Iran Collection (page 3)

A Persian woman in her chador and veil Date: circa 1840

A Persian gentleman Date: 1737

Dervish man from Persia (Iran) wearing onion-shaped hat.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831 - 1896), King of Persia from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. Photograph on his last visit to Britain. Date: 1889

PERSIAN EMIR AUDIENCE
An audience with the Emir of Persia Date: 17th century

XERXES WAR COUNCIL
Xerxes council at the time of the war with Greece. Date: 5th century BC

SHIITES IN ECSTASY
Shiite Moslem fanatics mutilate themselves in a state of ecstasy during the pilgrimage to Kerbela, Iran Date: 1909

Ecstatic Moslems
MOSLEM FANATICS At the Mohurrum Festival, Iran, devotees mutilate themselves while in a state of ecstasy Date: 1913

Two Old Men of Shush, Iran - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of two old men of Shush - the capital

Persian Soldiers - Iran. Date: circa 1905

Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Iran
Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Detail. Yazd. Iran

Iran. Isfahan. Friday Mosque. The Oljeitu Mihrab. 1310
Iran. Isfahan. Masjed-e Jame (Friday Mosque). The Oljeitu Mihrab, constructed in 1310 by Mongol ruler Oljeitu

Persian Dervishes. Darwesh or Dervish, as it is known in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tariqahs - tariket

Ja far Pishevari (1893-1947) arrives in Tehran at the end of April 1946 for talks with the Iranian Prime Minister. In November 1945, backed by the Soviet Union

IRAN. Naqsh-e Rustam. The Roman emperor Valerianus kneeling before Shapur I after the battle of Edessa (260). Persian art. Sasanian art. Relief

Iran. Persepolis. Apadana
Palace of Darius I. Apadana or Audience Hall. 6th c. BC. IRAN. FARS. Persepolis. Apadana or Audience Hall of Darius I. Persian art. Achaemenid period

Darius I on his throne. Persian Art
DARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Representation of the king on his throne. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Relief on rock. IRAN. Tehran

Iran - Shush Castle - Susa
Shush Castle (Chateau de Suse) in the ruins of the ancient city of Susa (Shush) in the Khuzestan Province of Iran. Constructed by French archaeologist Jean-Marie Jacques de Morgan as a secure base

Isfahan, Iran - Two old minarets Date: circa 1920s

View of Tehran, Iran
View out over the houses of Tehran, Iran, looking toward the mountains Date: circa 1920s

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1 / 4)
Irans constitutionalist uprising (1906-09) was the first great revolution of the 20th century - an expression of spontaneous rage against a corrupt and bankrupt monarchy

Wedding of the Shah of Persia in 1960
Farah Diba (born 1938), third wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Persia (Iran), symbolically setting free some caged birds on the day of her wedding, wearing a dress by Christian Dior

Abadan, Iran - Bawarda Housing Estate and Refinery
Abadan, Iran - Bawarda Housing Estate and oil Refinery (the largest in the world at that time). On the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (the southern end of which forms the border with Iraq). Date: circa 1930s

Shah of Persia and Princess Soraya
Shah of Persia (Iran), Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and his wife Princess Soraya (Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari), photographed during a visit to Munich, Germany

Pipe-smoking Syrian Dervish with fantastic hairstyle. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Supply route through Iran into Russia
Pages from The Illustrated London News on the Persian Corridor, the supply route through Iran into Russia, with various views of the trans-Iranian railway

Islamic. Iran. Glazed mosaic tile. 1450-1500. Probably
Islamic art. Iran. Glazed mosaic tile. 1450-1500. Floral design. Probably from Isfahan. Victoria and Albert museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Iran. City of Persepolis. The Gate of all Nations or Xerxus Gateway. Detail Lamassu. Assyrian protective deity. Bulls body and humans head

Shah Abbas I The Great (1571-1629), fighting against the T
Abbas I the Great (1571-1629). Shah of the Safavid dynasty. Persian cavalry soldiers led by Shah Abbas I The Great fighting against the Turks. Fresco. Detail. 17th century. Sutun Chihil Palace

Persian art. Persepolis. Apadana. Palace of Darius I. Lion a
Persian art. Persepolis. Achaemenid period. Apadana Palace. First palace built under Darius I in the new capital, Persepolis. Stands decorated with reliefs. 6th century and 5th centuries BC

Slab with relief of a male winged sphinx. 358-338 BC. Persep
Slab with relief of a male winged sphinx wearing divine horned head-dress. 358-338 BC. Originally part of the facade of the Palace G, built by King Artaxerxes III

Iran. Persepolis. Palace of Darius I. Relief and cuneiform i
Palace of Darius I (522-486 BC). Reliefs of the outer wall of the staircase of the Apadana depicting In the center, cuneiform inscription describing the construction of a staircase in the Palace of

Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Apadana Palace. Ruins. First
Persian art. Achaemenid period. Apadana Palace. Ruins. First palace built under Darius I in the new capital, Persepolis. It stands on a plinth decorated with reliefs depicting the royal guard

Persian Empire. Achaemenid period. Cuneiform writing. Palace
Persian Empire. Achaemenid period. Cuneiform writing on the wall of the Palace of Persepolis. 5th century B.C. Islamic Republic of Iran

Islamic Art. Safavid period. 17th century. Great Mosque. Det
Islamic Art. Safavid period. 17th century. Imam Mosque or Great Mosque (Masjed-e-Imam). Built between 1612-1638 during the reign of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629)

Persian-Achaemenid art. Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a f
Persian-Achaemenid art. Islamic Republic of Iran. Gold rhyton decorated with a fantastic leonine creature. 5th Century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Mesopotamian art. Bust of a ruler, dated between 2300 and 2000 BC. Early Bronze Age. It comes from Iran (?). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Abbas I the Great (1571-1629). Shah of the Safavid dynasty. He fought against the Ottomans and conquered part of their territory

Tomb of Gunbad-i Qabud - Maragha, Iran - one of the three tombs built in Maragheh, Gunbad-i Qabud has a decagonal brick chamber with a stone base and a crypt. Date: circa 1903

Racial / Iran / Servants 19C
Persian servants etc Date: mid-19th century

Iran / Archaeology / Susa
Excavations reveal the massive column bases of the Palace of Artaxerxes ? (circa 5th century BC). Date: 1887

Fire Altar at Persepolis
A fire altar close to the citadel and settlement at Persepolis. King Xerxes is depicted worshipping in front of a a fire altar on his rock- cut tomb. Date: 1902

Abadan Oil Refinery from the air
Abadan oil refinery, Iran (Persia) from the air. The largest in the world at that time on the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (the southern end of which forms the border with Iraq). Date: 1951

Costumes of high-ranking Persian men and women, and commoners.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Persian fire worshipper of the Zoroastrian religion.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Persian camel artillery: bombardiers firing cannons from saddles.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Palace of Darius I. Apadana or Audience Hall. 6th c. BC. IRAN. Persepolis. Detail of capital of column capital with protome bull shaped. High relief. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Sculpture on rock

Tomb of Darius I the Great. 6th c. BC. IRAN. Persepolis. In the upper relief is represented the people who worship the god Ahura Mazda before the altar of fire. Persian art. Achaemenid period

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