Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Group portrait of relatives of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah

Group portrait of relatives of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah

ʻIsmat al-Dawlah was daughter of Taj al-Dawlah and Nasir al-Din Shah. Front row, from left: the third person: Taj al-Dawlah, the fifth person: Fakhr al-Taj, the seventh person: ʻIsmat al-Muluk; standing (women), from left: unidentified, Mihr Arfaʻ Jahanbani, unidentified, the woman in the back: Iran Khanum (the daughter of Jahan Sultan Khanum and Shams al-Shuʻara’), and the last two unidentified; standing men, from left: Jahangir Mirza Jahanbani (ʻIsmat al-Dawlah’s uncle), ʻAyn Allah Mirza Jahanbani (Yad Allah Mirza’s son), and Dust ‘Ali Mu‘ayyiri (I‘tisam al-Saltanah); Fakhr al-Taj, ʻIsmat al-Muluk, and Dust ‘Ali were children of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah and Dust Muhammad Khan Mu‘ayyir al-Mamalik.

Item Details

  • Date mid/late 19th century
  • Notes

    Description in Online Women’s Magazine (IICHS), No. 29, Harem: “Family mourning for ʻIsmat al-Dawlah; from left, the third person: Taj al-Dawlah, the fifth person: Fakhr al-Taj, the seventh person: ʻIsmat al-Muluk. Three men standing: Jahangir Mirza, Dust ʻAli Khan, and Dust Muhammad Khan, who has set up the positions for the photograph”

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  • Accessed 9 October 2013
  • Last Edited 8 April 2015
  • Record no. 1261A51
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