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1885-1893, Economic Boom
With Mandate rule over Persia beginning to stabilize with the squashing of native resistance, the Mandate began to repair the damaged infrastructure that has been neglected ever since the beginning of British occupation. With British supervision, the British Mandate of Persia also began to build civilian and military factories in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan. With trade continuing to rapidly increase, the Qajar built ports of Chabahar, Bandar Shah, and Bandar Abbas were unable to sustain the traffic. Thus, the Mandate swiftly began construction of a new modern port in Khuzestan province, which was to be named 'Abadan'. In 1891, the worlds largest oil reserve was discovered near Abadan. This discovery further facilitated the speedy constructionof Abadan port in order to start exporting the oil for great sums of profit. The British also began to build refineries in Abadan. However, all of this economic improvement in Persia came with its side-effects too. The poor treatment and pay of workers further fueled the anger of the general public. The Communist party began to gain lots of support from the factory and refinery workers with their support only growing as every new factory is opened. The Nationalists also began to grow in popularity. At the same time, seperatist movements were also brewing as many powerful and wealthy individuals in the Ottoman Empire began to secretly support disgruntled Azeris to spread Pan-Turkist ideology (Where all Turko-Mongol lands should form one great Turkic-state known as "Turan").
1893, the Ottoman War of Aggression
The Ottoman Empire, seeking to regain lost land in Egypt from the British, and also seeking to expand their Empire into the rich lands of Persia, Britain's protectorate, the Ottomans began preparing for war. The Ottomans began to agitate the Egyptian Arabs against the British and the Azeris against the Persians. Though the latter did not work as planned, riots were going on in Egypt against British rule. The Ottoman Empire used the excuse of 'liberating oppressed ethnic Turkic Azeris' for invading Persia and swiftly occupying Tabriz. The Ottomans also caught the small British garrison in Egypt off-guard and easily overran Alexandria and Cairo with 40,000 Infantry, 30K of whom are regulars, 10K are local auxiliaries, rebels, and irregulars. However, the British sent their Mediterranean flotilla to Istanbul after crushing the weak Ottoman Navy and threatened to bombard the Sultan's palace if they did not retreat. The Ottomans did not answer for 4 hours and once the Sultan was in a safe shelter, the Ottomans refused to back down. The British thus bombarded Istanbul. Back in Persia, a joint British-Persian force marches towards Tabriz with 20K regulars, 3K artillery and 7K cavalry. The Ottoman garrison at Tabriz was still low as they recently occupied it after taking losses, with a garrison of 15K regulars, 10K volunteers/seperatists, 5K cavalry, and 4K artillery. After a 3 month siege, the British led assault recaptured Tabriz and the British began to march West, towards Anatolia. Seeing the possibility of a devastating loss to Britain and a potential Russian invasion from the North, the Ottomans agreed on a White Peace in which nobody conceded anything.
1894-1899, Renewed Economic Boom, Corruption, More Oil
1899-1900, The Constitutional Revolution
The people of Persia have grown sick of the British ruling Persia as an autocracy while themselves living in democracy. The Persian people took to the streets in protest, which later turned into protesters storming government offices and overrunning police and local garrisons. By December of 1900, the British gave in and created an autonomous Persian Parliament and the office of Prime Minister of Persia. However, the British also made sure that all parties were banned except for the supposedly pro-British "Persian National Congress Party", still rendering Persia as a one-party autocratic state. A constitution was chartered that somewhat improved personal freedom in Persia with a relaxed stance on criticism of government and the freedom of practicing non-Protestant religion in public. In addition to that, the police beatings and government corruption sharply declined after the creation of the constitution. However, the Mandate was still far from great as the factory workers still got low wages and were given physically hazardous workplace environments. This led to a massive crackdown on potential Communists in Persia, with Communists being rounded up and being publicly hanged by local British police. This crackdown on Communists leaves the Nationalist party still very strong in Persia, though the Communists are also quite formidable. A civil war is now imminent with conditions tending to get two times worse for every time they get better.
With Mandate rule over Persia beginning to stabilize with the squashing of native resistance, the Mandate began to repair the damaged infrastructure that has been neglected ever since the beginning of British occupation. With British supervision, the British Mandate of Persia also began to build civilian and military factories in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan. With trade continuing to rapidly increase, the Qajar built ports of Chabahar, Bandar Shah, and Bandar Abbas were unable to sustain the traffic. Thus, the Mandate swiftly began construction of a new modern port in Khuzestan province, which was to be named 'Abadan'. In 1891, the worlds largest oil reserve was discovered near Abadan. This discovery further facilitated the speedy constructionof Abadan port in order to start exporting the oil for great sums of profit. The British also began to build refineries in Abadan. However, all of this economic improvement in Persia came with its side-effects too. The poor treatment and pay of workers further fueled the anger of the general public. The Communist party began to gain lots of support from the factory and refinery workers with their support only growing as every new factory is opened. The Nationalists also began to grow in popularity. At the same time, seperatist movements were also brewing as many powerful and wealthy individuals in the Ottoman Empire began to secretly support disgruntled Azeris to spread Pan-Turkist ideology (Where all Turko-Mongol lands should form one great Turkic-state known as "Turan").
1893, the Ottoman War of Aggression
The Ottoman Empire, seeking to regain lost land in Egypt from the British, and also seeking to expand their Empire into the rich lands of Persia, Britain's protectorate, the Ottomans began preparing for war. The Ottomans began to agitate the Egyptian Arabs against the British and the Azeris against the Persians. Though the latter did not work as planned, riots were going on in Egypt against British rule. The Ottoman Empire used the excuse of 'liberating oppressed ethnic Turkic Azeris' for invading Persia and swiftly occupying Tabriz. The Ottomans also caught the small British garrison in Egypt off-guard and easily overran Alexandria and Cairo with 40,000 Infantry, 30K of whom are regulars, 10K are local auxiliaries, rebels, and irregulars. However, the British sent their Mediterranean flotilla to Istanbul after crushing the weak Ottoman Navy and threatened to bombard the Sultan's palace if they did not retreat. The Ottomans did not answer for 4 hours and once the Sultan was in a safe shelter, the Ottomans refused to back down. The British thus bombarded Istanbul. Back in Persia, a joint British-Persian force marches towards Tabriz with 20K regulars, 3K artillery and 7K cavalry. The Ottoman garrison at Tabriz was still low as they recently occupied it after taking losses, with a garrison of 15K regulars, 10K volunteers/seperatists, 5K cavalry, and 4K artillery. After a 3 month siege, the British led assault recaptured Tabriz and the British began to march West, towards Anatolia. Seeing the possibility of a devastating loss to Britain and a potential Russian invasion from the North, the Ottomans agreed on a White Peace in which nobody conceded anything.
1894-1899, Renewed Economic Boom, Corruption, More Oil
1899-1900, The Constitutional Revolution
The people of Persia have grown sick of the British ruling Persia as an autocracy while themselves living in democracy. The Persian people took to the streets in protest, which later turned into protesters storming government offices and overrunning police and local garrisons. By December of 1900, the British gave in and created an autonomous Persian Parliament and the office of Prime Minister of Persia. However, the British also made sure that all parties were banned except for the supposedly pro-British "Persian National Congress Party", still rendering Persia as a one-party autocratic state. A constitution was chartered that somewhat improved personal freedom in Persia with a relaxed stance on criticism of government and the freedom of practicing non-Protestant religion in public. In addition to that, the police beatings and government corruption sharply declined after the creation of the constitution. However, the Mandate was still far from great as the factory workers still got low wages and were given physically hazardous workplace environments. This led to a massive crackdown on potential Communists in Persia, with Communists being rounded up and being publicly hanged by local British police. This crackdown on Communists leaves the Nationalist party still very strong in Persia, though the Communists are also quite formidable. A civil war is now imminent with conditions tending to get two times worse for every time they get better.