Abdollah Mirza Qajar
| Abdollah Mirza Qajar | |
|---|---|
Photograph of Abdollah Mirza Qajar | |
| Born | 1850 Qajar Iran |
| Died | 1912 (aged 61–62) Tehran, Qajar Iran |
| Dynasty | Qajar dynasty |
| Father | Jahangir Mirza Qajar |
| Religion | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Occupation | Photography |
| Education | Dar al-Fonun |
Abdollah Mirza Qajar (Persian: عبدالله میرزا قاجار; 1850–1912) was an Iranian photographer from the Qajar dynasty. He was the son of Jahangir Mirza Qajar. He was closely associated with the Dar al-Fonun college, where he graduated, and was appointed as its teacher of photography in 1883.[1] From then until, 1896, Naser al-Din Shah and his close companion, Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan, often assigned Abdollah Mirza on journeys devoted to photography.[2]
Abdollah Mirza Qajar died in 1912 in Tehran.[1]
References
- ^ a b Helbig 2017, p. 81.
- ^ Helbig 2017, p. 80.
Sources
- Helbig, Elahe (2017). "Geographies Traced and Histories Told: Photographic Documentation of Land and People by ʿAbdollah Mirza Qajar, 1880s–1890s". In Markus Ritter; Scheiwiller, Staci G. (eds.). The Indigenous Lens?: Early Photography in the Near and Middle East. De Gruyter. pp. 79–110. ISBN 978-0300112542.