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• here* the shah in the late 18th/early 19th century decided to modernised his army along european lines. To do so he looked for military advisors. The first one came from France (Napoleonic era and all) but left after a few year (Napoleonic Collapse and all) to be replaced by British ones. I assumed that *there* with Napoleon holding on longer, so would have said military advisers. The rank system then is based on the french one. However, since only non-officers regularly wore uniforms, the system only apply to non-officers (who, as noted under their pages, use the russian system).

--Marc Pasquin 12:01, 23 June 2006 (PDT)