Persian Constitutional Amendment of 1907
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The Persian Constitutional Amendment (Persian: متمم قانون اساسی) was a constitutional amendment in 107 articles that aimed to eliminate the shortcomings of the original Persian constitution that had occurred due to the hasty nature of its draft, fearing the looming death of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar who had agreed to limit his own powers, and the ascension to the throne of the anti-constitutionalist crown prince Mohammad Ali Mirza.
It was ratified by the first parliament and signed by Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar on 7 October 1907. The original text of the amendment is kept at the national library of Iran.
History
In early 20th century, a series of protests forced Mozaffar ed-Din Shah Qajar to agree to the limiting of his powers which were previously absolute and adopt a more constitutional form of governance. However, the old Shah was sickly and his death would have resulted in his strictly anti-constitutionalist son reaching power. Therefore, the constitutionalists hastily drafted the text of the constitution so that they could present it to the dying shah before his departure. They also wrote it in a way to avoid offending the monarch as much as possible which resulted in many topics not being discussed clearly. Due to these, the original text of the constitution had many shortcomings.
The Shah died 5 days after signing the constitution and his son succeeded him on the Sun throne.
The constitutional amendment was then written to address the shortcomings of the constitution.
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