Live auction - Lot 217
[Iran]
Two albumen prints.
AQA REZA AKASBASHI
€ 500 / 600
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Lot description
Half 19th c
13,8 x 20,4 cm, both stuck on the same cardboard (folio size), ms. Arabic notes below the images.
Both photographs showing 3 men, seated and in traditional clothing with turban. Upper image (from left to right): Haj Mirza Abol Hassan (5th chief of the guardians), Mirza Zabiholah Safavi (2nd chief of the guardians) and Mirza Davoud Hajeb-al-Dowleh (guardian of the holy city complex of Mashhad). Lower image (from left to right): Mirza Abdol Javad (9th chief of the guardians and a son of Shahid Thaleth), Molah Golam Hossein Sheikh-al-Islam (teacher at the holy complex) and Mirza Mohammed Ali (fourth chief of the guardians). The guardians all protected the sanctuary of the 8th Shia Imam, Imam Reza, at Mashhad.