The escape of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar from Iran to Russia.

On September 10, 1909, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, the deposed and dethroned king of Iran, finally left the country for Russia after 57 days of asylum in the Russian embassy in Tehran. Accompanied by his family, courtiers, supporters of the autocratic regime, and about 120 Iranian Cossacks, he was escorted to the Russian border under the guidance of the Russian embassy and with the accompaniment of representatives from the Russian and British embassies. He departed from Bandar Anzali for Odessa, Russia.

This event marked the end of Mohammad Ali Shah's era of despotism, which had begun with the bombardment of parliament on June 23, 1908, and the suppression of the constitutionalists. Following the conquest of Tehran by constitutionalist forces on July 16, 1909, Mohammad Ali Shah was dethroned and took refuge in the Russian embassy. According to an agreement, the Iranian government was to pay him and his family 100,000 tomans annually, in return for which he would hand over his properties and return the royal jewels.

Mohammad Ali Shah lived a prosperous life in Russia for years, but with the advent of the 1917 Communist Revolution, he was forced to flee the country. He went to Istanbul via sea and eventually died on April 5, 1925, at the age of 53.