Second Majles and parliamentary leader of Ferqeh-ye Demokrat-e Iran (Democratic Party of Iran). 1910: Left (forced to leave Tehran) for Tabriz after the assassination of Sayyed Abdullah Behbahani (one of two prime Mojahed leaders of the revolution, the other being Sayyed Mohammad Tabātabā'i). Stayed for some months in Tabriz. October 1910: Arrived in Istanbul, staying there for almost two years. 1911: Left Istanbul for Europe. June 1913: Left for New York, staying for nineteen months in the United States of America. Published four political articles in French about the political situations of Iran, Ottoman and Arabic countries in Revue du Monde Musulman (Study of the Muslim World). January 1915: Left the United States of America for Germany (Berlin), travelling through the Netherlands. January 1916 — March 1922: Published the periodical Kaveh (Blacksmith) in collaboration with such important writers as Sayyed Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (son of Sayyed Jamal ad-Din Esfahani) and Hossein Kazemzadeh (who later became editor of the nationalist paper Iranshahr ). January 1922 — July 1923: Went, as deputy of the Iranian State, to Moscow for formation of a friendship agreement. Stayed for one and a half year in Moscow. 1923: Married to his German wife, whom he called by the name 'Atiyeh (Gift). July 1924: Returned to Iran. Elected deputy to the Fifth Majles. Became member of the Ma'aref (Cultural Affairs) Commission. June 1926: Travelled to the United States of America as official Iranian representative to the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926. Membership of the "Council of Founders" of the "Society of National Opuses". 1927: Returned to Iran. Elected deputy to the Sixth Majles. 1928: Became Governor-general of Khorasan province. 1929: Became Iranian Minister Plenipotentiary to London. March 1930: Returned to Iran. Accepted to become Minister of Roads and Transport. August 1930 — August 1933: Was Minister of Finance. April 1933: Signing of the prolongation of the oil-concession. November 1933 — July 1934: Became Iranian Minister Plenipotentiary to Paris. 1934: Travelled to the United Kingdom for his Lecture at Royal Society of Arts about the Iranian situation. End of his duties assigned to him by the Iranian embassy in Paris. Left for Berlin, staying there for fifteen months. 1935: Was Iranian Deputy at the "International Association of Orientalists" in Rome. 1936: Went to London to teach at the then School of Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London. Taqizadeh was a temporary member of the teaching staff of Iranian and