Comic books were not popular in Iran until the 1960s when a children’s magazine, Keyhan Bacheha, began publishing them. Between 1969 to 1977 Universal Publishers, published thirteen books from Tintin series.
An undated talisman for warding off co-wife. It is most probably from the late 19th century or early 20th century.
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.
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.
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.
Pictures of Iranian Birth certificates that belong to men born in 1942. These pictures are collected and used by Iranian artist Najaf Shokri in an art project titled “Documentation of Iranian Men, born in 1942”.
→ Related post: Iranian Women, born 1942 (from the art project “Irandokht“)
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