battle, nineteenth century

1908 Tehran bombardment

Name: 1908 Tehran bombardment
Location: Tehran, Iran

1908 Tehran bombardment was a battle fought in 1908 at Tehran, in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tehran. It was part of the Persian Constitutional Revolution, which ran from 1905 to 1911. The recorded result: Dissolution of 1st Iranian Majlis; Arrest of Constitutionalists. Recorded strength: Around 800 Cossacks against 100 constitutionalists.

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Fought1908

WhereTehran, Iran35.689N, 51.390E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeDissolution of 1st Iranian Majlis; Arrest of Constitutionalists

BelligerentsQajar Iran; Persian Cossack BrigadeagainstParliament

Part ofPersian Constitutional Revolution1905 to 1911

Where it sits in the Persian Constitutional Revolution

4 placed engagements of the Persian Constitutional Revolution in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1908 (year precision)
Place	Tehran, Iran 35.689N, 51.390E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Around 800 Cossacks	100 constitutionalists
Commanders	Vladimir Liakhov Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar	Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh

Placed at Tehran; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Persian Campaign 1914, 2.7 km NE
Battle of Ray AD 811, 12 km S
Battle of Robat Karim 1915, 23 km SW
Siege of Alamut 1256, 111 km NW
Aerial bombardment of the industries of Arak city 1986, 234 km SW

In the same war

After: Tabriz Rebellion 1908
All 4 engagements of Persian Constitutional Revolution

Elsewhere in 1908

1908 Tehran bombardment is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 189 in present-day Iran.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4558883, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article 1908 bombardment of the Majlis, revision 1373844166, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.