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Photo of Portrait of Mirza Riza Kirmani, Nasir Al-Din Shah's Assassin
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1896, b&w ; 14.7 cm. x 20.7 cm.
FSA_A.15_11

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Public Hanging of Mirza Riza Kirmani, August 12, 1896
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1896, b&w ; 20.7 cm. x 15.6 cm.
FSA_A.15_12

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Tehran (Iran): Masjid-i Shah Abd al 'Azim (Shah Abd al 'Azim Mosque)
Sevruguin, Antoin, ca. 1897, b&w ; 15.5 cm. x 20.5 cm.
FSA_A.15_18

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Group of Prisoners and Guards
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 20.7 cm. x 15.7 cm.
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A Prisoner and Guard
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 15.6 cm. x 20.6 cm.
FSA_A.15_14

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Executed Prisoner in a Public Square
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 20.7 cm. x 15.6 cm.
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Man Being Buried Alive
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 20.7 cm. x 15.5 cm.
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Administration of Punishment by Application of Bastinado
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 20.7 cm. x 15.7 cm.
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Tehran (Iran), Kakh-i Gulistan (Gulistan Palace Complex), Talar-i Takht (Throne Room): Nasir Al-Din Shah Sitting on the Lower Step of Takht-I Tavoos or the Peacock Throne
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1885-1896, b&w ; 15.5 cm. x 20.7 cm.
FSA_A.15_01

Image 9 of 18

Tehran (Iran), Takkiya Dawlat: Funeral Bier of Nasir Al-Din Shah
Sevruguin, Antoin, May-June,1896, b&w ; 15.6 cm. x 20.7 cm.
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Portrait of Muzaffar Al-Din Shah Qajar
Sevruguin, Antoin, Before 1896, b&w ; 15.6 cm. x 20.7 cm.
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Group Portrait: Muzaffar Al-Din Shah-i Qajar, Amin al-Sultan and Mushir al-Dawla
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1898, b&w ; 10.8 cm. x 14.4 cm.
FSA_A.15_04

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Studio Portrait: Ali Asghar Khan-i Amin al-Sultan
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1880-1907, b&w ; 15.7 cm. x 20.9 cm.
FSA_A.15_05

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Studio Portrait: Seated Dervish Holding Engraved Axe
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1880-1890, b&w ; 15.0 cm. x 20.7 cm.
FSA_A.15_06

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Group Portrait: Dervish and Two Men
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 15.7 cm. x 20.7 cm.
FSA_A.15_07

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Jewish Quarter of Tehran (Iran)
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 20.9 cm. x 15.6 cm.
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Man with Hunting Falcon
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 15.7 cm. x 20.7 cm.
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Tehran (Iran): Maydan-i Arg (Arg Square) or the Old Canon's Square (Maydan-I Tupkhana'I Qadim)
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1870s-1930s, b&w ; 20.8 cm. x 15.8 cm.
FSA_A.15_10

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