1921 Persian coup d'état

1921 Persian coup d'état
Date	21 February 1921
Location	Tehran, Qajar Persia
Result	Persian Cossack Brigade victory Power takeover by Sayyed Ziaoddin Tabatabaee; Suppression of Colonel Pessian's revolt and dissolution of the Autonomous Government of Khorasan; Dissolution of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic; Continuing conflict with Simko Shikak until 1922; Deterioration of Persian control over Sheikh Khazal's Emirate of Muhammara until 1925;
Government-Insurgents
Persia Qajar dynasty;	Persian Cossack Brigade Supported by:; United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Fathollah Khan Akbar	Reza Khan Mirpanj; Ziaoddin Tabatabaee; Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi; Edmund Ironside
Strength
	1,500 Persian Cossacks
Casualties and losses
	Several policemen killed or injured in Tehran during the coup

1921 Persian coup d'état, known in Iran as 3 Esfand 1299 coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۳ اسفند ۱۲۹۹ with the Solar Persian date), refers to several major events in Qajar Persia in 1921, which eventually led to the deposition of the Qajar dynasty and the establishment of the Pahlavi Empire as the ruling house of the country in 1925.

The events began with a coup by the Persian Cossack Brigade headed by Reza Khan on 21 February 1921. The precise level of British Empire involvement in the coup remains a matter of historical debate, but it is almost certain that Edmund Ironside provided advice to the plotters. With this coup Ziaoddin Tabatabaee took over power and became Prime Minister. The coup was largely bloodless and faced little resistance. With his expanded forces and the Cossack Brigade, Reza Khan launched successful military actions to eliminate separatist and dissident movements in Tabriz, Mashhad and the Jangalis in Gilan. The campaign against Simko and the Kurds was less successful and lasted well into 1922, though eventually concluding with Persian success.

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