Iranian cadets of the Austrian military academy in Tehran, around 1900.

The Austro-Hungarian military mission in Persia was the development of a military organization in Qajar Persia in 1879 by Austria-Hungary, which is considered as part of efforts to reform the Persian army under Naser al-Din Shah and set up a standing army in Persia. The Association had the strength of a corps.

My grandfather went to the this Austrian military academy (Wien).