Persian Collection (page 6)

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

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

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

Prince Arfa Mirza Khan
Arfa Mirza Khan (1846-1939), Persian prince, diplomat, writer (pen name: Danesh) and worker for peace. Date: 1925

HMS Alert, British sloop launched in 1894, used as a depot ship in the Persian Gulf. Date: circa 1900s

Diana Rigg wearing SWAPL jacket, Roter advertisement
Actress Diana Rigg in an advertisement for South West African Persian Lamb wearing a jacket in said fabric. Left hand side shows an advertisement for Roter

Madame Gres cape and dress, 1961
A great circular cape in rich marron glace in superfine Persian suede designed by Madame Gres. The cape tops a dress of the same colour

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 fire worshipper of the Zoroastrian religion.. 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

Canadian soldier with Tabby the cat, WW1
A member of the A company of the 1st Battalion of Canadian troops in Bustard Camp on Salisbury Plain, with " Tabby" the Persian cat brought across the Atlantic with the men. Date: 1914

Anatomy of the Human Body. Persian manuscript (16th c.) illustrating the muscles and nervous system in a male body in a squatting position. Persian art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

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

IRAN. Persepolis. Palace of Darius. Relief of Darius I the Great sitting on his throne with dignitaries, 521 BC. Persian art. Relief on rock

IRAN. Naqsh-e Rustam. Roman Emperor Valerian yields himself to the Persian king Shapur I after the battle of Edessa (259). Persian art. Sasanian art. Relief

Persian Cat - Santa look in basket in Christmas hat and tie

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

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Alexander the Great: the marriage of Europe and Asia
Alexander the Great celebrates the symbolic union of Europe with Asia with a five day wedding feast, in which he and 92 of his generals wed Persian noblewomen

Maxwell Croft Dior advertisement with Jean Shrimpton
Advertisement for Maxwell Croft whose design collaboration with Christian Dior has resulted in this coat in coffee brown South West African Persian Lamb modelled here by Jean Shrimpton. Date: 1964

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

Persian Dervish in Chechnya. Date: circa 1905

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

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Rostam asking Kai Khusrau to pardon Gourguine (Gurgin) who betrayed Bijene. Gouache on paper. F07v. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (1416-1492). Battle between Heraclius and Khosrau. ca. 1460. ITALY. Arezzo. Church of St. Francis. Central detail of the fighting between the Byzantine and the Persian armies

DARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian
" DARIUS I " the Great" (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Darius the Great sitting on his throne. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Relief on rock

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