An abandoned traditional house in the middle of Marvi Alley in the old part of Tehran.

An undated talisman for warding off co-wife. It is most probably from the late 19th century or early 20th century.

End of the School Year Photos of Andisheh (Don Bosco) School.

In 1901 Prince Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh ordered Ali-Akbar Mozayyen-al-Dawla Naghash-bashi to make a decorative iron transenna for the Tomb of Hafez. The current Mausoleum was designed by André Godard, French archeologist and architect, in the late 1930s.

Mirza Mohammad Seifi Qazwini, also known as Emadolkottab (1861-1936), was a master calligrapher of Nasta'liq in the late Qajar period. Because of his membership in a terrorist group "Komiteye Mojazat - punishment committee" and writing the group's unsigned leaflets, he was arrested and spent five years of his life in prison.

Details of the old buildings in North Kargar avenue (formerly Amirabad), between Enghelab Square and Keshavarz boulevard. September 2012.

Nushi Khanum, daughter of Khanum Khanumha and Mirza Husayn Shaykh al-Islam, writes to her paternal aunt, Shawkat Khanum Ashraf al-Saltanah, daughter of Zahra Khanum and Mirza Abu Turab. Sent from Qavzin to Tehran. Early 20th century.

Samarkand neighbourhood in Santa Barbara, California, takes its name from Samarkand Persian Hotel. The Persian themed luxury hotel was in operation from 1920 to 1940.

Sycamore Trees of Valiasr Avenue is a collection of photographs from Siavash Mirkhani. The pictures were taken in Autumn 2012 in Tehran’s Valiasr Avenue.

Twelve Engravings from the book PERSIA by Frederic Shoberl (1775–1853). Published in Philadelphia, 1828.

Café Prague was a local gathering place for young intellectuals active between the summer of 2009 and January 2013. It was closed because of the owner’s refusal to install CCTV.

Two tourist brochures for Khorassan and Isfahan regions in Iran. Published by Iran National Tourist Organization sometime in the second half of the 1960s.

Sale document of an Abyssinian male eunuch slave, Haji Bashir Khan, between Malik Mansur Mirza Shoaosaltaneh and Faraj Allah Khan Ata o-Dowleh, the head of artillery in the state of Fars, Iran, issued in 25 August 1901. Slavery was formally abolished in Iran in 1929.

A collection of Iranian matchboxes from the 1940s and 1950s.

Evin is a neighbourhood in the north of Tehran. The pictures shown here are of the last remaining orchards and old houses in Evin. The traditional village of Evin is located between Daneshgah Square on the north and Evin Mosque on the south. Acacia Lane is the street with the stairs. Evin Prison is also located nearby.