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Runners before the Shah’s Carriage in Teheran, Persia
Iran has been ruled by an absolute monarch for most of its history. Shah Ismail I consolidated this system at the turn of the sixteenth century, one that was not significantly disturbed until the constitutional movement in 1905. Its stability, which lasted until the Iranian Revolution of 1979, has been a significant factor in what remains a strong sense of national identity and difference from fellow Muslims in the Arab and Turkic world.
Turkish University Students at a Folklore Competition, Istanbul, 1986
Name: “9984. Persija. Tegeran. Pazhai persidskogoshaha. 894”
Material: Mount inscribed in ink, albumen
Size:
Length: 16.51 cm (6.5 in)
Width: 12.7 cm (5 in)
Date: 1880 CE
Place of Origin: Teheran, Persia (Iran)
Location: University of Chicago Middle East Photo Archive
Source and Registration#: University of Chicago Middle East Photo Archive Acquisition number 190-86 Link to resource
Martin Stokes
Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford University
