his own romantic nationalism. He studied European music, learning to play the piano, and transposed Persian national songs into German. On a more overtly political level he was in contact with the Iranian radicals led by Hassan Taqizadeh and grouped around the periodical Kavih, for which he occasionally wrote articles. References Qiyam-e Kolonel Mohammad Taqi Khan-e Pessian dar Khorasan (Uprising of Colonel Mohammad Taqi Khan Pessian in Khurasan), A.Azari, Tehran, Safialishah, 1989 An Experiment in Revolutionary Nationalism: The Rebellion of Colonel Muhammad Taqi Khan Pasyan in Mashhad, April–October 1921, Stephanie Cronin, Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.33, No. 4 October 1997, pp. 693–750. Institute of Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies, qatl-e Mohammad Taqi Khan Pessian, Niloufar Kasra. Institute of Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies, Colonel Pessian Photos, Mehdi Jangravi. faceofiran External links 1892 births 1921 deaths Iranian expatriates in Germany People from Tabriz Luftstreitkräfte personnel German World War I pilots Recipients of the Iron Cross Iranian Gendarmerie personnel Democrat Party (Persia) politicians Iranian flying aces Warlords