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Title: |
The Artist and the Shah |
| Sub-title: |
Memoirs of Life at the Persian Court, by Dust-Ali Khan Mo`ayyer al-Mamalek |
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| Edited by: |
Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar |
| ISBN10-13: |
1949445380 : 9781949445381 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
235x150mm |
| Pages: |
704 |
| Weight: |
1.256 Kg. |
| Published: |
Mage Publishers Inc (US) - March 2022 |
| List Price: |
81.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Biography: religious & spiritual |
| 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 side, he was the grandson of Naser al-Din Shah, ruler of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896; on his fathers side, he was the descendant of a family of assayers and masters of the royal mint with roots in the Safavid era (15011736). He was also a painter and writer with a keen eye for atmosphere and detail. Throughout his long life, he kept journals of the rarefied and sometimes turbulent world in which he moved. Some of those records were incorporated by him into autobiography or descriptions of his grandfathers court -- its modes of governance, festivals, royal hunts, palaces and gardens, life in the harem, and much more. THE ARTIST AND THE SHAH is the product of a seven-year labour of love by Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar, a dedicated historian of the Qajar era, to not only translate two of Dust-Ali Khans memoirs but also to gather together 280 photographs from public archives and private collections. Most of the photographs are presented here for the first time in their proper context. Illuminated with the words of Dust-Ali Khan, they provide a uniquely intimate view of an era now long vanished. |
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"Eskandari-Qajar has produced a delightful translation of the memoirs of a subtle observer of the late Qajar era. The copious notes and the excellent collection of photographs further enhance our understanding of court and high culture of a bygone era from the artistic vantage point of a member of the old nobility." -- Abbas Amanat, Yale University, author of Iran: A Modern History
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"This book is as enlightening as it is beautiful." -- Houchang Chehabi, Boston University
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"Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar’s study is an extraordinary achievement. On the basis of less than a hundred and fifty pages of Persian text, written more than sixty years ago, he has created a work of meticulous, painstaking scholarship, whilst at the same time revealing in a highly readable and accessible way a remote, unfamiliar world with great sympathy and understanding." -- John Gurney, Wadham College, Oxford
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