SAEDNEWS: Stay tuned with us to view three previously unseen images from Iran’s history, preserved from the Qajar and Pahlavi eras as part of the country’s cultural legacy. These rare photographs offer fresh visual insights into life and leadership during two of Iran’s most significant historical periods.
According to SAEDNEWS: below you will see a rarely seen image of Soraya Esfandiary and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during their trip to India in the year 1334 (1955-1956).
A rare image of Naser al-Din Shah’s carriage ride along the shores of the Caspian Sea presents a fascinating account of royal lifestyle and travels during the Qajar era; a journey into history with a unique grandeur and distinctive atmosphere. The photo below, taken in the year 1254 in the Iranian calendar (1875-1876), shows Naser al-Din Shah Qajar riding a carriage on the Caspian Sea coast; one of his attendants is holding an umbrella over the Shah’s head.
A lesser-known image from Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s school years at the boarding school “Le Rosey” in Switzerland offers a fresh opportunity to revisit a less seen chapter of his life; a period lasting from 1931 to 1936 that had a lasting impact on the political and cultural formation of Iran’s last Shah.
