Rare photos of "military exercises" during the Qajar era

When Nāṣer was assassinated by a fanatic in 1896, the crown passed to his son Mo�"affar od-Dīn Shāh (reigned 1896–1907), a weak and incompetent ruler who was forced in 1906 to grant a constitution that called for some curtailment of monarchial power. His son Moḥammad ʿAlī Shāh (reigned 1907–09), with the aid of Russia, attempted to rescind the constitution and abolish parliamentary government.