Persian Collection (page 13)

Tbilisi / Tiflis
This ancient town has been successively under Persian, Byzantine, Arab, Mongol, Turkish and Soviet rule before its present incarnation in independent Georgia. Date: 1850

Emden Bombards India
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Damaged by the Emden
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Shipping on the Shatt al-Arab - Basra, Iraq - the waterway which eventually leads out into the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1910s

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

Viceroys Gardens, Delhi
The gardens of the house of the Viceroy of India, New Delhi, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in a series of Persian style terraces. Date: 1930s

Russian troops entering a Persian town, WW1
Russian troops under General Baratoff (centre, wearing a light-coloured hat) entering a Persian town on horseback during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

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

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

Salukis, Man and Facon
Also once known as Persian Gazellehounds. Two dogs in a desert are straining on a leash held by a Persian man with a falcon. Date: 1919

20S Fashion / Jean Lanvin
Mlle Jane Renouard in a Jean Lanvin dress: bateau or boat neckline, sleeves with bell shaped tapered cuffs, godet style drapery, sequined sash, a cloche hat & court shoes. Date: late 1920s

Smoke / Orange Persians
Two Persian cats, one smoke and one orange, sit together. Date: 1903

Tabby / Orange Persians
Two Persian cats, one silver tabby and one orange-and-white, sit together. Date: 1903

7 Wonders / Mausoleum / Mus
In 353 BC, Greek architects Satyros and Pythios were ordered to design & build a huge tomb for Mausolus of Caria, provincial ruler of the Persian Empire, by his wife

Tabby / Silver Persians
Two Persian cats, one brown tabby and one silver, lie together. Date: 1903

B / W Persian Cats
Two Persian cats sit together, one black and one white. Date: 1903

Blue / Cream Persian Cats
Two Persian cats, one blue and one cream, sit together. Date: 1903

Asian Hunters

The Dolly Sisters wearing their Persian costumes by Max Weldy in League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

Mule transports Kerosene in Iraq
Iraq - a mule is used to transport wooden cases of Palm Tree refined petroleum (kerosene), manufactured by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company

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

Persian-inspired party, Paris
A Persian themed party, named The Thousand and Second Night, hosted by Mr and Mrs P. P. in their garden to entertain their Parisian guests

Better impressions by sea
Poster encouraging people to travel by sea for Better Impressions. Places visited on the way include the UK, Egypt, Sudan, East and South Africa, the Persian Gulf, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Malaya

Example of Persian Script
A fine example of dated Persian script on an envelope

Persian lady - Art Nouveau
A persian woman in art nouveau style wearing elaborate gilt headdress

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

The Ruins of Sardis - Two ionic columns
Sardis (also known as Sardes, Sfard in Lydian and Sparda in Persian) - modern name is Sart - in the Manisa Province of Turkey

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

Advertising Card for rug importer
Advertising card for a Belgian Turkish rug importer, showing the owner of the company, Leonhard Tietz, negotiating the price of a rug. He had an office in Rassim Pacha Han in Istanbul

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

Egyptian Dragoman
A Dragoman - a multilingual Interpreter, translator and official guide between Arabic and Persian countries and consulates / vice-consulates of European / Christian powers

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

Alcibiades Murdered
The Athenian general and statesman Alcibiades, who has fled from his enemies to the Persian Pharnabazus, is murdered in Phrygia by his political enemies

Nearchoss Voyage
Nearchos, one of Alexanders generals, sails from the Indus to the Persian Gulf

Agesilaus & Persian
Agesilaus II, ruler of Sparta, meets with the Persian ambassador Pharnabazos

Persian Ambassadors
The Persian general Mardonius sends delegates to negotiate with the Athenians, hoping to separate them from their Greek allies. But of course they refuse

Greece Salamis
The Gulf of Salamis, scene of the battle of 480 BCE when the Persian fleet of Xerxes was defeated by a Greek fleet, though outnumbered three to one

Greece Marathon
Site of the battle of 490 BCE when a Greek army (mainly Athenian) defeated the very much larger force of Persian invaders. A messenger ran back to Athens with the news

Persian New Year
The Fire-worshippers of ancient Persia celebrated the end of the old year with a mighty blaze

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

Persian Drum
Ancient Persian percussion instrument similar to the European drum

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

Persian Horn
Ancient Persian horn

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