Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) - Qajar Period

Painting.
Era: Qajar Period, Persia.
Date: 19th century.
Kept in Imperial Library, Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran.
Source: Iranian.com.

This miniature is from a copy of the Thousand and One Nights, painted under the direction of Sani ul-Molk Ghafari, who was the official painter at the court of two Qajar Kings: Mohammad Shah, and Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar.