Persian Collection (page 5)

BLUE PERSIAN KITTENS
A pair of very fluffy blue Persian cats sit together. Date: 1947

Eastern chariots, mostly depicted on coins
Eastern chariots (Roman, Persian, Sidonian), mostly depicted on coins and in the centre Roman women sitting in an ox-cart, watched by a soldier. Date: circa 0 BCE / O CE

DIVING FOR PEARLS
Diving for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Date: 1870

PERSIAN EMIR AUDIENCE
An audience with the Emir of Persia Date: 17th century

PERSIAN WRESTLING
Persian wrestlers struggle against each other, watched by several soldiers. Date: ancient

PERSIAN MERCHANT DEALS
Europeans deal with a Persian merchant in Istanbul Date: 1886

CHECKING PERSIAN CARPETS
Persian carpets are checked and examined in the workshop of an importer, before being offered for sale. Date: circa 1930

ANCIENT PERSIAN HORSEMEN
Two horsemen of ancient Persia

PERSIAN GYMNASTS
Persian athletes exercise to the accompaniment of music Date: circa 1835

Persian coffee house 1856
Men and women smoking vapor Hookah flavored tobacco. Date: 1856

SELLING CARPETS 1907
Selling Persian carpets in Le Printemps, French department store Date: 1907

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. He fights Hindus and Persians at Ephesus. Date: 356 - 323 BC

Yurkish women danving in a field
Turkish or Persian women dancing with musicians in a field Date: probably 18th century

Adhim & Kaphira
Adhim and Kaphira comparing the rings by which they have been preserved from the enchantments of the sorcerer Falri. From Merglip the Persian in Tales of the Genii

Ornamental Designs from Europe & Asia - 17th / 18th century
Ornamental Designs from Europe and Asia - 17th / 18th century. Date: circa 17th century

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

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1885
A range of luxurious Victorian furniture; ivory Worseley toilet service, double chime mantle clock, Chesterfield settee, luxurious cane lounge, Ebonized walnut or mahogany three glass shelves

Aerial view of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1950s

Adari Pool, Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Adari (Adhari) Pool, in the suburb of Zinj, Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Granida and Daifilo, 1625, by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-165
Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656). Dutch painter. Granida and Daifilo, 1625. Detail. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Iran
Atashkadeh Fire Temple. Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Detail. Yazd. Iran

Iran. Isfahan. Friday Mosque. The Oljeitu Mihrab. 1310
Iran. Isfahan. Masjed-e Jame (Friday Mosque). The Oljeitu Mihrab, constructed in 1310 by Mongol ruler Oljeitu

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

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1884
Selection of Victorian china and bronze wear and some furniture for the drawing room. 1884

IRAN. Naqsh-e Rustam. The Roman emperor Valerianus kneeling before Shapur I after the battle of Edessa (260). Persian art. Sasanian art. Relief

Page of poetry anthology by Hafiz Shirazi with an illustration depicting a banquet. Muhammad Al-Hadith. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)

RASHID AL-DIN (1247 - 1318). Compendium of Chronicles (Jami al-tawarikh). ca. 1307. Marriage of Mahmud Ghazan Khan (1271-1304). Khan mongol of Persia (1295-1304)

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

Coin with Pericles
Coin with the portrait of Pericles. Greek art. Coin

Artaxerxes I Longimanus (465-424 BC). Persian king ( 464-424 BC). Painting

Bahrain / Manama
A mosque in Mamama (Al Manamah), the capital city of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: 1960s

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

PERI
A winged creature from Persian mythology, once considered malevolent but later perceived as good, beautiful creatures angelic in behaviour as well as in appearance Date: circa 1860

Black Persian Cat
A black Persian cat. Date: 1903

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

Bahrein Club, Muharraq Island, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

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

BP petrol advertisement, 1925
150 miles of pipe lines. Advertisement for British Petroleum with an illustration by Christopher Clark showing construction of a pipe line in the Persian desert - one of the many activities of

Kulah Khud, Persian style helmet, 1898 (c). Circular, iron helmet with dome, knob finial and riveted, reinforcing ring; traces of gilt decoration; brass sliding nasal with geometrical decoration;

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

Iran. City of Persepolis. The Gate of all Nations or Xerxus Gateway. Detail Lamassu. Assyrian protective deity. Bulls body and humans head

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