Sunday, December 2, 2018

12th-century Stone-paste from Persia 'Hoopoe'

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Persian stonepaste (Fritware) from the 12th century in the form of hoopoe. Stone-paste is a type of pottery in which frit is added to ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Masterpieces from Ziwiye, Kurdistan Province of Persia

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Penn Museum in Philadelphia recently has reopened its Middle Eastern Galley after restoration. The gallery contains fantastic pieces from M...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Persian Cat Lustreware, 13th century

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As a cat lover, wherever I go I capture the cats! This time I have discovered a 13th-century Persian cat at the British Museum. The lu...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Imperial Bank of Persia (1931 advertisement)

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I just received an old newspaper from Birmingham. The daily, dated February 1931 contains an advertisement of "Imperial Bank of Persi...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

SHAHNAMEH FERDOWSI (Baysonghori Manuscripts)

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A few pages of a rare manuscript of SHAHNAMEH (national epic of Persia) which has been published in 1971 in commemoration of the celebratio...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Mohammad Manzarpour fired from VOA Persian Service

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Manzarpour (Photo: Facebook) Mohammad Manzarpour, the editor of Voice of America's Persian Service has been fired today. The reas...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Removing the name PERSIAN GULF from Berlin's Islamic Art Museum map!

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Recently the Islamic Art Museum in Berlin has organized an exhibition entitled "Ctesiphon". The exhibition displays the objects w...