Persian Collection (#8)

Nezami (Elyas Yusof Nezami Ganjavi born c1141-1203/17) Persian poet, recounting the history of Alexander the Great
534883 Nezami (Elyas Yusof Nezami Ganjavi born c1141-1203/17) Persian poet, recounting the history of Alexander the Great (c356-323 BC)

Physician applying a Bezoar stone to a victim of poisoning. The stone was extracted from the gall-bladder or stomach of
527500 Physician applying a Bezoar stone to a victim of poisoning. The stone was extracted from the gall-bladder or stomach of an animal such as a goat or an antelope

LtoR:Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia, early 16th century (underglaze painted earthenware) Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia
BON131975 LtoR:Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia, early 16th century (underglaze painted earthenware) Safavid Kubachi Dish, Persia

Pausanias making a sacrifice to the goddess Hera before the Battle of Plataea, 479 BC (engraving)
8635036 Pausanias making a sacrifice to the goddess Hera before the Battle of Plataea, 479 BC (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (engraving)
8635151 The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (engraving) by Thorvaldsen, Bertel (1770-1844) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great)

Ruins of Persepolis (engraving)
8635123 Ruins of Persepolis (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ruins of Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire)

Aeschylus and Sophocles after the victory of Salamis (engraving)
8635065 Aeschylus and Sophocles after the victory of Salamis (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Defile of Thermopylae, Greece (engraving)
8635031 Defile of Thermopylae, Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Defile of Thermopylae, Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

Battlefield of Marathon, Greece (engraving)
8635028 Battlefield of Marathon, Greece (engraving) by Doussault, Charles (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battlefield of Marathon, Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

Miltiades at the Battle of Marathon (engraving)
8635025 Miltiades at the Battle of Marathon (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miltiades at the Battle of Marathon, Greece, 490 BC)

Map of Bombay with the harbour and country adjacent, also shown Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, c.1855 (ink, watercolour)
7339502 Map of Bombay with the harbour and country adjacent, also shown Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, c.1855 (ink, watercolour) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 77x50 cm; National Maritime Museum

Masawaiyh, Mesue the Elder, with Harun al-Rashid, Bagdad, 1869 (Engraving)
7422844 Masawaiyh, Mesue the Elder, with Harun al-Rashid, Bagdad, 1869 (Engraving); (add.info.: Science. Medicine. Persian physician Masawaiyh, Mesue the Elder, with abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid)

Map of the Eastern Empire and the Sassanids, 7th century. (print)
7420040 Map of the Eastern Empire and the Sassanids, 7th century. (print); (add.info.: Map of the Eastern Empire and the Sassanids, 7th century. From the book Outline of History by H.G)

Caraway, Carum carvi
5855058 Caraway, Carum carvi; (add.info.: Caraway, Carum carvi. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Alexander The Great assenting to set fire to the ancient palace of the Persian kings in Persepolis in 330BC
3039808 Alexander The Great assenting to set fire to the ancient palace of the Persian kings in Persepolis in 330BC. Alexander III of Macedon, 356 BC - 323 BC, aka Alexander the Great

La bataille entre le roi Bahram (?) et les turcs. Miniature peinte, 1508, art perse
AIS5386359 La bataille entre le roi Bahram (?) et les turcs. Miniature peinte, 1508, art perse. Musee des arts asiatiques de Seattle (Etats Unis).; © Iberfoto

Persian buttercups and honeysuckles, Ranonculus asiaticus and Lonicera periclymenum
5855651 Persian buttercups and honeysuckles, Ranonculus asiaticus and Lonicera periclymenum; (add.info.: Persian buttercups and honeysuckles, Ranonculus asiaticus and Lonicera periclymenum)

Palace of Darius, Susa, Iran
6266278 Palace of Darius, Susa, Iran; (add.info.: Ruins of the palace of Persian King Darius I at Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, in present day Iran)

Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
5310081 Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (854-925 AD) a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher

Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephale - in " Cosmographia" by Julius Solinus of the 14th century
GIA5033423 Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephale - in " Cosmographia" by Julius Solinus of the 14th century.; (add.info)

Tomyris, Queen of Massagetes, holding the head of Cyrus II the Great, founder of the Persian Empire
VEN5027810 Tomyris, Queen of Massagetes, holding the head of Cyrus II the Great, founder of the Persian Empire. According to Herodote, Cyrus died during the campaign against the Massagetes

The thousand and one nights (1001 nights): Sindbad the sailor - the monkeys - engraving by Gustave Dore in a 19th
PCT4715966 The thousand and one nights (1001 nights): Sindbad the sailor - the monkeys - engraving by Gustave Dore in a 19th century Roy edition - see also GUT5092 -; (add.info)

Persian Warrior
7287229 Persian Warrior; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Persian Warrior. Roman relief from the time of Hadrian of an original dated 160 - 150 AD)

Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Qajar (Baba Khan, 1771-1834), Shah of Iran - Colorisee engraving
NWI4927823 Portrait of Fath Ali Shah Qajar (Baba Khan, 1771-1834), Shah of Iran - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Fath Ali Shah

Marine identification sign, 1860s. (Persia, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Arabia)
NWI4846603 Marine identification sign, 1860s. (Persia, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Arabia, the Kingdom of Siam, Costa Rica, the Ionian Islands, Spain and the quarantine flag)

Flags of forty countries, circa 1890. Colour lithography, 19th century
NWI4851551 Flags of forty countries, circa 1890. Colour lithography, 19th century.; (add.info.: Flags of forty countries, circa 1890)

Leaders of Babylon talking with Persies. 19th century colour engraving
NWI4856881 Leaders of Babylon talking with Persies. 19th century colour engraving.; (add.info.: Leaders of Babylon talking with Persies)

Civilization of Antiquity: Empire Mede. Suit of the noble Medes (part of the Persian and Assyrian empires)
NWI4862482 Civilization of Antiquity: Empire Mede. Suit of the noble Medes (part of the Persian and Assyrian empires, people of Iran)

Antiquite: bushel used to measure flour from excavations of a necropolis of Susa (Iran). 4000 BC
JEB4907862 Antiquite: bushel used to measure flour from excavations of a necropolis of Susa (Iran). 4000 BC. Mediterranean Archeology Museum

Civilization of Antiquity: Xerxes I The Great King of Ancient Persia on his throne. Colour engraving
NWI4911010 Civilization of Antiquity: Xerxes I The Great King of Ancient Persia on his throne. Colour engraving.; (add.info.: Civilization of Antiquity)

Persian Cannonier - Persian bombardier or artillery man in fur hat, furlined jacket over pantalons
FLO4723798 Persian Cannonier - Persian bombardier or artillery man in fur hat, furlined jacket over pantalons, firing a cannon mounted on a saddle on a camel - Handcoloured woodcut after an

Dervish man from Persia (Iran) wearing onion-shaped hat, cloak over robes
FLO4723816 Dervish man from Persia (Iran) wearing onion-shaped hat, cloak over robes, carrying a begging bowl and staff - Handcoloured woodcut by L. Delelie after an illustration by H

Le chah (shah ou schah) de Persia - Shah of Persia with long beard and elaborately bejeweled crown, ceremonial robes
FLO4723785 Le chah (shah ou schah) de Persia - Shah of Persia with long beard and elaborately bejeweled crown, ceremonial robes, belt, dagger, and sword - Handcoloured woodcut by E

Noble persan - Persian nobleman in fur hat, furlined coat with frogging, stockings and heeled slippers
FLO4723760 Noble persan - Persian nobleman in fur hat, furlined coat with frogging, stockings and heeled slippers, carrying prayer beads - Handcoloured woodcut from " Customs

Persian with spear and shield, and a Persian chariot. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's
FLO4704229 Persian with spear and shield, and a Persian chariot. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid (Routeenide) Empire
FLO4723011 Ruins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid (Routeenide) Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire

Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals
FLO4722936 Woman of Baghdad in everyday dress of botanical-print robes, harem pants and sandals. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire

Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814)
FLO4722885 Woman of Baghdad in formal dress. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814) Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): World exhibition, Perse pavilion, 1900 - shot: 10 c the shot
LUX4771114 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): World exhibition, Perse pavilion, 1900 - shot: 10 c the shot; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): World exhibition, Perse pavilion

Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t
2626711 Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an African elephant and small mammal, from 1538 edition, of Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar?)

Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t
2626690 Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t; (add.info.: Illustration depicting African elephant and small mammal, from 1538 edition, of Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar?)

Medicine Label
2625330 Medicine Label; (add.info.: Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which "restores gray hair... cures dandruff and prevents baldness)

Persian costumes: a fire worshiper (zoroastrism). Lithography for the book
FLO4633984 Persian costumes: a fire worshiper (zoroastrism). Lithography for the book: " Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie" by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche

Persian woman playing a kamanche (violin), 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's "
FLO4656551 Persian woman playing a kamanche (violin), 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates

Hoqq-burdar or pipe bearer, with hookah tobacco pipe and Persian carpet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an
FLO4565553 Hoqq-burdar or pipe bearer, with hookah tobacco pipe and Persian carpet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from " Asiatic Costumes, " Ackermann, London

Carpet, Isfahan
BON131339 Carpet, Isfahan; 340x222 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

The Industrial Arts among the Oriental Nations (engraving)
8644834 The Industrial Arts among the Oriental Nations (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Industrial Arts among the Oriental Nations)

The Greek Fleet in the Hellespont (litho)
8660801 The Greek Fleet in the Hellespont (litho) by King, Cecil (1881-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Greek Fleet in the Hellespont)

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"Unveiling the Rich Tapestry of Persian History: From Ancient Empires to Modern Marvels" Step into a captivating journey through time as we explore the remarkable heritage of Persia. Delve into the depths of history with a map showcasing the vast expanse of the Ancient Persian Empire, where mighty kings once ruled and civilizations flourished. Witness an awe-inspiring moment as HMS Victorious (R38) gracefully approaches the shimmering waters of the Persian Gulf, symbolizing centuries-old maritime connections that have shaped this region's destiny. Marvel at another conquest on our path – a map depicting King Alexander the Great's empire, which stretched far and wide, leaving an indelible mark on Persia's landscape. Immerse yourself in artistry as you gaze upon "Mithras Killing The Bull, " a Roman fresco from 2nd century A. D. , illustrating ancient mythological tales intertwined with Persian influences. Shift your perspective to modern-day Tehran, Iran's bustling capital city. Behold its elevated skyline from atop Iran Park, offering panoramic views that encapsulate both tradition and progress. Feel your heart race alongside Pheidippides as he runs tirelessly across treacherous terrain in one of history's most legendary feats – his marathon run during Greece-Persian wars. Bear witness to grandeur at "The Coronation of Shah, " capturing a pivotal moment in Iranian history when power was transferred ceremoniously between rulers, shaping dynasties yet to come. Discover elegance personified through a regal black Persian cat – an embodiment of grace and beauty that has captivated hearts throughout generations. Unearth spiritual enlightenment by contemplating Ahura Mazda - Zoroastrianism’s supreme deity who embodies wisdom and light within ancient Persia’s religious beliefs. Relive bravery amidst adversity as you stand beside Ancient Greeks holding steadfastly against overwhelming odds at Thermopylae Pass in 480 BC – their unwavering courage echoing through the annals of time.