Democrat Party (Persia)

Democrat Party
LeaderSoleiman Eskandari[1]
Parliamentary leaderHassan Taqizadeh[2]
Executive secretaryHaydar Khan Amo-oghli[3]
Founded1909
Dissolved1919 or 1921[4]
Preceded bySocial Democratic Party
HeadquartersTehran, Persia[2]
Newspaper
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left

The Democrat Party (Persian: فرقه دموکرات) was a social democratic political party in Qajari Persia, during the constitutional period. It was one of two major parliamentary parties at the time, along with the Moderate Socialists Party.[2] It was largely composed of middle-class intellectuals and stood for the separation of church and state.[3]

  1. ^ Afary, Janet (1996). The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906–1911: Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Origins of Feminism. Columbia University Press. pp. 70. ISBN 0-231-10350-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (October 28, 2011) [December 15, 1992]. "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 2. Vol. VI. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 199–202. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 103–105. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  4. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 553. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.

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