Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia
Imperialism is defined as "the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations," according to the dictionary. In order for this paper to exist, the following information must be made known. Simply put, the countries controlling the lovely IRs would be Russia, Britain, and France. However, the power over the countries shifted, and on certain occasions wasn't even there. Also, the pre-existing forms of government need to be related in order to understand the changes that occurred. Although Iraq and Saudi Arabia were under the control of the Ottoman Empire, Iran only fell to that fate for a few years. It was basically independent. Some time after 1355, Timur, a relative of Genghis Kahn, attempted to reinstitute Mongol rule. It didn't work out so well though. The Persians took their land back and gained power once again in 1501, with the Safavid dynasty. Afghans caused this dynasty to collapse. Then another Turk, Nader Shah, rid Iran of the Afghans. In 1747, he was assassinated. Civil war then broke out, placing the Zands against the Qajars. The Qajars won, and established a dynasty of the same name in 1747. All this eventually led to
In 1905, Russia was defeated in war by Japan. This led to the overthrowing of the tsars, and the making of a constitution. Persia followed this example, and that same year began the drafting of a constitution. This was finally drawn up and signed by the shah in October of 1906 at the Majilis, or national assembly. In 1907, the once warring Britain and Russia became allies against the new power, Germany. They agreed to an entente, which split Iran into three parts, one Russian, one British, and one neutral. This led to upheavals in Iran, but not much could be done because of the debts owed to these countries. This begins the first World War. Iran was neutral in this period, but still found itself occupied by soldiers. Eventually, Russia withdrew from Iran altogether. Iraq was captured by Britain. The Arabs were cooperating with Britain in fighting the Turks to protect British oil lines in return for freedom. In 1920, Britain created an Iraqi-Arab state. The Iraqis did not like this, and fought back Eventually, Iraq and Saudi Arabia became separate states. In the new states they had thus been creating, Britain and France established self-controlled regimes. Iraq was then a monarchy ruled by King Faysal. All three nations were eventually declared independent. Iraq was an independent monarchy, and belonged to the League of Nations, Iran was on it's own as usual, and Arabia was functioning alone as well. However, the influence that imperialism had on them left a lasting impression. A good example is the Royal Air Force in Iraq. The nationalist efforts of the countries continued, to try to get formal independence. They wanted unfair treaties abolished, and foreign forces taken off their land. They wanted imperialism to go out and the next age to come in. They
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