Persia Collection (page 7)

The Capture of Baghdad (litho)
8661315 The Capture of Baghdad (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Capture of Baghdad)

Map of Turkey in 1914 (litho)
8661161 Map of Turkey in 1914 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Turkey in 1914)

A tomb near Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, seen here in the 19th century
6428105 A tomb near Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, seen here in the 19th century, from "Monuments de Tous les Peuples" by Ernest Breton

Darius I the Great, 549, 486 B. C. Great King of the Persians 522, 486 B. Depicted with retinue
7278145 Darius I the Great, 549, 486 B. C. Great King of the Persians 522, 486 B. Depicted with retinue; Private Collection; (add.info.: Darius I the Great, 549, 486 B. C)

Soldiers from ancient Persia. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving)
6867230 Soldiers from ancient Persia. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888 (b/w engraving); (add.info.: Soldiers from ancient Persia)

Young persan holding a mirror, ca 1820 (Engraving)
7422861 Young persan holding a mirror, ca 1820 (Engraving); (add.info.: Geography. Iran. Young persan holding a mirror. Engraving, France, ca 1820.); © Archives Charmet.

Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured)
7342605 Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured) by Temple, R

Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured)
7342603 Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured) by Temple, R

Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured)
7342602 Sixteen Views of Plaves in the Persian Gulph Forces Against the Arabian Pirates, 1813 (aquatint, coloured) by Temple, R

HM Turret Ship 'Devastation' at Spithead on the occasion of the naval review in honour of the Shah of Persia
7338114 HM Turret Ship 'Devastation' at Spithead on the occasion of the naval review in honour of the Shah of Persia, 23 June 1873, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Cooke

Vambery in his Travelling Dress
5668946 Vambery in his Travelling Dress; (add.info.: Illustration of Armin Vambery (1832-1913) Hungarian traveller and writer who travelled extensively around the territories of the Ottoman Empire

Floral patterns from a Persian manuscript, South Kensington Museum. Chromolithograph by Francis Bedford from Owen
FLO4987805 Floral patterns from a Persian manuscript, South Kensington Museum. Chromolithograph by Francis Bedford from Owen Jones' The Grammar of Ornament, Quaritch, London

The " Cyropedie" by Xenophon (Senofonte) Copy dedicated to Ercole d'Este (Hercules II d'Este)
VEN5027489 The " Cyropedie" by Xenophon (Senofonte) Copy dedicated to Ercole d'Este (Hercules II d'Este). Scene of dedicace (detail)

Portrait of Mozaffer ed dine (1853-1907), Persian shah from 1897 to 1907 (b/w photo)
AIS5341317 Portrait of Mozaffer ed dine (1853-1907), Persian shah from 1897 to 1907 (b/w photo); © Iberfoto.

Nasseredin Shah Naser al-Din (Nasserer-al-Din Shah Qajar) (1831-1896) Shah of Persia - Shah of Iran
NWI4927901 Nasseredin Shah Naser al-Din (Nasserer-al-Din Shah Qajar) (1831-1896) Shah of Persia - Shah of Iran, 1880s.Digitally colored woodcut of a photograph; (add.info)

Bridge built on boats by the Persian armees of Xerxes I known as the Great (or Assuerus I, ca)
NWI4855952 Bridge built on boats by the Persian armees of Xerxes I known as the Great (or Assuerus I, ca. 519-465 BC), member of the Routeenides dynasty

Zoroastrianism - Mazdeism: fire worship at the time of the Achaemenid era of persian empire
ELD4961315 Zoroastrianism - Mazdeism: fire worship at the time of the Achaemenid era of persian empire, 539-331 BC (Zoroastrianism - Mazdayasna)

Bucephale the horse of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) receiving offerings
ELD4959265 Bucephale the horse of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) receiving offerings (Bucephalus or Bucephalas the horse of Alexander the Great)

Portrait of Nadir Shah of Persia, 1698-1747 (Nader Khan Qirqlu Afshar, Nadir Chah)
FLO4723003 Portrait of Nadir Shah of Persia, 1698-1747 (Nader Khan Qirqlu Afshar, Nadir Chah). Illustration from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia

Portrait of Shah Mohammad Ali Han of Persia (Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Mehemet Khan), 1760-1779
FLO4722993 Portrait of Shah Mohammad Ali Han of Persia (Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Mehemet Khan), 1760-1779. Illustration from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire

Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia
FLO4722946 Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting elephant, deer and boar 2, and the coronation of Shah Khosrau II, 1

Representation of Saints Barachise and Jonah Martyrs in Persia in 327. 19th century (engraving)
ELD4910987 Representation of Saints Barachise and Jonah Martyrs in Persia in 327. 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1909 (lithograph)
3086274 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1909 (lithograph) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan.

Look to the blowing Rose about us - "Lo, Laughing," she says, "into the world I blow
3086257 Look to the blowing Rose about us - "Lo, Laughing," she says, "into the world I blow: At once the silken tassel of my Purse Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw

Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire
3086249 Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerg'd from, shall so soon expire

A Persian tile mosaic depicting a woman in a garden
3329454 A Persian tile mosaic depicting a woman in a garden; (add.info.: A Persian tile mosaic depicting a woman in a garden. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC
3329568 Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC; (add.info.: Cast of palace doorway from Persepolis, Iran, circa 470-450 BC)

Persian Emperor Darius I (521-486 BC), as Pharaoh
3329565 Persian Emperor Darius I (521-486 BC), as Pharaoh; (add.info.: Persian Emperor Darius I (521-486 BC), as Pharaoh of Egypt; wooden door from a box of statuettes

Decorated metal belt
3329563 Decorated metal belt.; (add.info.: Decorated metal belt. Scythian, Koban culture of the central Caucasus, Late 8th century BC, Ziwiye, from north-west Iran.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The opening of an Arabic treatise on colic written by Avicenna, 18th century (manuscript)
2625117 The opening of an Arabic treatise on colic written by Avicenna, 18th century (manuscript); (add.info.: The opening a treatise on the treatment of colic written by Avicenna)

Persian King Darius II (Artaxerxes Ochus) on horseback greeting Ambassador Tessalio in front of a kneeling Persian
FLO4704250 Persian King Darius II (Artaxerxes Ochus) on horseback greeting Ambassador Tessalio in front of a kneeling Persian

Armenian archer with bow and quiver, and Parthian man. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's
FLO4703934 Armenian archer with bow and quiver, and Parthian man. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Persepolitan sculpture showing the ancient Medo-Persian physiognomy. Lithograph by J
FLO4688637 Persepolitan sculpture showing the ancient Medo-Persian physiognomy. Lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man (Balliere, London)

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). 18th century (Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the 12th century)
542701 Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). 18th century (Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the 12th century Persian poet Nezami Book of Alexander the Great (Eskandar-nameh)); (add.info)

The four great alchemists. 1652 (engraving From Elias Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum London)
541724 The four great alchemists. 1652 (engraving From Elias Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum London); (add.info.: From left to right)

The Industrial Arts among the Oriental Nations (engraving)
8644835 The Industrial Arts among the Oriental Nations (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Industrial Arts among the Oriental Nations)

King Cyrus entering Susa, one of the cities he had taken (litho)
8653412 King Cyrus entering Susa, one of the cities he had taken (litho) by Williamson, J. (fl.1850-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Cyrus entering Susa, one of the cities he had taken)

The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (engraving)
8635152 The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (engraving) by Thorvaldsen, Bertel (1770-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great)

Entrance of the Persian royal palace (engraving)
8635121 Entrance of the Persian royal palace (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entrance of the Persian royal palace. Illustration from Hellas)

Triumphal entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon (engraving)
8635119 Triumphal entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon (engraving) by Thorvaldsen, Bertel (1770-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The family of Darius III of Persia before Alexander the Great (engraving)
8635118 The family of Darius III of Persia before Alexander the Great (engraving) by Le Brun, Charles (1619-90) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Megistias predicting the death of the company of Leonidas at Thermopylae (engraving)
8635033 Megistias predicting the death of the company of Leonidas at Thermopylae (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Daisy, Persian, bridge, and pike (chromolitho)
8677370 Daisy, Persian, bridge, and pike (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: P for paquerette (daisy), Persian, pont (bridge), and pique (pike)

Gondophares receives a Letter from St Thomas (litho)
8661015 Gondophares receives a Letter from St Thomas (litho) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gondophares receives a Letter from St Thomas)

Battle of Salamis, 480 BC (engraving)
8663911 Battle of Salamis, 480 BC (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map showing the Greek and Persian fleets at the Battle of Salamis, 480 BC)

Map of Persia, Ancient and Modern (litho)
8661200 Map of Persia, Ancient and Modern (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of Persia, Ancient and Modern)

Furs (colour litho)
8663900 Furs (colour litho) by Weczerzick, Alfred (1864-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: The most important pelts of the fur trade)

The book of Kalila wa Dimna, miniature, 14th century
AIS5389814 The book of Kalila wa Dimna, miniature, 14th century; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany; (add.info)

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Persia, a land steeped in rich history and captivating beauty. From the vast Empire of King Alexander the Great to the modern-day bustling cityscape of Tehran, it has always been a land of wonder. As we gaze upon the ancient map depicting the empire that once stretched far and wide, we are reminded of Persia's grandeur. Its borders encompassing Iran, its heart and soul, where Tehran stands tall with an elevated skyline that offers breathtaking views from the Roof of Iran Park. But Persia's influence extends beyond its own borders. As we explore another map illustrating travels across Africa by brave explorers, we realize how Persian culture has left indelible marks on distant lands. The Coronation of the Shah of Iran serves as a testament to their power and prestige. Intriguingly intertwined with religion is Ahura Mazda - a deity revered by Zoroastrians who have long called Persia home. Their faith intertwines with history as Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi takes center stage alongside his third wife Farah Diba in an image frozen in time. The legacy continues with Reza Shah Pahlavi, whose reign brought about significant transformations within Persia. Like Ancient Greeks valiantly holding Thermopylae pass against all odds, he too fought for his nation's progress amidst challenges faced along the way. With every turn of a page or glance at another map showcasing Asia or 19th-century Persia, it becomes evident that this land holds stories untold waiting to be discovered. A painting depicting Esther before Ahasuerus reminds us how art flourished under Persian patronage during Safavid dynasty rule. Delving deeper into history reveals hidden treasures like Persian manuscripts dating back centuries ago - windows into a world filled with knowledge and wisdom passed down through generations. Persia beckons us to unravel its mysteries; it invites us to immerse ourselves in its vibrant tapestry of culture, art, and heritage.