Category: Uprising, from Wikidata’s class “rebellion”

Goharshad Mosque rebellion

August 1935 · Iran

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: rebellion (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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The Goharshad Mosque rebellion (Persian: واقعه مسجد گوهرشاد) took place in August 1935, when a backlash against the westernizing and secularist policies of Reza Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty erupted at Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran.

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Goharshad Mosque rebellion. (2026, September 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goharshad_Mosque_rebellion&oldid=1373621970

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“Goharshad Mosque rebellion.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Sept. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goharshad_Mosque_rebellion&oldid=1373621970.

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