Days Gone By

Jul 5 2012
3:03 am

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia, 1907-1909.

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #iran #persia #middle east #royalty #shah #mohammad ali qajar shah

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Jul 4 2012
3:27 pm

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar with Mirza Mohammad Ebrahim Khan, the Moavin al-Dowleh, and company, ca. 1907.

Source: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 11 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #persia #iran #middle east #royalty #shah

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Jul 3 2012
5:48 pm

W. & D. Downey, Naser al-Din Shah, Shah of Iran, 1873.

Posted 11 months ago
#1870s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #shah #iran #persia #middle east #naser al-din shah #royalty #w & d downey

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Jul 2 2012
9:36 pm

Felix Nadar, Nāser al-Dīn Shah, Shah from Persia, 1848–1896.

Posted 11 months ago
#1840s #1850s #1860s #1870s #1880s #1890s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #felix nadar #naser al-din schah #persia #iran #middle east #shah #royalty

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Jun 25 2012
11:24 am

Mírzá Mihdí and `Abdu’l-Bahá, 1868.

Posted 11 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #baha'i #religion #mirza mihdi #abdul-baha #iran #persia #middle east

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Jun 23 2012
4:56 pm

`Abdu’l-Bahá at 24 years old in 1868.

Posted 12 months ago
#1860s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #history #abdul-baha #baha'i #iran #persia #middle east

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Jun 21 2012
10:21 pm

A woman smoking hookah, Iran, ca. 1900.

Posted 12 months ago
#1900s #vintage #portrait #history #victorians #victorian #hookah #smoking #middle east #iran #persia

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Jun 12 2012
6:25 pm

Antoin Sevruguin, A Zurkhaneh, Iran, ca. 1900.

Source: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #antoin sevruguin #history #vintage #wrestling #zurkaneh #iran #middle east #persia

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May 11 2012
1:43 pm

David Burnett, Anti-Shah demonstrators marching near a shopping street in Tehran, Iran, December 1978.

Posted 1 year ago
#1970s #tehran #iran #middle east #persia #history #iranian revolution #islamic revolution #protest #david burnett

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Mar 14 2012
1:40 pm

Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, Iran, 19th century.

Source: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 1 year ago
#19th century #victorian #victorians #harem #hookah #smoking #shisha #middle east #iran #persia #antoin sevruguin #children #odalisque #vintage

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