EditorialCloud symbol and fetishes of the Shi'wanni, Rain Priest, of the Nadir, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialMasks of Api'lashiwanni Warriors of the Zenith, Nadir and of the Mosona of the Kia'nakwe. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialMask of Salimobiya, Warrior of the Nadir, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialMask of the Hehea (Blunderer) of the Nadir, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialPortraits of Mohammed II or Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan, showing the Turkish Ouralian character, and Nadir Shah, or Thamas Kouli Khan, or the Slave of Thamas, 18th century conqueror. Caucasian Tatars. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars aft...
EditorialPortrait of Nadir Shah of Persia, 1698-1747. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier?s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno?s Collection...
EditorialSufis are dancing and collapsing before six shaikhs who sit in a semi-circle on a floral carpet, each dressed in a jama beneath a Persian style coat with long sleeves. The structure of a palace or shrine behind them has decorated alcoves and gold turre...
EditorialMuhammad Hasan Shah, in battle with Bihbud Khan, an officer of Nadir Shah, cuts off his arm. Shahinshahnama of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba. 1810. opaque watercolour. Persian style; Qajar style. Source: I.O.Islamic 3442 f.88. Language: Persian.
EditorialNadir Shah of Persia (1732-1747). Three-quarter length, in an oval cartouche. The Shah wears a scarlet tunic with a sleeveless outer garment trimmed with fur. On his head is a high cap (a ‘tahmazi’) ornamented with a jewelled aigrette. The face is ...
EditorialNadir-Chah. Atlas pour servir au voyage dans l'Empire Othoman,. 1800 - 1807. Nadir Shah (1688-1747). King of Persia. Portrait. Image taken from Atlas pour servir au voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'égypte et la Perse Par G.A. Olivier, etc. Originally...
EditorialSufis are dancing and collapsing before six shaikhs who sit in a semi-circle on a floral carpet, each dressed in a jama beneath a Persian style coat with long sleeves. The structure of a palace or shrine behind them has decorated alcoves and gold turre...
EditorialMuhammad Hasan Shah, in battle with Bihbud Khan, an officer of Nadir Shah, cuts off his arm. Shahinshahnama of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba. 1810. opaque watercolour. Persian style; Qajar style. Source: I.O.Islamic 3442 f.88. Language: Persian.
EditorialNadir Shah of Persia (1732-1747). Three-quarter length, in an oval cartouche. The Shah wears a scarlet tunic with a sleeveless outer garment trimmed with fur. On his head is a high cap (a ‘tahmazi’) ornamented with a jewelled aigrette. The face is ...
EditorialA Stallion, 18th century, Attributed to Iran, Ink on paper, 5 in. high 6.50 in. wide (12.7 cm high 16.5 cm wide), Codices, This powerful stallion with its oddly drawn head and broad forehead deviates from the sixteenth? and seventeenth?century norm of ...
Editorial'Red-Headed Vulture and Long-Billed Vulture', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, verso: ca. 1615?20; recto: ca. 1535?45, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm), Codices, Painting by Mansur (active ca. 1589...
EditorialPortraits of Mohammed II or Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan, showing the Turkish Ouralian character, and Nadir Shah, or Thamas Kouli Khan, or the Slave of Thamas, 18th century conqueror. Caucasian Tatars. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars aft...
EditorialPortrait of Nadir Shah of Persia, 1698-1747. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier?s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno?s Collection...
EditorialCloud symbol and fetishes of the Shi'wanni, Rain Priest, of the Nadir, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialMasks of Api'lashiwanni Warriors of the Zenith, Nadir and of the Mosona of the Kia'nakwe. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialMask of Salimobiya, Warrior of the Nadir, Zuni Nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialMask of the Hehea (Blunderer) of the Nadir, Zuni nation. Chromolithograph by August Hoen from John Wesley Powell's 23rd Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 1904.
EditorialTHE TOMB OF NADIR SHAH OF PERSIA AT MECCA. Mecca, Bakkah. also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia.