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Life at the Court of the Early Qajar Shahs, a memoir translated into English for the first time, offers a uniquely intimate look at a world veiled by privilege

"Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and distributed by Princeton University Press on the occasion of the exhib

To the task of chronicling the waning years of Persia's Qajar court, Dust-Ali Khan "Mo`ayyer al-Mamalek" (1876-1966) brought matchless gifts. On his mother's si

Set against the backdrop of Iran’s struggle against the rising powers of Russia and Britain, the memoirs of Mirza Riza Khan Arfa’-ed-Dowleh—otherwise know

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi