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Itinerant seller from Persia.

Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Itinerant traders, Persia / Iran, Persians, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars

Funerary chamber of Shah Safi at his mausoleum at Qom, Iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Funerary monuments, Kings, Mausoleum of Shah Safi), Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian monuments, Qom, Religious practices

Royal funerary chamber at the mausoleum of Fatema Mæ'sume at Qom, Iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Funerary monuments, Kings, Mausoleum of Fatema Mæ'sume, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian monuments, Qom, Religious practices

Mausoleum of Fatema Mæ'sume at Qom, Iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Funerary monuments, Mausoleum of Fatema Mæ'sume, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian monuments, Qom, Religious practices, Views

View of Qom, Iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Houses, Mosques, Persia / Iran, Persian monuments, Qom, Views

The author's inn at Kashan, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Dogs, Equids, Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Inns, Kashan, Persia / Iran, Smoking, Travel

View of Kashan, iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Houses, Kashan, Mosques, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Persian monuments, Views

View of Soltaniyeh, Iran. In the background, the mausoleum Il-khan Öljeitü, or Roof of Soltaniyeh.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Funerary monuments, Houses, Mausoleum of Öljeitü, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Persian monuments, Soltaniyeh, Views

View of Tabriz, Iran. In the background, on the left (L), Alişah mosque.

Tags: Alişah Mosque (Alişah Camisi), Architecture and built environment, Houses, Mosques, Persia / Iran, Tabriz / anc. Tauris, Views

Table of the names of the twelve imams of Shia Islam (Iran).

Tags: Imams, Persia / Iran, Religious leaders, Religious practices

Title page.

Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Persia / Iran, Persians, Shoes and footwear, Title page, Travel, Turkey, Turks

Votive stele from Susa, Iran.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Hieroglyphs, Persia / Iran, Reliefs, Steles, Susa (Sush), Votive steles

Ruy Freire de Andrade, 17th-century Portuguese naval commander and colonist, throws into a boiling cauldron the new-born baby of a family native to the Persian gulf islands.

Tags: Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Officials, Persia / Iran, Persian gulf, Portuguese, Ruy Freire de Andrade, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Torture, Women

Rock-cut Persian mausoleum at Çehel-minar near Şiraz, southwestern Iran.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Çehel-minar, Ethnic groups, French, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian architecture, Persian monuments, Persians, Religious practices, Shiraz (Şiraz)

Leaves, stems and flowers of small bushes from Isfahan area.

Tags: Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Plants

Prisoners executed by torture in Persia. On the left, a woman is killed after the executioner has placed a rabid cat under her clothes. At the centre, prisoner tortured with hot irons.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life, Torture, Women

A prisoner is executed by torture on the orders of Shah Abbas in Persia. On the right, a Portuguese merchant turns his head away from the horrendous sight.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Persia / Iran, Persians, Portuguese, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, Torture

Preparation of lime for construction purposes, Persia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Houses, Human types, Persia / Iran, Persians, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life

Game of Persian cricket at a public square in Isfahan, as watched by the author.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, French, Horses, Houses, Human types, Isfahan / anc. Aspadana, Persia / Iran, Persians, Social sphere and everyday life, Sports

Top: Kiosk in banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

The tugra (signature) of the Shah of Persia, with interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Persia / Iran, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials

The seal of Shah Ismail I of Persia, with an interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Ismail I of Iran, Persia / Iran, Seals, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Coins of Persia.

Tags: Coins, Economic activities, Persia / Iran

The deer from whose glands musk is extracted.

Tags: Animals, Deer, Human types, Hunters, Hunting, India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life

1. Pearl belonging to the king of Persia. According to the author the pearl was bought from an Arab merchant of Katifa in 1633 for 32.000 toman. 2. Pearl belonging to the Mongol king of India. 3. Pearl sold by the author to the governor of Bengal, uncle of the Mongol king of India. 4. Pearls belonging to the Mongol king of India.

Tags: Bengal, Commerce, Economic activities, Gems, India, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Pearls, Persia / Iran, Persians, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life

1. Ruby bought by the uncle of the King of the Mongols in India for 90.000 rupees. The ruby was presented to the king on its birthday. 3,4. Rubies belonging to the king of Visapur, India. 5. Ruby belonging to affluent merchant from Varanasi, India. 6. Topaz belonging to the Mongol king of India.

Tags: Commerce, Diamonds, Gems, India, Kings, Mongols of India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Persians, Rubies, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, Varanasi, Visapur

Types of rough and finished gemstones: diamonds and rubies.

Tags: Commerce, Diamonds, Economic activities, India, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Precious stones, Rubies, Social sphere and everyday life

Chart of the Timurid dynasty (dynasty of Timur or Tamerlane). With the exception of Mirzah Mirah Schah, the rest of the persons on the chart rose to the throne albeit for a short time.

Tags: Kings, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Timur / Tamerlane, Timurid dynasty, Uzbekistan

Top: Kiosk in a banana tree forest. Bottom: Map of Bandar Abbash and nearby islands at the straits of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Banana trees, Bandar Abbas, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Horses, Human types, Kiosks, Maps, Persia / Iran, Plants, Views

View of Hormuz, Iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Hormuz / anc. Organa, Houses, Human types, Persia / Iran, Views, Walls

View of Isfahan, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Camels, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Isfahan / anc. Aspadana, Modes of transport, Mosques, Persia / Iran, Travel, Views, Walls

View of Kashan, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Kashan, Persia / Iran, Persians, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Views, Walls

View of Qom, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Persia / Iran, Persians, Qom, Qom river, Rivers, Travel, Views

View of Saveh, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Persia / Iran, Persians, Saveh, Travel, Views, Walls

View of Soltaniyeh, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bovids, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Houses, Human types, Mosques, Persia / Iran, Persians, Soltaniyeh, Travel, Views, Women

View of Ardabil, Iran.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Ardabil, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Persia / Iran, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Views

View of Tabriz, Iran.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Houses, Maps, Mosques, Persia / Iran, Tabriz / anc. Tauris, Views, Walls

Persian woman at Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Persia / Iran, Portraits, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Map of the Persian Empire in the era of Darius I.

Tags: Darius I, History, Maps, Persia / Iran, Persian empire

Map of the Empire of Cyrus the Great.

Tags: Asia, Cyrus I, History, Maps, Persia / Iran, Persian empire

Map showing the campaign of Alexander the Great, according to Quintus Curtius, Arrian and other historians.

Tags: Alexander the Great, Arabian peninsula, Asia, Greece, History, India, Maps, Persia / Iran, Roman historians, Turkey

Im. 1: Capital found near Mount Behistun in Persia, possibly representing king Khosrau. 2: Reliefs of Mithridates II of Parthia and Gotarzes II from Behistun. 3: Reliefs framing the inscription of Darius I the Great (Behistun inscription) at Mount Behistun.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Behistun, Darius I, Gotarzes II of Parthia, Inscriptions, Kermanshah, Mithridates II of Parthia, Persia / Iran, Reliefs

Reliefs from the monument of Taq-e Bostan on the ouskirts of Kermanshah in Persia. Im. 1, 2: The king hunting deer and boars. 3: The coronation of shah Khosrau II, with the gigantic figure of the king mounted on his horse at the centre of the composition. 4: The coronation of Shapur III, with the king and his father, Shapur II.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Kermanshah, Persia / Iran, Reliefs, Taq-e Bostan

Portrait of Shah Mohammad Ali Han of Persia (1760-1779).

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Persia / Iran, Persians, Portraits, Scepters, Shah, Shah Mohammad Ali Han, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Portait of Karim Han, of Persia.

Tags: Chans, Costume - Hats and headwear, Karim Han, Persia / Iran, Persians, Portraits, Scepters, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Portrait of Nadir-Schah of Persia (1698 -1747).

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Nadir Shah, Persia / Iran, Persians, Portraits, Scepters, Shah, Shoes and footwear, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Map of Syria, Mesopotamia and part of Persia.

Tags: Maps, Mesopotamia, Persia / Iran, Syria

Water fountain in the open sea, a natural phenomenon common around the tropics. Thevenot claims to have witnessed this natural phenomenon, which he actually describes as a typhoon, while traveling in India.

Tags: Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Persia / Iran

Persian mausoleum in Çehel-minar, close to Şiraz (Iran).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Çehel-minar, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Funerary monuments, Human types, Mausoleums, Persia / Iran, Persian architecture, Persian monuments, Persians, Shiraz (Şiraz)

Plants and fruits of bushes from the Isfahan region, in Iran.

Tags: Isfahan / anc. Aspadana, Natural environment, Persia / Iran, Plants

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