Siege of Tabriz (1908–1909)

Siege of Tabriz (1908–1909) took place during the Persian Constitutional Revolution, when which forces affiliated with Mohammad Ali Shah, besieged Tabriz for 11 months to suppress the constitutionalists and prevent food and medicine from reaching the city.

[1] Eventually the siege ended with the intervention of Russian forces and the escape and dispersal of the constitutional leaders and mujahideen.

The Shah, on the other hand, sent a large detachment of troops to Tabriz under the command of Abdul Majid Mirza.

Subsequently, clashes broke out between forces affiliated with Mohammad Ali Shah and the constitutionalists, the constitutionalists have succeeded in defeating state forces and pushed back Abdul Majid Mirza and his troops.

For example, some of youths formed a group called Fowj Nejat, led by Howard Baskerville, an American teacher at Memorial School and attempted to break the siege on Shanb Ghazan, which failed and the result was the killing of this American teacher.