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Ambassadors and Persian revolutionaries recognized a key ideological link between Islamic principles and ideas of sovereignty, asserting that the push for reform was rooted in authentic Persian and Islamic values rather than European influence. A pivotal moment came when the Shah, under intense pressure, agreed to establish a legislative body— the Majlis—that would limit his autocratic power. The revolution temporarily ousted the Shah in 1909, installing a young Ahmad Shah with a new sense of constitutionalism: the notion that the monarchy should serve the people's interests, and if it failed, the people had the right to remove it.