The Persian Coup 1921 And The British Thirst For Oil

Support us and get 40% off Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the-beginning-of-the-end?ref=the-great-war Persia's struggle between British and Russian territorial ambition went back to the 19th century. In the new geopolitical landscape after the First World War, Britain was more keen then ever to have control over Persia - and its oil. But the 1921 Persian coup d'état by the Persian Cossack Brigade headed by Reza Khan put a stop to British ambition. For now. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatwar Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A/join » OUR PODCAST https://realtimehistory.net/podcast - interviews with World War 1 historians and background info for the show. » BUY OUR SOURCES IN OUR AMAZON STORES https://realtimehistory.net/amazon * *Buying via this link supports The Great War (Affiliate-Link) » SOURCES Abrahamian, Ervand. “The Causes of the Constitutional Revolution in Iran”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3 (August, 1979) Avery, Peter; Hambly, Gavin & Melville C P. “The Cambridge history of Iran. Vol. 7, From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic”, (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008) Brysac, Shareen Blair. “A Very British Coup: How Reza Shah Won and Lost His Throne”, World Policy Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Summer, 2007) Cronin, Stephanie. “Popular Protest, Disorder, and Riot in Iran: The Tehran Crowd and the Rise of Riza Khan, 1921–1925” International Review of Social History, Vol. 50, No. 2 (August 2005) Fromkin, David. “A Peace to End All Peace : Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914-1922", (London : Penguin, 1991) Hairi, Abdul-Hadi. “Why Did the ʿUlamā Participate in the Persian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1909?” Die Welt des Islams, New Series, Vol. 17, Issue 1/4 (1976 – 1977) Reza Ghods, M. “Iranian Nationalism and Reza Shah” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan, 1991) Jacobs, Matthew F. “World War I: A War (and Peace?) for the Middle East” Diplomatic History, Vol. 38, No. 4 (September 2014) Zirinsky, Michael P. “Imperial Power and Dictatorship: Britain and the Rise of Reza Shah, 1921-1926” International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 24, No. 4 (November, 1992) N. S. Fatemi. “ANGLO-PERSIAN AGREEMENT OF 1919,” Encyclopædia Iranica, II/1, pp. 59-61, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/anglo-persian-agreement-1919 . » MORE THE GREAT WAR Website: https://realtimehistory.net Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheGreatWarYT Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_great_war Twitter: https://twitter.com/WW1_Series Reddit: htpps://reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel » OTHER PROJECTS 16 DAYS IN BERLIN: https://realtimehistory.net/pages/16-days-in-berlin »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Marc Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Maps: Daniel Kogosov (https://www.patreon.com/Zalezsky) Research by: Marc Newton Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2021