Battle of Rasht
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The Battle of Rasht is a battle that took place in Rasht in 1909 during the Persian Constitutional Revolution.
In 1907 Muhammad Ali Sardar Afkham (fa) became the ruler of Guilan by Mohammad Ali Shah to control the peasant uprisings. Sardar Afkham had previously executed eleven constitutionalists in Tabriz, and Mohammad Ali Shah trusted him.[1]
As soon as he arrived in Rasht, Sardar Afkham began suppressing the uprising of the peasants and executing many.[1]
Start of Constitutionalism in Gilan
The wave of awakening of the Iranian people, which had also spread to Gilan as a result of the excessive oppression of the rulers, had led to the emergence of anti-government free-thinking groups in Rasht. Among the various associations, Sattar Committee (fa) was the most important.[1]
Among the people of Rasht, there were ardent opponents of the constitutional government, such as Mullah Mohammad Khamami (fa), who believed that the constitution was one of the innovations of the European people and issued a fatwa in this regard. Khamami assisted Sardar Afkham in the fight against constitutionalism and in his view "constitutionalists must be executed and exiled".[1]
However, various militant associations were formed in the cities of Gilan and in particular Rasht in support of the constitutionalists.[1]