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Like his father, Nasser-al-Din Shah he visited Europe, a total of three times, during which he had to borrow money from Russians.
He was a weak and incompetent ruler and he relied on his chancellor to rule the country for him. In the last year of his life Iran saw constitutional movement in which the power of the monarchy was curtailed and he granted the people a constitution and parliament. He died 40 days after granting Constitution.
He introduced Cinema to Iran in 1900 after his visit to Europe.
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