Continuity And Changes In The Qajar Period

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In the Qajar period, Russia and England which were after keeping their domination in the region did their best to keep Persia weak. After the First World War, the discovery of oil in Middle East heated up European rivalries. The British established the Anglo Iranian oil company. They not only extracted a bunch of concessions from the Iranian government but also endeavored to engineer a change in the Qajar dynasty by supporting the military commander Raza khan and “In collaboration with a political writer, Sayyid Ziya al-Din Tabataba'i, Reza Khan staged a coup in1921 and took control of all military forces in Iran

Reza Shah attempted to change Persia, which he named Iran, into a modern, secular, western style state. The educational system