Portrait of Afsar al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami, daughter of Nimtaj (Taj al-Sadat) Shaykh al-Islami and Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam (Dibaj), wife of Mir Sayyid ʻAli Khan Shaykh al-Islami.
Part of the dowry of Afsar al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami, daughter of Nimtaj (Taj al-Sadat) Shaykh al-Islami and Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam (Dibaj), wife of Mir Sayyid ʻAli Khan Shaykh al-Islami.
Belonged to Afsar al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami, daughter of Nimtaj (Taj al-Sadat) Shaykh al-Islami and Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam (Dibaj), wife of Mir Sayyid ʻAli Khan Shaykh al-Islami.
Belonged to Navvab al-Hajiyah, daughter of Ziba Chihr Mirfindiriski and Mirza Husayn Shaykh al-Islam (Majd al-Islam), wife of Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam. Passed down to her daughter, Nimtaj (Taj al-Sadat) Shaykh al-Islami, and then to her daughter, Afsar al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami.
Created by Afsar al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami, daughter of Nimtaj (Taj al-Sadat) Shaykh al-Islami and Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam (Dibaj), and wife of Sayyid ʻAli Shaykh al-Islami. According to Bahram Sheikholeslami, the images can be identified as follows (from left to right in each photograph): sequences 1 and 2 are the cover and the inside of the cover; seq. 3: Amjad al-Vizarah [Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami]; seq. 4: Amjad al-Vizarah and his new born son, Sayyid ‘Ali Khan, Mashhad, 1290 SH (1911); seq. 5: top left: Afsar al-Muluk in wedding dress; top right: Sayyid ‘Ali Khan in...
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