Saed News: Join us as we explore rare, unseen photographs from wedding ceremonies during the Qajar era.
According to Saed News History Service, join us as we explore a collection of fascinating images from Qajar-era wedding ceremonies.
A photo from a wedding in Urmia, 1904 (1283 Solar Hijri); the caption reads: "The wedding of His Highness Mozaffar al-Saltaneh at the Tophaneh Square of Urmia."
Next, we see a rare and interesting photo of a Nestorian wedding ceremony by Lake Urmia, dated 1897 (1276 Solar Hijri).
A photo of a wealthy family's wedding during the Qajar period.
A wedding celebration in Kurdistan.
A photo from the wedding of Farangis Khabir (daughter of Khabir al-Saltaneh) — photo from the Harvard Qajar Women’s Archive.
A photo of a Qajar bride sitting on a chair, with others, including a musician and a dancer, standing beside her. These two images are from the wedding ceremony of Bibi Khavar Esfandiari Bakhtiari, daughter of Mohammad Javad Khan Sardar Eqbal, a prominent leader of the Bakhtiari tribe. The wedding took place at Naghan Fortress (in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province).
A wedding ceremony during the Qajar era.
A grand wedding in Mazandaran.
A wedding in Tabriz, 118 years ago.
As written on the photo itself, it depicts an Armenian wedding celebration in the city of Salmas.
A wedding celebration in a village in western Iran, with musicians and dancers present.
These photos are from one of Naser al-Din Shah’s recreational trips to the Lar region in 1889 (1268 Solar Hijri). By coincidence, when the Shah’s camp was set up in the area, the local Hedayvand tribes were holding a wedding ceremony.
