Pre-Islamic Persia

Perzië, Perzisch antiek relief met ruiters

Nimrod supervising the building of the Tower of Babel

Cyrus, king of Persia, sees a vine coming from the mouth of his sleepi...

Cyrus, king of Persia, orders a temple to be built in Jerusalem

Antiochus IV Epiphanes is unable to take a Persian city (Elimais, Pers...

Cyrus, king of Persia, proclaims the end of the Babylonian Captivity a...

Tower of Babel and Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51

Miniature of the building of the Tower of Babel; miniature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translati... More

Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51

Detail of a mminiature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v... More

Cyrus, king of Persia, proclaims the end of the Babylonian Captivity a...

Darius is offered the crown of Persia

Xerxes from BL Royal 14 E V, f. 139

Miniature of the death of Xerxes, with a partial border containing the arms of Richard IV and a shield with a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 3. Image taken from f. 139 of D... More

Xerxes from BL Royal 14 E V, f. 139

Detail of a miniature of the death of Xerxes, at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 3. Image taken from f. 139 of De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fem... More

[Khosrau I (d. 579), king of Persia, seated on throne, directing Burzu...

Woodcut frontis. Illus. in: Kalilah wa-Dimnah. German: Directorium Humanae vitae. German. Ulm, Lienhart Holle, May 28, 1483. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I... More

Detail van een bas-reliëf nabij de ruïnes van het paleis van Darius, P...

Heilige Jonas en Heilige Barachisius van Perzië, Heilige Johannes Clim...

Alexander de Grote rouwt om de dood van koning Darius III van Perzië

Gezicht op ruìnes in Persepolis, Iran

Perzië, Kotal Pirizan, Shiraz-Bushire landschap

Alexander de Grote rouwt om de dood van koning Darius II van Perzië

Gezicht op de ruïnes van het paleis van de Perzische koning Darius te ...

Xerxes II., König von Persien

Cyrus der Ältere, Großkönig von Persien

Artaxerxes I., König von Persien

Cyrus der Ältere, Großkönig von Persien

Darius I. König von Persien

Darius III. König von Persien

Smerdis, der falsche, König von Persien

Darius I. König von Persien

Darius II. König von Persien

Cyrus der Ältere, Großkönig von Persien

Gevel in een rots uitgehouwen te Tschehelminar, Perzië

Perzische Sibille

Perzische sibille, 17th century

Kaart van het Perzische Rijk

Persarum imperium. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows Iran and adjacent counties. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Perzische begrafenisrituelen, Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Perzische huwelijksplechtigheid en doopceremonie

Voorstellingen van Perzische priester

Perzische tempel en grafmonumenten

Landschap met Perzische huizen

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries : drawn fr...

Relief shown pictorially. Has ornamental cartouche. From: Bowen's A complete system of geography. London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware [etc.], 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ... More

Bas-reliëf bij de Boog van de Tuin (Tahkt-i-Bustan), Kirmanshah, Perzi...

Johann Baptist Homann - Verschiedene propspecte der vornemsten stadten...

Aerial views for 14 cities in Persia and Central Asia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

architecture from "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to ...

This image has been taken from scan 000282 from volume 02 of "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the ... More

Zoroastrianism from "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative t...

This image has been taken from scan 000318 from volume 01 of "[Indian Antiquities: or, Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical divisions, the ... primeval theology, the grand code of civil laws, the ... More

Map of Persia and adjacent countries, for Sir John Malcolm's History o...

Covers Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, most of Pakistan, portions of Turkey and Syria, and the surrounding countries. LC copy imperfect: Chipped on edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

Persia from "Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourg...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Narrative of the Chinese Embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars in the years 1712, 13, 14 & 15; by the Chinese Ambassador (Tu-li-Shin) and published by the... More

Muscat from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Zoroastrian from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Persepolis from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Isfahan from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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ship from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Persia from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Shiraz from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Isfahan from "[Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, etc.]"

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Embarcation of chariot and warriors preparing to cross a river.

A lion hunt.

The king performing a religious ceremony.

Winged figure carrying a wild goat ; Winged figure carrying a stag.

[Title page] The monuments of Nineveh, from drawings made on the spot....

Embroidery on the upper part of the robe of a king.

Ornaments on the robes of figures. (Nimroud) [Calah]

Warriors in mail before a besieged city.

Winged figure holding a branch; A king in his robes.

The fore-parts of two human-headed lions with human arms.

A winged human-headed lion. (Nimroud) [Calah].

The king seated on his throne attended by eunuchs and winged figures.

Hall in Assyrian palace, restored.

Warriors fighting in chariots.

King crossing a river.

A subject people bringing tribute.

Two winged figures wearing the horned cap.

Embroidery on the breast of a king.

Triumphal return of Assyrian warriors from battle.

Winged figures kneelling before the sacred tree. (Nimroud) [Calah]

Embroidery on the upper part of the robe of a king.

The seige of a castle.

Prisoners brought before the king.

Ornaments [on the robes of a eunuch].

The king standing over the prostrate bull.

The siege of a city.

Dedication To His Excellency the right honorable Sir Stratford Canning...

The king in the chariot before a besieged city.

Fugitives crossing a river to a castle.

Warriors in armour fighting in chariots.

Assyrian warriors in battle.

Ornaments [on the robe of a King]: 1. Lion contending with two wild bu...

Assyrian warriors on horseback.

The king hunting the wild bull.

Winged figure ; Nisroch or the eagle headed divinity.

Warriors pursuing a wild bull.

A winged human-headed bull. (Nimroud) [Calah].

The king before a besieged castle -- the battering-ram making a breach...

The king before the walls of a besieged city.

Triumphal return of the king from battle.

Boog van de Tuin (Tahkt-i-Bustan), Kirmanshah, Perzië

Detail van bas-reliëf bij de Boog van de Tuin (Tahkt-i-Bustan), Kirman...

Perzië, Shiraz, Baghi Jacht panorama over hof en velden

Persia and Cabool / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown in hachures. In upper right corner: National atlas, 25. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Tak-i Bostan. Une des figures de la chasse aux sangliers (grandeur de ...