Iranian Collection (page 2)

Armenian family living at Kerman, Iran. Date: circa 1900s

Costumes of the Gabr disciples, Armenians, Kurds
Costumes of the Gabr disciples of Zoroastrianism, Armenians, Kurds. Abiti di Guebri, degli Armeni de Curdi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

Wahabee and Persian Noble
Wahabee (Wahabi, Wahhabi) and Persian Noble, Iran. 1840

Lockheed JetStar EP-VRP of the Iranian government Date: 1970s

Fokker F-27-600 PH-FPN (msn 10483) at the 1970 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. PH-FPN was delivered to the Imperial Iranian Air Force as 5-8808. Date: 1970

B707 at Farnborough
Boeing 707-3J9C 5-249 of the Imperial Iranian Air Force at Farnborough Air Show 1976. Date: 1976

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

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

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

Sarmatians. Deformed human skulls. Probably dated in the 3rd
Sarmatians. Two deformed human skulls. Probably dated in the 3rd century BC. Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

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

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

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)

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

Iranian Embassy Siege
Iranian supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini on a protest march in London during the siege of the Iranian Embassy. Date: 30 April - 5 May 1980

Prince Arfa Mirza Khan
Arfa Mirza Khan (1846-1939), Persian prince, diplomat, writer (pen name: Danesh) and worker for peace. Date: 1925

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

IRAN. Persepolis. Palace of Darius. Relief of Darius I the Great sitting on his throne with dignitaries, 521 BC. Persian art. Relief on rock

IRAN. Naqsh-e Rustam. Roman Emperor Valerian yields himself to the Persian king Shapur I after the battle of Edessa (259). Persian art. Sasanian art. Relief

Mahmood Khan Hotel, Kazvin, Iran
Mahmood Khan Hotel, Kazvin (Qazvin, Qazwin, Ghazvin), Iran. Date: circa 1908

Iran - The Fatima al-Masumeh Shrine in Qom. Fatima Masumeh was the sister of the eighth Imam Ali al-Rida and the daughter of the seventh Imam Musa al-Kadhim. Date: circa 1908

Shah of Persia, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
The Shah of Persia, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853-1907). A card produced as a souvenir of his visit to Belgium in summer 1902. Date: 1902

The Tomb of Nadir Shah of Persia at Mecca
The Tomb of Nader Shah Afshar Nadir Shah (1688? - 1747) of Persia at Mecca. The hah of Iran. Date: 1880s

Iran - Guest House at Masjid-i-Suleiman
Iran - Aerial photograph of the Guest House at Masjid-i-Suleiman Date: circa 1930s

Tehran, Iran - The Russian Embassy Date: circa 1910s

Flogging of a Persian criminal Date: circa 1910s

Bushehr, Iran - Saymar Quarter
Bushehr (Bushire), Iran - Saymar Quarter looing toward the canal Date: circa 19010s

Queen Elizabeth II with the Queen of Persia (Iran)
Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Farah of Persia photographed during the royal visit to Iran which was the final stop on an Oriental royal tour which included India and Pakistan in 1961. Date: 1961

British Embassy in Tehran, Iran

Seated Iranian Dervish Group
Seated group of Iranian (Persian) Dervishes. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Persian Dervish with sword and begging bowl. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Bronze container. 14th-15th centuries. Turkish-Iranian style. Iran. Persian epigraphic decoration. Saint Olalla collection. Diocesan Museum. Lleida. Spain

Torbat Heydarrieh Ghotbed-Din Heydar - Iran
Torbat-e Heydarieh (Zava, Zaveh), Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran - The tomb of Qotboddin Heydar (Qutb ad-Din Haydar) (?-1221) a Persian Sufi saint and Malamati-Qalandari Sheikh

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