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| 1928 |
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| Introduction of a new civil code. The section on personal status was taken directly from Islamic law, but the rest of the code borrowed extensively from French law. The second and third volumes of the civil code went into effect in 1935. A further reform, enacted on Nov. 30, 1931, restricted the jurisdiction of Islamic courts to matters pertaining to marriage, divorce, and the appointment of trustees and guardians. | 1 |
| The government took over the function of certifying ulama and religious students with its own system of examinations. In 1931 it imposed a standard syllabus on all religious schools (madrasas). | 2 |
| Clothing reform. A new law required all Iranians, except ulama, to wear Western clothes. Western hats were made mandatory in 1935. | 3 |
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| May 10 |
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| Abolition of the Capitulations, the special legal and economic privileges that Westerners enjoyed. | 4 |
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