Persia Collection (page 4)

Sea front road at Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Sea front road at Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

View of the sea at Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Palace in Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Palace (probably the Bait Shaikh Salman Historic Palace) in Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Hostel building in Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Educational hostel building in Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Market building in Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Market building (Souk) in Manama, capital city of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

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

WWI - Map of the Mesopotamian Campaign of the MEF (Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force) featured on the reverse of a Forces Greetings card - Christmas 1917. Date: 1917

Head of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Marble. 2nd centur
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedon. Head in marble. First half of the 2nd century. From Pergamon. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

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

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

Mevlana Museum. Turkey
Mevlana Museum at the Mevlana Monastery, of the dervishes monks. Exterior. Konya. Turkey

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

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

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

Persian astrolabe from 17th century. FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE
Persian astrolabe from 17th century. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM)

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

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

Bandar Abbas
Fetching water from a well in Bandar Abbas, a port city and the capital of Hormozgan province in southern Iran (Persia). Date: 1930s

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

The Tomb of Cyrus II the Great, King of Persia (559-529 BC). His full title was: " King of Kings of Persia, King of Aryavarta, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon

Hawker Hurricane 2-31 two-seat trainer, derived from a IIC, supplied to Persia in 1946. Date: 1946

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

Tabriz Uprising, Iran
Shot-torn and pillaged Tabriz, and the army of the revolutionaries: the Ark, its garrison and its archaic cannon

A view of Erzurum - Turkey
Erzurum (Armenian - Karin), is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The name " Erzurum" derives from " Arz-u Rm" (literally The Land of the Romans i n Persian)

Cyrus the Great
CYRUS II (THE GREAT) Overthrew Croesus Kingdom of Lydia. Led a successful conquest of Babylon (539) and freed Jewish captives

Babur, Emperor of India
Babur, Mughal Emperor of India (ruled 1526-1530), depicted with his army invading Persia

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

Three printed coloured maps: Fairburns New Chart Exhibiting the Route of General Buonaparte in the Mediterranean Sea; with the Countries through which the French Army must pass

Aid to Russia Route through Persia, 1944
One of forty one official photographs of Aid to Russia Route through Persia, 1944. Associated with vehicle maintenance. Associated with World War Two, Middle East (1940-1943) and World War Two

Arabs and others with oil barrels in an unidentified location. Date: circa 1920s

Boys School, Muharraq Island, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

View at Ein Cassari, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

People doing their laundry, Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

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