections for the legislative assembly were held in September 1906. In this round only the hexagonal strata of princes, aristocrats and noblemen, ulema, clerics, tradesmen, landlords and farmers had the right to run for the elections or vote. The minimum voting age was 25. The number of representatives was determined to be 156 which was not materialized. The tenure of the assembly was two years.
11	1907	1907: Qajar Dynasty: End of Muzzaffar ed-Din Shah Rule 1896 - 1907 1907: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Ali Shah rule, 1907 - 1909
12	1908	1908: Russian troops defeat protestors at mosque and Majlis; end of parliament during Muhammad Ali Shah's rule
13	1909	1909: Qajar Dynasty: End of Muhammad Ali Shah rule, 1907 - 1909 1909: Qajar Dynasty: Beginning of Sultan Ahmed Shah (corpulent 12 year son of Muhammad) 1909 - 1925 1909: Irans's Second Majlis (1909) The second Majlis elections were held according to the elections law in July 1909. The number of representatives was reduced to 120, the condition of class distinction for participation in the polls was lifted and the minimum voting age was set at 20. The amount of ownership was adjusted but to run for the Majlis one had to be a landlord. This assembly did not complete its term and was dissolved following the ultimatum by Russia.
14	1911	1911: W. Morgan Shuster attempts to reorganize Iranian finances; ousted by Russians during Sultan Ahmed Shah 1911: Sultan Ahmed Shah's cabinet backed by 12,000 Russian troops overthrows Majlis
15	1913	1913: British Admiralty converts to oil; controls much of southern Iran 1913 during Sultan Ahmed Shah rule
16	1914	1914: Irans's Third Majlis (1914) According to the elections law approved by the second Majlis (October 22, 1911) two months before its dissolution, elections for the third Majlis were held in January 1914. In the new law, all Iranian men enjoyed equal suffrage rights and the number of deputies rose to 136.
17	1921	1921: Little known military officer, Reza Khan, seizes power 1921: Irans's Fourth Majlis (1921-23) Elections for the fourth Majlis was held in 1918 but the assembly was practically inaugurated after Reza Shah's coup d'etat of July 1921.
18	1923	1923: Irans's Fifth Majlis 1923 - 1925+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
19	1925	1925: Beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty 1925: Qajar Dynasty Ended 1925: Qajar Dynasty: End of Sultan Ahmed Shah (corpulent 12 year son of Muhammad) 1909 - 1925 1925: Beginning of Reza Shah rule 1925 - 1941 1925: In negotiations, clergy rejects republic; agrees to Reza as Shah and Declared "Reza Shah" by Majlis 1925: Irans's Sixth Majlis 1925 - 1927+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
20	1927	1927: Irans's Seventh Majlis 1927 - 1929+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
21	1929	1929: Irans's Eighth Majlis 1929 - 1931+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
22	1931	1931: Irans's Ninth Majlis 1931 - 1933+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
23	1933	1933: Irans's Tenth Majlis 1933 - 1935+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
24	1935	1935: Reza Shah changed Country's name from "Persia" to "Iran" 1935: Reza Shah moves against religious authority; wearing of veil banned in 1935 1935: Troops massacre hundreds of protestors in Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad 1935: Irans's Eleventh Majlis 1935 - 1937+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
25	1937	1937: Irans's Twelfth Majlis 1937 - 1939+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
26	1939	1939: Irans's Thirteenth Majlis 1939 - 1941+/- during Reza Shah Pahlavi's rule
27	1941	1941: End of Reza Shah rule 1925 - 1941 1941: Pahlavi Dynasty: Beginning of Muhammad Reza Shah rule 1941 - 1979 1941: Irans's Fourteenth Majlis 1941 - 1944+/-
28	1944	1944: Fifteenth Majlis 1944 - 1947+/-
29	1947	1947: Irans's Sixteenth Majlis 1947 - 1950+/-
30	1950	1950: Irans's Seventeenth Majlis 1950 - 1953+/-
31	1951	1951: Muhammad Mossadeq and second constitutional revolution
32	1953	1953: Shah flees to Rome, but is reinstalled with American CIA help
33	1961	1961: During the 21st Majlis elections (1961), women for the first time obtained suffrage right and six women were elected to the parliament.

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