Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (statesmen) WWW.IICHS.ORG Mohammad Taghi Bahar
Vida Moezzi Nia Mohammad Taghi Bahar, a leading poet and a practical newspaper writer was born in He edited a paper called NowBahar in The first world war closed the Majlis and Bahar went to The pressures of the Russians and the British governments led to his exile from After six months, he returned to He was elected a member of the forth, fifth, sixth and the eleventh Majlises. He cooperated with Seyyed Hassan Modarres in his opposition against the formation of a republic government, and the interpellation of Reza Khan, then prime minister. Following 1921 coup, Bahar was under arrest for three months. Three years later was elected a deputy to Majlis from Kashmar. He opposed the depose of Ahmad Shah and the change of Qajar Regime. An attempt was made on his life when the debate on the change of regime took place in the Majlis, but Vaez Qazvini became victim. During Reza Shah's reign he devoted himself to literary works and tought at the high teacher training school. From 1929 onwards, he was arrested and exiled on more thean one occasion. He became the minister of education in Qavam's cabinet, 1946. He eventually died in 1951 and was buried in Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery in Shemiran. Among his main contributions we many refer to The history of Political Porfies and Sabk Shenassi (The Stylistics). In his late days, he was the head of the Peace Partisans Society of Iran, in |