Search Constraints
Search Results
- Notes:
- P. 23 "...he is from the Cadjars tribe." P. 27 "His face seemed exceedingly pale, of a polished marble hue, with the finest contour of features, and eyes dark, brilliant and piercing, a beard black as jet, and of a length which fell below his chest over a large portion of the effulgent belt which held his diamond-hilted dagger. This extraordinary amplitude of beard appears to have been a badge of Persian royalty from the earliest times; for we find it attached to the heads of the sovereigns, in all the ancient sculptured remains throughout the empire." The king wears a full, long coat, a kolija (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10).
- Date Created:
- 1845-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
- Notes:
- Black and white lithograph showing Muhammed Shah, the ruler of Persia, dressed in his finery, probably consisting of the khilauts (Shoberl 1845, p. 62-63) ensemble. He wears a jeweled crown, collar, arm bands, cuffs, belt, and dagger. The Shah is seated in an elaborately ornamented throne with lion heads at the ends of the arms. In his hands is a piece of paper. He wears the full beard and mustache of a ruler and leader.
- Date Created:
- 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Costume History Collection
