Qajar contracts
What was the result of Tobacco contract?
Mirza Shirzai issued his historic Fatwa from Samarra: The text of Mirza’s fatwa was as follows: “In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Today, all kind of the use of tobacco to be tantamount to war against the Imam al-Mahdi”. Mirza Hasan Shirazi.
With the boycott of tobacco even inside the Shah’s palace, the hookahs were broken, and under the pressure of the people of Tehran, led by Mirza Ashtiani, Nasser al-Din Shah finally ordered the revocation of the Régie contract.
