Iran Collection (page 8)

Isfanan, Iran - Ali Qapu
Ali Qapu ( Sublime Gate ) - a grand palace in Isfahan, Iran. Located on the western side of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square opposite to Sheikh lotf allah mosque

Roudbar on the road to Rasht, Iran Date: circa 1910s

Mules carry children in pannier seats
Women and children carried in pannier seating on a mule - Iran Date: 1913

Manjil, Iran
Manjil is a historical town in Gilan Province in the southern basin of the Caspian Sea in Northern Iran on the road between Tehran and Bandar-e Anzali. Date: circa 1910s

The Darband district of Tehran Date: circa 1930s

Tehran, Iran - Imperial Palace Date: circa 1910s

Iran - Teheran - Avenue Nasser Khosrow

Iran, Isfahan - Imam Mosque
The Imam Mosque or Masjed-e Imam, formally known as the Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran (standing at the southern edge of the Naghsh-i Jahan Square)

The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (3 / 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

The Road to Damavand, Iran
A summer camp on the road to Damavand - a city in Tehran Province in Iran. This scene could be a gathering to celebrate the opening of a new road through the mountains to Damavand. Date: circa 1904

Ottoman Turkish Map of Southern Iraq
Ottoman Turkish Map of the southern province of Iraq and the territory which is now Kuwait, The area depicted focusses on Basra and the Shatt al-Arab region leading out into the Persian Gulf

Iranian Fortune Teller
The old Iranian fortune teller looks up at her shy, smiling young customer : I see a rich and handsome young man from Tehran... Date: 1930s

Iranian Earthquake - Koppeh Dargh - 1st May 1929. Food being brought for the refugees. Date: 1929

Iranian troops at Kermanshah after Armistice, post-WW1
Iranian troops concentrated at Kermanshah (western Iran) after the Armistice which ended the First World War. Date: 1918

Tabriz, Iran - Fruit Seller
A Beautiful early photographic picture postcard showing a Fruit Seller. Rather bizarrely there is a partial view of a chap on a ladder emerging into the top-right hand corner of the shot - what he is

Poster advertising trips to Iran, featuring an ancient sculpture. 20th century

Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin, Middle East, during WW1
Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin, Ghasr-e-Shirin) in the Middle East (now Iran) during the First World War. They include Kerim Khan, Aziz Khan and Ali Agha. Date: circa 1916-1918

Aymaq nomadic man, Afghanistan
A Man of the Tymunee Eimauk. Aymaq (also Aimak, Eimauk or Aimaq), are a collection of Persian-speaking nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes

British Consulate General Headquarters, Bushehr
The British Consulate General Headquarters at Bushehr (Bushire), Iran Date: circa 1903

Imams in Iran
Image of two Imams chatting man to man in Iran Date: circa 1910s

Medes - a Couple
A noble couple The Medes were part of the Assyrian empire, living in present-day Iran Date: ANCIENT MEDES

Crossing the Kotal Mountains, Iran
Crossing the Kotal mountains in Iran. Date: 1893

Royal marriages dissolved
King Faruk of Egypt(1920-1965) pictured here with his wife Queen Farida(1921-1988), and the Shah of Iran and his wife Empress Fawzia(eldest sister of King Faruk)

A man and Woman of Iran (Persia). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Locomotive from Iran
Huge Iranian railway engine with double-tender

Arab women preparing trays of sweetmeatsm or Baklava in Iran

A Laugh between friends - Iran
3 Friends sharing a joke at Bushehr (Bushire), Iran

Jameh Mosque - Kerman, Iran - built in 1349 and extensively modernised during the Safavid period and later

Fire Brigade - Abadan Oilfield, Iran
A group of Iranian firefighters practising the swift deployment of the hose from their engine at the Abadan oilfield, Iran

Colonial gent plays tennis, Iran
A colonial gentleman standing in a hard tennis court, Bushire (Bushehr), on the south west coast of Iran. At the time of this photograph the city had been under British occupation for five years

The Shrine of Imam Reza - Mashad, Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Women gathered below palms - Iran
A group of women sheltering below a group of palm trees in Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Persian Dervish with young son, carrying a club. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Young Iranian Dervish. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Zoroastrian School - Iran
A superb postcard showing the pupils and teachers of a Zoroastrian School in Iran

Iranian man with a gun in his belt
An Iranian man with a gun tucked into his belt, Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. At the time of this photograph the city had been under British occupation for five years. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts (1892 - 1991) at Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Bushehr, Iran - An excursion drive
A small party of European Diplomatic staff taking a drive into the Iranian countryside close to Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Iranian man in Bushehr, Iran
An Iranian man poses for his photograph in in Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. At the time of this photograph the city had been under British occupation for five years. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Iranian Gentleman holding a Mauser
An Iranian man holding a Mauser automatic pistol, Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Drinking at a picnic - possibly in Iran
A group of British diplomatic (or foreign service) personnel fool about during a picnic, possibly in Iran. Their attendant guard seems totally unfazed by the high jinks

Picnic in Iran
Diplomatic staff (both British and Iranian) enjoy a picnic. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Villa at Bushehr, Iran
View of a villa at Bushehr (Bushire), Iran. At the time of this photograph the city had been under British occupation for five years. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Bakhtiari Women carrying water, Iran

Zoroastrian Fire Temple - Iran

An oil field at night - Middle East
A view across an oil field at night with fires and explosions of light illuminating the scene - definitely in the Middle East, likely to be in Iran or Iraq

Oil seepage - Iran
A seepage of oil up through the soil - Iran

Mobilising Bedouin Troops
Bedouin troops mobilised in Iran. Cavalry carry long spears and the flag of the Ottoman Empire flies above the troops

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