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The '''Constitutional Revolution of Gandhara''' ([[Wikipedia:Arabic_language|Arabic]]: ثورة الدستورية لل غانذارا) was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of [[Al-Mansur dynasty|Gandhara]] during the spring of 1918. Inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Russian_Revolution|Russian Revolution of 1917]] and the [[Wikipedia:Abdication|abdication]] of [[Wikipedia:Nicholas_II_of_Russia|Nicholas II]], the unrest was directed against the autocratic rule of Emir Rahimullah al-Mansur. | The '''Constitutional Revolution of Gandhara''' ([[Wikipedia:Arabic_language|Arabic]]: ثورة الدستورية لل غانذارا) was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of [[Al-Mansur dynasty|Gandhara]] during the spring of 1918. Inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Russian_Revolution|Russian Revolution of 1917]] and the [[Wikipedia:Abdication|abdication]] of [[Wikipedia:Nicholas_II_of_Russia|Nicholas II]], the unrest was directed against the autocratic rule of Emir Rahimullah al-Mansur. | ||
==Causes of the Revolution== | |||
After the establishment of the [[Wikipedia:Russian_Constitution_of_1906|Russian Constitution]] and the [[Wikipedia:Persian_Constitution_of_1906|Persian Constitution]] in 1906, a demand for modernization of the Gandhari political structure was born. Up to the beginning of the 20th century, Gandhara was an autocratic country. Emir Rahimullah al-Mansur held unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people. | |||
[[Category:Gandhara]] | [[Category:Gandhara]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century revolutions]] | [[Category:20th-century revolutions]] | ||
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The Constitutional Revolution of Gandhara (Arabic: ثورة الدستورية لل غانذارا) was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of Gandhara during the spring of 1918. Inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the abdication of Nicholas II, the unrest was directed against the autocratic rule of Emir Rahimullah al-Mansur.
Causes of the Revolution
After the establishment of the Russian Constitution and the Persian Constitution in 1906, a demand for modernization of the Gandhari political structure was born. Up to the beginning of the 20th century, Gandhara was an autocratic country. Emir Rahimullah al-Mansur held unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people.