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ʻArus bin Shilimu Tar-player
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Naydavud family
Left to right: Murtiza Khan Naydavud, Parvin (his oldest daughter) and Sultan Gabbay (his sister).
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Old house in Kalimiyan neighborhood of Tehran, ca. 1980
Interior of a house on Sirus Street in the Sar Chal neighborhood of Tehran.
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Aminuf family
Right to left: (standing) unidentified, Yusuf Aminuf (holding a self-made "Qafqazi" tar), Mani Aminuf, Tamara Aminuf Gabbay (wife of Musiyu Binua [Monsieur Benoit] Gabbay), Yafa Aminuf (wife of the translator Niʻmat Allah Shakib), Gabrʼil Aminuf, Rubin Aminuf; (seated) unidentified, Manzil (sister of Hizqiya), Hizqiya (Aminuf family elder), Zulaykha Aminuf (mother), unidentified, unidentified; (seated on ground) Liza Sulayman (daughter of Mani Aminuf and wife of Mushah [Moshe] Barukh), unidentified.
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Bakhshi and Khurramiyan families
Top image: (left to right) unidentified, Fayz Allah Urshalimi, Ashir Yaʻqub Yahuda, Yusuf Bakhshi, ʻAbd Allah Khurramiyan, and Khanum Qudrat Bakhshi. Bottom image: Rahim Khurramiyan (standing), Nur Allah Khurramiyan (with the kamanchah), Shukr Allah Khurramiyan (with the zarb), Amir Khurramiyan (with the tar).
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Shahin’s Ardashir namah, [17th century]
One picture depicts Shah Ardashir in his harem, with dancers, musicians, and his wives. The other picture shows Queen Istir [Esther] giving birth to Kurush (King Cyrus), her son by Shah Ardashir.