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Taj Gul
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "Taj Gul coming back from an outing at Lalah Zar garden, blossoming season"
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ʻIsmat al-Dawlah
Inscription printed in English: "Douste Mohammed Khan, Tehran;" ʻIsmat al-Dawlah was daughter of Taj al-Dawlah and Nasir al-Din Shah and wife of Dust Muhammad Khan Muʻayyir al-Mamlik.
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Anis al-Dawlah among people of harem
Inscription printed on the paper frame: "Teheran"
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Group of musicians
A group of musicians of the Nasiri court accompanying Nasir al-Din Shah in one of his trips near Tehran; according to the inscription, pictured, from the left, areL Muhammad Sadiq, the Santur player and son of Muttalib, the Kamancheh player; Ghulam Bachchah [the servant]; in front of him: Husayn Khan Churti; in front of Husayn Khan: Ghulamriza Khan, and Ghulam Husayn. Other inscriptions: "[the photograph] was taken at one of the mountains of Siapalas where His Majesty had traveled in August or September of 1869, along with his companions. A high mountain above the Siapalas spring. To the...
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Woman
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "at Divankhanah, Niyavaran, 83 [?], Ud’il"
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Group portrait
According to the inscription, the following are pictured (from left): standing: Aqa Mardak Khan, Agha ‘Abd Allah Khan, Agha Davud Khvajah; seated: Agha Muhammad Khan, the son of Fakhr al-Mulk, Habib Allah Khan, Jalal al-Mulk, Muhammad ‘Alikhan, Hajib al-Dawlah, and Tavvab ‘Azud al-Dawlah; the inscription reads: "the day of the Ash (soup) making ceremony at Surkhah Hisar, October 15, 1892."
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "In September, 1879, at Niyavaran; Anis al-Dawlah reading the Qur’an accompanied by Shaykh Kurah [the blind Shaykh]"