Iran, Iran And Concessions, Mid 19th Century And 20th Century

Spring 15’ Iran and Concessions, mid 19th to early 20th Century, the Catalysts of Change Throughout the 19th and 20th century Iran saw not only the changing of three regimes, but also the coming, and going of classical imperialists in Britain and Russia, but also late comers to the game in the United States. In each instance however, Iran was on a road to appeasement. In some instances such as with the Qajar’s, Iran’s Imperial family was trying to get more money for the betterment of itself. In the event of the Pahlavi’s, Iran was trying to modernize based off of a western model of success. In both instances the carving out of resources was involved in which Iran stood to lose the most by giving up very lucrative state industries to†¦show more content†¦Britain during this time had fought with Iran and beat them in some battles. Iran during this time also suffered defeats by the Russians which culminated with the Shah of the Qajar dynasty, Naser Al-Din Shah ruling the middle of Iran while the Russians ruled the north and the British ruled the south. The Qajar dynasty was in dire straits as a result and it did not help that the Shah was spending his country into a more precarious position than he was already in. By the late 19th century the Shah due to his opulent life style began to issue concessions to each power ruling its upper and lower regions for a fee. A concession is an â€Å"amicable† agreement to give a certain right such as the ability to improve infrastructure in order that the concession holder have a monopoly over this enterprise in its given area. An example would be both Russia and Britain wanting to have concessions of the railroads in their given sectors, this did not happen. However what the Shah was doing during this time was more than lining his pockets with gold. He was giving away control of his country to the western powers who where