Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar

BY ABUL HASAN GHAFFARI III (YAHYA), QAJAR PERSIA, AH 1291/1874-5 AD

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Portrait of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar
By Abul Hasan Ghaffari III (Yahya), Qajar Persia, AH 1291/1874-5 AD
The Shah wearing European-style coat and a black hat with egret feather brooch, within oval cartouche, signed below Abul Hasan Ghafari III and dated 1291, areas of staining
35¾ x 24½in. (90.5 x 62cm.)

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Mirza Abu'l-Hasan Khan Sani' al-Mulk Ghaffari, also known as Abu'l-Hasan Khan or Yahya Khan was the youngest of three artistic brothers, children of the great Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari, Sani' al-Mulk, naqqash bashi. These were Asadullah Khan, Saifullah and Yahya himself. He took the title of Abu'l-Hasan III on the death of his father in 1866. The titles Sani' al-Mulk was subsequently conferred on him by Nasir al-Din Shah.

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