Sujet
Prince Zil-Ul-Sultan, eldest son of the Shah of Persia, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Prince Zil-Ul-Sultan, eldest son of the Shah of Persia, 1881.'...the Imperial Prince Hassoud Mirza Zil-a-Sultan, which means "Shadow of the Sovereign",...has amongst his other titles the one of "Shadow of God."...[The] Prince is...of very agreeable outward appearance and extremely engaging manners...While yet very young he was made Governor of Mazanderan, and afterwards of Khorassan, and of the province of Fars; and seeing his energetic and especially fair and upright Government, the Shah has been induced to enlarge year by year the dominions under his charge, so that at this moment the provinces of Ispahan, Arabistan, Luristan, Trak, Bouroujerd, Jeza, Ghulpaighan, Khomsar, and Fars are all under his government, representing more than the half of the empire of Persia. The Prince lives at Ispahan, the ancient capital of Persia. A short time since, a large school was opened by this Prince at Ispahan, under the superintendence of his physician in chief, the General Mirza Taki Khan, where, besides Persian language and literature, also the English and French languages are taught, and also Physics, Chemistry, and mathematics. There is great need of education, as well as of administrative improvement, in the Shah's dominions'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A42_233
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7,7Mo (427,2Ko) / 13,1cm x 14,7cm / 1546 x 1737 (300dpi)