Persia Collection (page 6)

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)

Cyrus and the herdsman before the King (litho)
8653414 Cyrus and the herdsman before the King (litho) by Speed, Lancelot (1860-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cyrus and the herdsman before the King)

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)

Antique Persian rug photographed on glass plate using early Uvachrome 3 color process, c.1920 (photo)
8772218 Antique Persian rug photographed on glass plate using early Uvachrome 3 color process, c.1920 (photo) by Traube, Arthur (1878-1948); George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

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.

Philippe I, 1640-1701, Duke of Orleans, as the King of Persia
5614307 Philippe I, 1640-1701, Duke of Orleans, as the King of Persia; (add.info.: Philippe I, 1640-1701, Duke of Orleans, as the King of Persia)

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)

Doors to the mausoleum of Tamerlaine 1872 by Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1842 - 1904)
5305403 Doors to the mausoleum of Tamerlaine 1872 by Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1842 - 1904), Russian war artist and one of the first Russian artists to be widely recognised abroad; (add.info)

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

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)

Persian ascet, 1884 (print)
2615944 Persian ascet, 1884 (print); (add.info.: A persian Ascet in an illustration of 1884); SeM/Universal Images Group.

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

Persia, c.19th century (engraving)
CUL4854024 Persia, c.19th century (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Persia (c19th). Society. Dignitary. Engraving. Private Collection); Photo © JBP/AIC.

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Map of Persia with Afghanistan and Baluchistan, c.1900 (engraving)
533013 Map of Persia with Afghanistan and Baluchistan, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map showing the historical boundaries of Persia (now Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, circa 1902

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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)

The Pomp of Pausanias (litho)
8660798 The Pomp of Pausanias (litho) by Stewart, Allan (1865-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pomp of Pausanias)

National Types of Beauty: Persia (b/w photo)
8645399 National Types of Beauty: Persia (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Persia)

Shores of the Persian Gulf (engraving)
8635122 Shores of the Persian Gulf (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shores of the Persian Gulf. Illustration from Hellas)

Battlefield of Plataea, Greece (engraving)
8635035 Battlefield of Plataea, Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battlefield of Plataea, Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

Battle of Salamis, 480 BC (engraving)
8635034 Battle of Salamis, 480 BC (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Salamis, 480 BC. Illustration from Hellas)

Site of the Battle of Salamis, Greece (engraving)
8635032 Site of the Battle of Salamis, Greece (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Site of the Battle of Salamis, Greece. Illustration from Hellas)

Themistocles, Athenian politician and general (engraving)
8635029 Themistocles, Athenian politician and general (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Themistocles (c524-459 BC)

Persian warriors and archers (engraving)
8635024 Persian warriors and archers (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Persian warriors and archers. Illustration from Hellas)

The Princess of Persia
Peyman Naderi

Girls of Many Lands: Persia (colour litho)
8659775 Girls of Many Lands: Persia (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Persia)

Children of All Nations: Persia (colour litho)
8659244 Children of All Nations: Persia (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Persia)

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)

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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.