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1914
August
19
Change of government in Persia
On 19 August 1914 the Persian Prime Minister Ala al-Saltaneh stepped down and took the foreign ministry. Mostowfi ol-Mamalek became head of government.
1915
February
20
New Persian foreign minister
According to a British chronology, on 20 February 1915 Mo'aven od-Dowleh replaced Ala al-Saltaneh as Persian foreign minister. Persia barely kept neutral.
March
14
New prime minister of Persia
On 14 March 1915 Hassan Pirnia, Moshir od-Dowleh, succeeded Mostowfi ol-Mamalek as head of the Persian government. The country still sought to stay neutral.
April
27
Ain od-Dowleh becomes prime minister of Persia
Per the British chronology, on 27 April 1915 Ain od-Dowleh, premier in the Constitutional Revolution era, again led Persia. A new foreign minister came in too.
July
21
Fall of the Ain od-Dowleh government
In July 1915 the government of Persian prime minister Ain od-Dowleh fell. The Majlis attacked his minister Farmanfarma, and he stood by the British protégé.
August
18
Mostowfi ol-Mamalek prime minister again
On 18 August 1915 Mostowfi ol-Mamalek became Persian prime minister for the third time. Persia, with no army, tried to steer between the Entente and Germany.
November
15
Central Powers diplomats leave Tehran
On 15 November 1915 the Central Powers' envoys left Tehran ahead of the Russians. They hoped the Shah would go with them, but he stayed in the capital.
December
24
Resignation of Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
On 24 December 1915 Persian prime minister Mostowfi ol-Mamalek resigned. He failed to bring the deputies back from Qom, and the Russians took town after town.
25
Farmanfarma becomes prime minister of Persia
At the end of December 1915 Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma of the Qajar dynasty, long tied to the British, became prime minister of Persia.
1916
March
05
Resignation of Farmanfarma
At the turn of February and March 1916 the government of Prince Farmanfarma, Britain's closest friend in Tehran, fell. It had lasted just over two months.
1917
June
06
Ala al-Saltaneh becomes prime minister of Persia
On 6 June 1917 the elderly diplomat Ala al-Saltaneh again became head of the Persian government, in a Tehran haunted by the secret Punishment Committee.
November
19
Ain od-Dowleh again prime minister of Persia
On 19 November 1917 the aged Prince Ain od-Dowleh replaced Ala al-Saltaneh as Persian premier. Famine was spreading and Russian troops were falling apart.
1918
January
19
Mostowfi ol-Mamalek prime minister of Persia again
The British chronology records on 19 January 1918 Mostowfi ol-Mamalek's return as head of Persia's government. Moshaver ol-Mamalek took foreign affairs.
May
03
Samsam ol-Saltaneh becomes prime minister of Persia
The British chronology says that on 3 May 1918 the Bakhtiari chief Samsam ol-Saltaneh, hostile to the Entente, became Persia's premier. He resigned on 31 May.
June
20
Samsam ol-Saltaneh prime minister again
The British chronology records Samsam ol-Saltaneh reappointed Prime Minister of Persia on 20 June 1918. Persian sources see a cabinet reshuffle instead.
August
07
Vosugh od-Dowleh prime minister again
In early August 1918 the Shah dismissed Samsam ol-Saltaneh's government, unfriendly to the Entente. On 7 August Vosugh od-Dowleh became prime minister.