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Tehran, Fall 1969 |
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Tehran, Fall 2000 |
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Near Pulur |
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Humpbacked bridge in the mountains |
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Ab Ask, a village off the Chalus Road |
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Ab Ask, landlord's house |
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Varengerud village |
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Carrying potatos to market, Varengerud village |
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At the tea shop |
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Kond, in winter |
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On the road to the Caspian |
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Samiran, one of the castles of the Assassins (12/13c.) |
A walk to Alamut
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The bridge at Shahrak |
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Shahrak village |
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Approaching the rock of Alamut |
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On the village of Gazur Khan |
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Alamut, the rock |
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Alamut castle, the seat of Hasan-i-Sabah (12c.) |
Khorassan (Northeast Iran)
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Courtyard of the Gowhar Shah's mosque, Marshah, 15c. |
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Two improbable visitors |
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Some of Iran's finest tilework, mosque of Gowhar Shah |
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Some of Iran's finest tilework, mosque of Gowhar Shah |
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Citadel of Tus, near Marshah (destroyed by Mongols, 13c.) |
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The village of Qadam Gah |
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Ruins of Nishapur |
Azerbaijan (Northwest Iran)
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Ardebil, Shrine of Sheikh Sapi-u-Din, the aponymous founder |
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Street scene in Tabriz |
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Two ladies at the Blue Mosque |
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Tomb tower in Marageh, 12c. |
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Tomb tower in Marageh, 12c. |
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Takht-i-Suleiman, Fire temple and coronation place of the Sassanians |
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Entering the enclosure |
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Takht-i-Suleiman, among the ruins, 3-7c. |
Kurdistan
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Kurdish village |
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The Silk Road, near Bisitun |
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Safavid bridge, near Bisitun |
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Taq-i-Bostam, Grotto of Khosrow |
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Taq-i-Bostam, Sassanian, investiture scene, 3c. |
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Taq-i-Bostam, investiture scene, 3c. |
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Mausoleum of the Alavi family, Hamadan, 12c. |
Isfahan
See Isfahan page
Nain (An ancient town in the desert between Isfahan and Yazd)
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Minaret |
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Street in Nain |
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A modern woman in Islamic dress |
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Friday Mosque, 11c., one of Iran's oldest |
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Friday Mosque, 11c., one of Iran's oldest |
) Qajar fort, 18-19c., between Nain and Yazd |
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Caravanserai, Safavid, between Nain and Yazd |
Yazd
See also the Yazd essay page
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The roofs of Yazd |
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Roofscape with bad-girs, an ancient form of air-conditioning |
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An old street |
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Street |
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Crumbling tombs |
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Courtyard of a shrine |
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The bazaar, one of Iran's finest |
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The butcher... |
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The baker... |
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The copperware maker |
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Portal of the Friday Mosqye, 14c. |
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Friday Mosque |
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Tilework |
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Tilework |
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The dome, Friday Mosque |
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A fort, 19-20c., in the mountains between Yazd and Shiraz |
Shiraz
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The bazaar, 18c. |
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Qashgai womin the bazaar |
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Vakil mosque, 18c. |
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Tilework in Vakil mosque, 19c. |
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Tilework in Vakil mosque |
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Shah Cheragh, mausoleum of a 9th c. saint and popular pilgrimage place |
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Proper dress for ladies on pilgrimage |
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The shrine in 2000 |
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The shrine in 2000 |
South of Shiraz
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The Sassanian castle of the Qalat-e-dokhtar |
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The Sassanian castle of the Qalat-e-dokhtar |
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A biblical scene in Qashgai country, near Firuzabad |
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A biblical scene in Qashgai country, near Firuzabad |
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Ardeshir's palace, Firuzabad, now thought to be a major fire temple. Sassanian |
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Ardeshir's palace, a major fire temple |
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Qashgai picinic party, Firuzabad |
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The Sassanian "hunting lodge" at Sarvestan (6c.?) |
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The Sassanian "hunting lodge" at Sarvestan (6c.?) |
Persepolis
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Persepolis in a quieter time |
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The Gate of All Nations |
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Popular ruins |
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The king in combat |
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The Royal Guard ("the immortals") |
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The tribute bearers |
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Homage to the King of Kings |
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Naqshi-i-Rustan, the royal tombs |
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Naqshi-i-Rustan, the royal tombs |
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The Roman emperors Valerianus surrendering to Shapur I. 3c. AD, Sassanian |
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Tomb of Cyrus at Pasargadac, 6c. BC |
Bam
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Gates of Bam, 18-19c. |
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The citadel towers over the ruins of the town |
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Bam, A maze of mud |
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Entry to the citadel |