Table of Contents

Part 1 The Government Gendarmerie, 1910-1921: formation and early years; the impact of the First World War; the Muhajirat and the National Government of Kirmanshah; the reconstruction of the Government Gendarmerie. Part 2 The Cossacks, 1906-1921: the constitutional period, 1906-1914; war and revolution, 1914-1917; the Cossack division under Colonel Starroselsky; the Cossack division and the 1921 coup d'etat. Part 3 1921 - The Cossack ascendancy: the destruction of the Gendarmerie; Colonel Muhammad Taqi Khan Pasyan and the Gendarme regime in Mashhad. Part 4 The construction of the new army, 1921-1926: structure and organisation; finance; recruitment; education and training; arms and ammunition - auxiliary services; the air force, navy, Amniyyah and police operations. Part 5 Discontent and disaffection, 1921-1926: the ex-Gendarmes; republicanism and royalism; intrigues within the high command; pay and conditions - the mutinies of 1926. Part 6 Civil-military relations, 1921-1926: the Cabinet and the Majlis; the Shah; the military ascendancy over the civil authorities; the military and the civil population. Conclusion. Appendix A - biographical notes. Appendix B - ranks and rates of pay. Appendix C - the "will" of Ali Quli Khan Pasyan.