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Bandiera Dell'impero Persiano Era da un pò che volevo fare una Timeline Persiana, ed eccola qua. Fatemi sapere cosa ne pensate Bandiera dell'Impero persiano 1812 I Persiani vincono la Battaglia di Aslanduz (POD) grazie ad una sentinella che si accorge per tempo dell'imminente attacco Russo; in questo modo, le truppe di Hassan Mirza riescono a reagire annientando l'armata russa e dilagando in Georgia, accolti come liberatori dai Georgiani del Principe Alessandro. 1813 A Causa dell'Invasione Francese i Russi devono firmare il trattato di Ganja, con il quale la Georgia Meridionale (Tblisi esclusa) torna uno stato indipendente sotto protettorato Persiano. 1814 Trattato Anglo-Persiano, Inizia la modernizzazione dell'esercito Persiano. 1815-1818 Seconda Guerra Russo-Persiana, i Persiani conservano lo Status Quo, grazie al sostegno dei Britannici. 1818 Battaglia di Kafir Qala, i Persiani sconfiggono gli Afgani e conquistano Herat. 1820-1828 I Persiani annettono i Khanati Caucasici, anche se i vari Khan rimangono come governatori ereditari. 1825 Ghaem Magham Farahani divenra Sadr-e Azam, Primo Ministro dell'Impero Persiano, e contribuirà alla modernizzazione del paese. 1834 Muore Fath Ali Shah, detto il Restauratore, perché ha restaurato il dominio Persiano sul Caucaso, gli succede il nipote abiatico Muhammad. 1835 Ghaem Farahani è pensionato (e non fatto assassinare, in questa timeline lo Shah non vuole alienarsi subito le simpatie Inglesi.);Haji-Mollah Abbas Iravani diventa il nuovo Sadr-e Azam, e presto, comunque, si allontana dall'alleanza con la Gran Bretagna. 1838-1840 Guerra Anglo-Persiana, Gran parte dell'Afghanistan è annesso alla Persia, grazie al contributo Russo, che ottiene il protettorato in condominio sulla Georgia. 1844 Introdotta una riforma agraria che rende la nobiltà più produttiva ed aumenta il gettito fiscale. 1848 Muore Mohammad Shah, il suo successore, Nassir al-Din ha solo 17 anni, ma dimostra grande energia; subito pensiona Haji-Mollah Abbas Iravani, e nomina il riformista Taghi Khan Farahani Sadr-E Azam. 1850 Controllando ancora il Caucaso e l'Afghanistan a maggioranza Sunnita, lo Shah eil Sdr-E Azam concordano che sia meglio adottare una politica di tolleranza religiosa, che investe anche il Bab e i suoi seguaci. 1851 Diversamente dalla nostra timeline, Nassir al-Din non si fa convincere a deporre il suo Primo Ministro, che può quindi continuare a modernizzare l'Impero. 1852 Nuova svolta in politica estera, e riavvicinamento alla gtan Bretagna. 1853-1856 Guerra di Crimea i Persiani intervengono, a favore della Gran Bretagna, che accetta di cedere alla Persia il Protettorato su alcuni emirati del Golfo, e conquista parte delle Steppe, ottenendo il protettorato su Buckara e Khiva. 1858 Atto di supremazia il Clero Sciita viene sottoposto alla diretta autorità dello Shah, che può deporre gli Ayatollah. 1860 Vengono fatti entrare capitali stranieri, nonostante le proteste dei religiosi conservatori, che sono facilmente domate grazie ai poteri attribuiti al governo dall'Atto di Supremazia. 1863 Nascono le prime industrie pesanti della Persia. 1867 Patto d'amicizia con la Prussia, istruttori Prussiani rendono l'esercito di Teheran uno dei piu moderni del mondo. 1870 Riforma del sistema giudiziario. 1873 Riforma dell'Amministrazione. 1875 Riforma della Marina Militare sul modello Britannico. 1877 Muore Taghi Khan Farahani, come Sadr-E Azam gli succede Yusuf Astiani. 1883 La Persia è l'unica Nazione non Europea a partecipare al congresso di Roma, dove riesce a far valere i suoi diritti sulla Mesopotamia. 1884-1885 Guerra Perso-Ottomana, L'Impero Persiano occupa parte dell'Iraq; nel conflitto si distingue il Generale Ali Asghar. 1887 Nasser al-Din nomina Sadr-E Azam Ali Asghar, che persuade lo Shah ad introdurre ampie riforme; quello stesso anno viene istituito il Majlis, un Parlamento consultivo monocamerale composto da nominati . 1889 Viene sperimentata l'elettivita a suffragio ristretto dei sindaci. 1891 Per la prima volta una parte dei membri del Majlis sono eletti (suffragio censuario, maschile) 1893 Riforma dell'Amministrazione delle Provincie Persiane. 1895 Una commissione speciale in seno al Majlis inizia ad elaborare una costituzione sul modello di quella Tedesca. 1897 La costituzione è approvata dallo Shah, che cessa di essere un monarca assoluto ma conserva ampi poteri; le elezioni sono fissate per il 1900;La Costituzione stessa entrerà in vigore a partire da quella data, dopo essere stata ratificata dal primo Majlis eletto. 1898 Nascono i primi partiti politici che competono a livello iniziamente municipale. Festeggiato in pompa magna il Giubileo d'Oro di Naser al-Din. 1899 Sperimentato il Suffragio universale maschile alle elezioni municipali Persiane. 1900 Prime elezioni Generali del Majlis Persiano, ora composto da 4/5 di membri eletti a suffragio universale maschile, e un solo quinto di membri nominati o aventi diritto. I Principali partiti Politici sono i Liberali e i Conservatori, i primi sostenuti dalla nascente borghesia e da buona parte dell'esercito, l'altra dall'aristocrazia e dal clero Sciita. la vittoria arride ai primi e Ali Asghar è confermato Sadr-E Azam. La Costituzione Persiana entra ufficialmentein vigore dopo l'approvazione all'unanimità da parte del Majlis. Secondo la Costituzione, il Sadr-E Azar deve avere la fiducia del Majlis, può nominare e revocare i ministri, che poi vengono confermati dallo Shah; Una corte suprema composta da giuristi nominati dallo Shah su proposta del Majlis e presieduta dallo Shah stesso è l'organo di vertice del potere Giudiziario, mentre il potere legislativo spetta al Majlis, anche se il sovrano può emettere decreti legislativi che possono essere abrogati solo con il voto di 2/3 dell'assemblea; Lo stesso voto può superare il veto dello Shah sulle leggi. Lo Shah è il comandante supremo delle forze Armate e può dichiarare lo stato d'emergenza su voto del Majlis (durata sei mesi, rinnovabile); Lo Shah ha l'ultima parola in materia di politica estera può concedere amnistie ed indulti a volontà; la costituzione, pur riconoscendo la religione Islamica Shiita come la religione di stato garantisce piena libertà di culto e abolisce il reato d'apostasia; i reati di blasfemia e di vilipendio della religione rimangono, ma le pene sono di carattere pecuniario; Il Nuovo codice Civile e Penale modernizza definitivamente il diritto Persiano. Le proteste del clero più tradizionalista sono facilmente silenziate dal governo. 1902 L'Emirato di Ha'il, tradizionale alleato dell'Impero Ottomano stringe una serie di accordi con la Persia in chiave anti-saudita. 1905 Il Partito Liberale Persiano è confermato alle elezioni e Ali Asghar resta Sadr-E Azam. 1906 Scoperto il Petrolio in Persia. 1907 Muore il Principe Ereditario Mozafar, nell'ordine di successione gli succede il principe Mohammad Ali, suo figlio. 1908 Apre la prima industria metalmeccanica di Teheran. 1910 Il Partito Conservatore Iraniano vince le elezioni e Mohammad Vali-Khan Tonekaboni diventa nuovo Sadr-E Azam. 1911 Muore lo Shah Naser al-Din il Riformatore, gli succede il nipote abiatico Mohammed Ali. (In questa timeline, il sistema parlamentare è ormai ben avviato e l'influenza del clero meno forte, così il nuovo Shah accetta la Costituzione.) 1913 Trattato Russo-Persiano. 1914-1919 I Guerra Mondiale Tabelle I Guerra Mondiale Intesa (Leaders) Alleanza (Leaders) Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda Impero Tedesco (Re Giorgio V, (Imperatore Guglielmo II, Primo Ministro Herbert Asquith, Cancelliere Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Generale John French, Feldmaresciallo Helmut von Moltke Jr Generale Douglas Haig, Feldmaresciallo Erich von Falkenheim, Generale Hugh Trenchard, Feldmaresciallo Paul von Hindenburg Ammiraglio Rosslyn Wemyss, Grand'ammiraglio Alfred von Tirpitz Generale Jan Smuts Ammiraglio Reinhard Sheer Generale Arthur Currie, Generale Leopold von Wittersbach von Bayer Generale Alfred William Robin, Generale Max Hoffmann Generale John Monash.) Colonnello Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck) III Repubblica Francese Impero Austro-Ungarico (Presidente Aristide Briand (Imperatore Francesco Giuseppe Primo Ministro Georges Clemenceau Imperatore Carlo, Maresciallo Ferdinand Foch Primo Ministro Austriaco Karl von Sturgkh Maresciallo Philippe Petain Primo Ministro Austriaco Ernest von Maresciallo Henri Merlin Koerber, Ammiraglio Pierre-Alexis Ronarc'h Primo Ministro Ungherese Istvan Tisza, Generale Milan Ratislav Stefanic) Primo Ministro Ungherese Sandor Wekerle Felmaresciallo Friedrich von Asburg, Maresciallo Konrad von Hotzendorf Maresciallo Arthur Arz von Straussenburg Generale Svetozar Boreovic Grand'ammiraglio Anton Haus Ammiraglio Maximillian Njegovan Ammiraglio Miklos Horty. Impero Russo Impero Ottomano (dal 1915) (Zar Nicola II, (Sultano Maometto V, Ministro dello Stato Sergei Witte , Sultano Maometto VI, Ministro dello Stato Nikolay Nikolayevich Gran Vizir Said Halim Pasha Romanov, Gran Maresciallo Ismail Enver Maresciallo Aleksei Brusilov Maresciallo Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorf, Generale Lavr Kornilov, Generale Mustafa Kemal, Generale Aleksey Kuropatkin, Generale Fawzi Kakmak. Ammiraglio Nikolai Essen Generale Mehmet Ismet, Ammiraglio Alecsander Kolchak.) Ammiraglio Cermet Fazil.) Regno di Serbia Regno di Bulgaria (dal 1916) (Re Pietro I, (Zar Ferdinando I, Principe Alecsander Karadeorghevic, Primo Ministro Vasil Radoslaslov, Primo Ministro Nicola Pasic, Maresciallo Nikola Zhekov, Felmaresciallo Radomir Putnik Generale Georgi Teodorov, Generale Zivojin Misic Generale Kostantin Zhostov Generale Stepa Stepanovic) Tenente Generale Vladimir
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