Persian Collection (page 14)

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

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

Fath Ali Shah
FATH ALI SHAH, nephew of Agah Mohammad Khan, Shah of Persia from 1797 to 1834

Persian Violin
Ancient Persian stringed instrument similar to the European violin

Persian Embassy
When the Persian ambassador visits a Foreign State, he does it in style - twenty elephants, along with a troop of horsemen

Persian of C17
A Persian gentleman

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

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

Doris Lessing
DORIS LESSING Persian (Iranian) born British writer who was brought up in Zimbabwe (former Southern Rhodesia)

Persian Mollah
A Persian mollah, or priest

Derbendt Russia
The town of Derbendt or Derbent, now in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, but once part of Persia. Figures in local dress and camels are in the foreground, with the walled city and hills beyond

NESTORIUS Persian prelate, Patriarch of Constantinople, deposed for his heretical views about the nature of Jesus

Old Persian Writing
Cuneiform writing from the ancient city of Persepolis

Sphinx - Persians
at the time of the Persian invasion of Egypt

White Persian Cat
A white Persian cat with a pink ribbon

Iran Busheir
Distant view of the port (formerly ka Bushire) on the Persian Gulf

Three Cats Drink Milk
Three cats (a Siamese, a persian and a tabby) drink milk from a bowl on a table while a tortoise shell cat looks on from a nearby chair

Plants / Cyclamen Persicum
Persian Cyclamen, or Sowbread

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Ornaments from Persian manuscripts in the British Museum

Battle of Cunaxa 401 Bc
The defeat of Cyrus the Younger, Persian prince by his brother Artaxerxes at the Battle of Cunaxa. The battle resulted in the retreat, under Xenophon of 10, 000 Greeks

Persian Spy Observes
A Persian spy hides behind some rocks observing the Spartan troops of Leonidas before reporting back to Xerxes, his king, that the Greeks are few in number

Persian Sibyl
THE PERSIAN SIBYL

Persian Official
Khachadour D hohannes is an officer in the entourage of the Prince Royal of Persia

Persian N Oble
A Persian noble of the 17th century

Persian Lady C17
A Persian lady of the 17th century

Woman with Persian Cat
A pretty young American woman in a grey evening dress with a white Persian cat

Themistocles in Persia
Themistocles, ostracised from Athens for boasting of his achievements, is received by Artaxerxes, King of Persia

Syrians Go to Hormuz
Aleppo (Syrian) merchants travel to the twice-a-year market at Ormuz (Persian Gulf), the biggest trading place with the Orient

Rhazes in Baghdad Lab
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya RAZI, known as RHAZES in the west : Persian physician and chemist, leader of Islamic medicine, here depicted in his laboratory at Baghdad

Persian Mounted on Horse
A Greek warrior fights a Persian mounted on horseback. The Greek has already claimed one victim

Iran / Archaeology / Bisutun
The rock inscription carved in Old Persian, Babylonian, and Elamite cuneiform on the rock of Bisutun overlooking the main route from Babylon to Hamadan

Xerxes War Council
Xerxes council at the time of the war with Greece. Date: 5th century BC

Persian couple
A Persian couple

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Ornaments from a Persian manufacturers pattern book in the South Kensington Museum

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Ornaments from Persian manuscripts in the British Museum

Sheherazade Costumes
SHEHERAZADE Elaborate Persian style costume designs by Bakst

Mongol / Persian Battle
Mongol and Persian warriors in single combat

Swords & Daggers / Racinet
Swords and daggers, mostly of Indian orgin, some of Persian and Turkish

Arab or Indian Horse
This may be a Persian or an Indian painting : in either case the horse may well be an Arab. The accoutrements show that it is something special

Pearl Fishing / 1870
Fishing for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Native divers hold their breath and drop down to the sea bed on lines

Naser Od-Din Music Sheet
NASER OD-DIN Shah of Persia, featured on a popular music sheet of The Persian March by Dan Godfrey, bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards

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