 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek akabviswa semutungamiriri wehurumende uye akatsiviwa naHassan Pirnia. Somuuyo, Sardar Rafi akasunungurwa mutorongo ndokudzokera kuAstarabad. Panguva iyi, mauto eRussia neBritain, kune rumwe rutivi, uye mauto eOttoman, kune rumwe rutivi, akanga achirwa muIran munhimbe yainzi Hondo yePersia. Zvichakadaro, Sardar Rafi akacherekedza kupambwa kwenzvimbo dzokuchamhembe kweIran nemauto eRussia. Akasarudza kuumba simba ndokuratidzira vaRussia. Iye akakumbira mutungamiriri wehurumende zvombo, asi hurumende yakanga isina kusimba kwazvo zvokuti yakanga isingagoni kubetsera Sardar Rafi. Naizvozvo Sardar Rafi akaunganidza mauto okuzvipira kubva kuvanhu ndokutenga zvombo kubva kumarudzi akapoteredza Khorasan. Muhondo huru yokutanga muMaraveh Tappeh, mauto aSardar Rafi akatarisana nevaRussia. Mumaawa mashomanene okurwa, Sardar Rafi akakundwa ndokumanikidzirwa kudzokera shure. Nokudaro, vaRussia vakakunda Maraveh Tappeh. 