The first resounding protest against the concession,…

February 1891 CE

The first resounding protest against the concession, which had manifested in September 1890, had not emerged from the Persian merchant class or ulema but rather from the Russian government, who had stated that the Tobacco Régie violates freedom of trade in the region as stipulated by the Treaty of Turkmanchai.

Despite disapproval from the Russian Empire concerning the monopoly, Nasir al-Din Shah is intent on continuing on with the concession.

In February 1891 Major G. F. Talbot travels to Iran to install the Tobacco Régie, and soon thereafter the shah makes news of the concession public for the first time, sparking immediate disapproval throughout the country.

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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar View →

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Great Game, The View → Tobacco Protest View →

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