Iran Collection (page 9)

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

The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine, Kerman, Iran
Southeastern Iran - Kerman Province - The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine. The dome over the tomb of Shah Nematollah Vali, a well-known Sufi dervish, dates from the early 15th century

The Nematollah Vali Shrine, Kerman, Iran
Southeastern Iran - Kerman Province - The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine. The dome over the tomb of Shah Nematollah Vali, a well-known Sufi dervish, dates from the early 15th century

Tembi Pumping Station
A new BP oil pumping station was erected in the early 1920s on the left bank of the Tembi River in Iran to separate it from the main power station for the oil fields on the other bank

Camp in the Mountains of Iran
A temporary camp in the mountains of Iran, close to oil exploration works undertaken in the early 1920s by British Petroleum

Great Road - Ganawah to Mi Shun
A car on the high Great road between Ganawah and Mi Shun. This specific location is a bit of a mystery, but it is likely these are the mountains in Eastern Iraq / Western Iran

Primitive Oil Refinery in Iraq or Iran

Persian King & Captives
A Persian shah (king) returns from a military victory with a string of prisoners

A car in the Iranian desert. The driver and two passengers have got out and are examining something in the sand

Two people and their car in Iran
Two people and their car, somewhere in Iran, possibly having to change a tyre. In the background is a long building with many domes

General view, Iranian desert with buildings
General view of the Iranian desert, with a few buildings, and mountains in the background

The mausoleum of Khaje Rabi, Iran
The mausoleum of Khaje Rabi, about 6km outside Mashhad in Iran - now extensively restored. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

People in the Iranian desert
A group of people, both Western and Middle Eastern, somewhere in the Iranian desert

An incident with a car, Iran
A large number of people trying to move a car out of a ditch, somewhere in Iran

People and their cars, Iran
People and their cars, somewhere in Iran

Anglo-Persian Oil-Fields
A panoramic view of the central area of oil-fields in Persia (modern-day Iran) showing the offices of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

English Girls playing Diabolo on a roof in Tabriz, Iran, 1
Illustration showing two English girls playing Diabolo on a roof in Tabriz, Iran, 1908. In the background an artillery gun, manned by Persian Revolutionaries

Saffron Cultivation
Cultivating saffron in the Middle East (Turkey, Iran etc)

Iran / India Mscript
Page from a book of Sunni devotional poetry, scribed in nasta liq script from northern India or eastern Persia. The miniature may show a teacher giving instruction

Ras Al Khyma Attacked
British attack on the pirate town of Ras-al-Khyma, on the Straits of Hormuz. (It will be attacked again in 1812 and subsequently.)

Schinss, Iran
A pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground

Ruins of Persepolis
General view of the ruins of Persepolis, capital city of the ancient Persian kings, largely destroyed by Alexander of Macedon

Tehran Royal Palace
The palace of the kings of Persia

Hormuz, Iran in C16
The seaport of Hormuz (formerly Ormuz) is an important trade centre, taken in 1514 by the Portuguese who will keep it till 1622

View of Tehran
General view of the Persian capital in the eighteenth century

Bandar Abbas / Gamron
Bandar Abbas (formerly Gamron), a flourishing seaport near Hormoz, in southern Iran

Attack on Linga, Iran
British forces attack the pirate stronghold of Linga, on the Straits of Hormuz. Dhows are seen burning on the left

Britannia and Iran
Britannia and Persia make friends in the eighteenth century

Attack on Schinss
British soldiers from Bombay prepare to attack the pirate stronghold of Schirss, in the Persian Gulf

Ras Al Khyma Attack
British forces prepare to attack the pirate town of Ras- al-Khyma, on the Straits of Hormuz. (It will be attacked again in 1812 and subsequently.)

Iran / Lufi
A pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground

Persian of C17
A Persian gentleman

View of Shiraz, Iran
General view of Shiraz in southwest central Iran, birthplace of poets Sadi and Hafez, today a busy industrial and commercial city

Esfahan, 18th Century
The royal palace and gardens at Esfahan (formerly known as Ispahan)

Persian Caravanserai
An ancient Persian caravanserai, a lodging where travelers could break their journey

Island of Hormuz
A bird s-eye view of the trading city of Hormuz (earlier Ormuz, or Harmozia)

Persian Archer
A Persian warrior shoots from the saddle

Tehran General View
General view of the Persian capital in the nineteenth century, showing the neighbouring mountains

Dhow in Iran
An Arab dhow in Iran

Persepolis Vanished
Persepolis, ancient city of Iran

Mozaffar Od-Din Shah Ira
MOZAFFAR OD-DIN SHAH Shah of Iran (1896-1907), an unpopular and incompetent ruler

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