The Events of Tangak and Coastal Tangistan in the First Months of World War I; Violations of Neutrality of Iran and the Formation of Popular Resistance

However, throughout the years of the First World War the geographical extent of Iran was the area of resistance of nationalists against foreign forces, but the Tangistan and the Tangestanis have long been famous. One of the reasons was cohesion of Tangistan to Bushehr, one of the most important commercial ports in Iran in the Qajar period. Another reason was the Tangestanis initiative in tackling intruders who had breached the neutrality of Iran in the war. In this regard, the small village of Tangak and its mayor Haj Ali Tangaky in the one hand, and the coastal strip of Tangistan with the bailiff of Reis Ali Delvari had a special role in the beginnings of public resistance in southern Iran, during the first months of World War I, so that, that small area with its events had local dimensions, at that time was at the center of national developments. Although the violation of Iran's neutrality in World War I has been studied at the national and international scales, but the purpose of this study is to show, with the documentary method, how such events though on a local scale could trigger breach of Iran's neutrality and thus new dimensions of research capacity in local history have been examined. As documented and expanded in this study for the first time the role of Haj Ali Tangaky has been introduced and recognized.