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Timeline of Iranian (Persian) History from 1800-1925 A.D.

The First Russo-Persian War through the end of the Qajar Dynasty

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Iranian (Persian) history from the first Russo-Persian War through the early 20th century.

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1804-1813 First Russo-Persian War; Russia takes Georgia and the Caucasus

1826-1828 Second Russo-Persian War; Russian navy gets Caspian Sea access

1848-1896 Reign of Nasser al-Din Shah, modernizer king

1856-1857 Anglo-Persian War; Persia gives up claim to Herat

1881 Russia takes Turkmenistan; Britain counters with influence in Persia

1905-1911 Persian Constitutional Revolution; constitutional monarchy founded

1907 Anglo-Russian Agreement; two powers set up spheres of influence in Persia

1914-1918 World War I, Persia occupied by Russian, UK, and Ottoman Turk troops

1921 Reza Shah Pahlavi ousts Ahmad Shah in coup

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