Iran, the cradle of civilization, is home to some of the oldest and most exquisite forms of handicrafts in the world. From ...

Each Persian carpet is more than a textile; it’s a vivid reflection of Iran’s rich heritage, artistry, and cultural evolution ...

When Britain occupied Bushehr and sent Mirza Ali Muhammad Khan to India in 1915, he was told it would be temporary. But ...

The development and evolution of the property from the Achaemenid period (559-330 BC) to the Qajar period (1794-1925) shows the stability and importance of the caravanserais in Iranian history. The ...

Persia became Shi'ite under the rule of the ... Eventually, Iran was taken over by the Qajar Dynasty, which was of Turkish origin. "They had this kind of, let's say, a give and take with the ...

Having been routed by Iranian king Muhammad Shah Qajar in 1841 escaped to Kandahar ... after almost seven centuries, from Persia to India, and henceforth Bombay became the seat of the Qasim ...

The palace complex of Golestan once served as the official residence of Qajar monarchs who ruled Persia (Iran) between 1789 and 1925. It exemplifies the architectural and artistic achievements of the ...

56 x 35.5 cm. (22 x 14 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

59.2 x 55.7 cm. (23.3 x 21.9 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, however, who reigned from 1797 to 1834, is more Nandor’s equal. During the first and second Russo-Persian Wars in the first quarter of the 1800s, Fath-Ali was notorious for ...

The late Dr. Habib Levy, the legendary Iranian Jewish historian who was born in 1896 in Qajar-era Iran, and painstakingly wrote the first Iranian Jewish history book in Persian, often emphasized ...

Throughout the Qajar period, after bathing ... Sormeh's historical significance is evident in Persian literature, poetry, and art, with Ancient Elamite sculptures featuring eyes adorned with ...