Persian Collection

Map of the Ancient Persian Empire, encompassing Greece to the north west, Arabia to the south east, Egypt and Libya to the south west and deep in the Caucasus in the north east. Date: 1798

Map of the Empire of King Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon 356323 BC), from Greece in the west to India in the east. Date: 1807

HMS Victorious (R38) approaching the Persian Gulf, 3 July 1961. de Havilland Sea Vixens, Supermarine Scimitars and Westland Whirlwinds line the flightdeck

IRAN. Pasagarda. Tomb of Cyrus II the Great, founder of Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Architecture

The Coronation of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980)

Portrait of Zoroaster (6th century BC)
Zoroaster (6th century BC). Founder of the Zoroastrianism. Portrait at the Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Yazd. Iran

Persian Manuscript, 1650. Court of a Safavid dynasty prince. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts

The Battle of Issus. 1st c. Detail of the mosaic depicting Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus, fighting against Persian king Darius III. Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic. ITALY. Naples

Pheidippides Runs
BATTLE OF MARATHON Athenian courier Pheidippides sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon in 490 BC, died after completing his run

Zoroastrian (Parsee) Beauty - Iran. Date: 1910

Map of Persia (Iran) - all place names in their Latin form. The ancient realms of Assyria, Babylonia Date: 1807

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Sohrab facing the tent of the Persian army leaders. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Page from a poem book by Hafez-e Shirazi illustrated depicting a banquet. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting

Tortoiseshell Persians
Two Persian cats, one tortoiseshell and one tortoiseshell-and-white, sit together. Date: 1903

Miltiades Bust
MILTIADES Athenian military commander, led the Athenian forces at the battle of Marathon, 490, where he defeated the much larger Persian forces of Darius

Battle of Salamis
A Persian admiral, the bravest of the brothers of King Xerxes, is killed by the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis

Persian Musicians
A group of Persian musicians play on a variety of instruments. Below dancing girls perform to the music

Persian Archers
Soldiers from Elam, armed with spear, bow and arrows, in the service of Darius when he attacked Greece

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Sohrab looks carefully at some of the tents in the camp. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Faridun

Ancient Alphabets
Writing examples of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian alphabets. Date: Circa 1760

Ancient Persian Music
A Dervish of Ancient Persia in long green robe with fur trimming; he wears an ornate hat and plays a woodwind instrument

City View of Ancient Sparta Greece 1816 Date: 1816

The Landing Stage at Ahvaz, Iran - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard

Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay

Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf
The Pearl Fishery in the Persian Gulf. Sidi-Arab diver with pince-nez. The Mosquito Fleet at anchor. The divers at work below. Apparatus used by the divers. Date: 1881

GENGIS KHAN (1162-1227). Emperor founder of the first Mongol Empire in 1206. Fol. 44v. Mongols tributing to Genghis Khan. Illustration of the first section with the history of the Mongols

Mohammad on Horseback Persian miniature
Ascension of prophet Muhammad with the archangel Gabriel. 16th c. Ascent of the Prophet Mohammad with Archangel Saint Gabriel. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. UNITED KINGDOM

Audience of Darius I. 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 during hearing with officers Medes. Treasury Hall of the palace

Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan, Iran
Ali Qapu (Sublime Gate) Palace, Isfahan (Ispahan), Iran. Date: circa 1910s

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. First Meeting of Rostam and his Grandfather, Sam. Gouache on paper. F05v. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Kay Kavus orders his soldiers to capture Rostam. Gouache on paper. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Iran, Teheran - Nayrouz (The New Year Festival) - an event which was Coptic and originated in Egypt

Tehran, Iran - Imperial Bank of Persia Date: circa 1909

Battle of Marathon
BATTLE OF MARATHON Miltiades, with 11, 000 Athenians and Plataeans, defeats the 60, 000-strong Persian army of Darius Hystaspes

The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852
Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852

Two Persian women rocking a goatskin to churn milk. Date: circa 1900s

The Dolly Sisters performing their Persian Dance 1921
The Dolly Sisters as they perform their Persian dance in the " League of Notions", a popular revue at the New Oxford

Garden varieties of the Persian buttercup, Ranunculus asiaticus. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs

Stages of the pearl fishery industry in the Persian Gulf. Date: 1902

Native vessels, Manama Pier, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Native vessels by the pier at Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

A group of Persian musicians
A group of four Persian musicians playing their instruments. 1818

A village Bazaar - Iran Date: circa 1910s

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Zal meets

Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran and Shah Mosque
The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, Iran - one of the biggest city squares in the world and an outstanding example of Iranian and Islamic architecture. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Persian Dervish - Paris Exhibition
Persian Dervish at the Paris Exposition in 1900. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth

Owen Jones Assyrian 13
Designs taken from enamelled bricks, ornaments from a kings clothing, bronze shields and vessels, and a battering ram, from Khorsabad and Nimroud

ZOROASTER Persian religious leader, founder of Zoroastrianism (Parsiism in India)

Running Saluki
Once known as the Persian Greyhound. This Saluki runs with his ear and tail hair flowing

Blue Persian Kittens
A pair of very fluffy blue Persian cats sit together

Persian women using a large grindstone, Iran Date: circa 1900s

European shoes, slippers and boots
European shoes and boots: Russian boot 1, Russian womans sandal 2, Finnish womans sandal 3, Finnish womans slipper 4, Finnish bejeweled shoes 5, 6, Hungarian mans boot 7

Comtesse A de Chabrillan at Persian ball, 1912
Comtesse A de Chabrillan, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Ivy-leaved cyclamen, Cyclamen repandum.. A native of Italy. Cyclamen repandum (Cyclamen hederaefolium)

Persian Village, South Persia (Iran)
Scene in a Persian Village, South Persia (Iran). Date: circa 1910s

Dolly Sisters from League of Notions at London Pavilion
Portraits of the Dolly Sisters in their Persian outfits from Charles Cochrans League of Notions at the London Pavilion, 1922 Date: 1922

Persian Psaltery
Ancient Persian stringed instrument similar to the European psaltery

SHAH ABBAS (1557-1628)
SHAH ABBAS on horseback and wielding a sword

Face of White Persian
A close-up facial portrait of a fluffy white Persian cat

Owen Jones Assyrian 14
Designs taken from columns and capitals, pilasters and mouldings, at Persepolis, Istakhr, Bi Sutoun and Ispahan

Selling Persian Carpets
Selling Persian carpets in Le Printemps, French department store

White Persian Cat, 1877
A white Persian cat outdoors

Henry Martyn
HENRY MARTYN English missionary and orientalist; translated the New Testament into Hindustani and Psalms into Persian

Events / Greece
At SALAMIS, the Greek fleet of 370 vessels defeats the Persian fleet of 1000+, thus forcing Xerxes to cancel his plan to invade Greece

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 110th Quatrain. And in your joyous errand reach the spot where I made one - turn down an empty Glass! Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 104th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 88th Quatrain. Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make. Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 70th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 68th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 60th Quatrain. Came shining through the dusk an angel shape. Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 57th Quatrain. You know, my friends, how bravely in my house for a new marriage I did make carouse. Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 55th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 46th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 44th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 40th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 36th Quatrain. And hidden by the sleeve of night and morn. Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 27th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 22nd Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 20th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 15th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 12th Quatrain

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 11th Quatrain. And Peace to Mahmud on his golden Throne! Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustration by Edmund Dulac to the 1st Quatrain. Wake! For the Sun behind yon Eastern height has chased the Session of the Stars from Night. Date: 1909

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The 72nd Quatrain. Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd desire. Illustration by Edmund Dulac. Date: 1909

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