1921 Persian coup d'état

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coup d'état military coup political event

The 1921 Persian coup d'état was a military takeover in Iran that paved the way for Reza Khan’s rise to power and the eventual establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty.

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Label	Occurrences
1921 Persian coup d'état canonical	3
1921 Iranian coup d'état	1
1921 Persian coup d’état	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d'état ⓘ military coup ⓘ political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ surface form: 1921 Iranian coup d'état 1921 coup in Persia ⓘ 21 February 1921 coup ⓘ
context	late Qajar dynasty ⓘ post-World War I instability in Iran ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
date	1921-02-21 ⓘ
era	Qajar Iran ⓘ early Pahlavi era transition ⓘ
followedBy	Reza Khan becoming Minister of War ⓘ Reza Khan becoming Prime Minister of Iran ⓘ appointment of Reza Khan as commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade ⓘ end of Qajar dynasty ⓘ establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925 ⓘ gradual consolidation of Reza Khan's power ⓘ
governmentOverthrown	Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar government
headOfStateAtTime	Ahmad Shah Qajar ⓘ
legalOutcome	formation of a new cabinet under Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee ⓘ
location	Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainParticipant	Ahmad Shah Qajar ⓘ Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ surface form: Reza Khan Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee ⓘ
militaryForceUsed	Persian Cossack Brigade ⓘ
opposedBy	Qajar tribe ⓘ surface form: Qajar loyalists
organisedBy	Reza Khan Mirpanj ⓘ surface form: Reza Khan Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee ⓘ
partOf	history of modern Iran ⓘ interwar period politics in the Middle East ⓘ
powerBroker	Bast at the British Legation in Tehran ⓘ surface form: British legation in Tehran
precededBy	Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919 ⓘ
relatedTo	Anglo-Persian relations ⓘ Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
result	paving the way for the Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ rise of Reza Khan ⓘ weakening of the Qajar dynasty ⓘ
significance	key step toward centralization and modernization policies under Reza Shah ⓘ marked the beginning of Reza Shah Pahlavi's political career ⓘ shifted power from Qajar monarchy to military leadership ⓘ
supportedBy	British Empire ⓘ British military officers in Persia ⓘ
typeOfChange	regime change ⓘ
year	1921 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pahlavi dynasty → significantEvent → 1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ

Reza Shah Pahlavi → coupParticipantIn → 1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ

Pahlavi era → majorEvent → 1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1921 Persian coup d’état

Ahmad Shah Qajar → notableEventDuringReign → 1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ

1921 Persian coup d'état → alsoKnownAs → 1921 Persian coup d'état ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1921 Iranian coup d'état