2nd Iranian Majlis

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2nd National Consultative Assembly
1st 3rd
Overview
Jurisdiction Sublime State of Persia
Meeting place Baharestan
Term November 15, 1909 (1909-11-15) – December 25, 1911 (1911-12-25)
Election 1909
National Consultative Assembly
Members 126
Speaker

2nd Iranian Majlis was commenced on 15 November 1909 and ended on 25 December 1911. [1] :33 It "moved in the same direction as its predecessor [a reformist and nationalist parliament], reorganising the state bureaucracy, but passing laws on education, health and taxation as well. When it rejected an ultimatum from the Russian Empire, it too was dissolved in December 1911." [2]

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