Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
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Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, also known as Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī and commonly known as Al-Afghani, was a political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Muslim world during
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Asad Abadi Square in Tehran, Iran
Afghani as Haji Sharif, who inspired Saint-Yves d'Alveydre in legend of Agarttha and Synarchy.
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
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Naser al-Din Shah Qajar was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. Initially seeking to modernise Iran, his style of governance became more dictato
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…response to Western pressure. He is also known for his involvement with his follower Mirza Reza Kermani in the successful plot to assassinate Shah Naser-al-Din, whom Afghani considered to be making too many concessions to foreign powers, especially the British Empire. As indicated by his nisba, al-Afghani…
Portrait by Nadar, 1889
Naser al-Din Shah in 1873
Hassan Ali Khan Amir Nezam Garrusi received the title of Generalissimo by the Shah after commanding the Persian forces to siege Ghorian during the Second Herat War.
A group photograph taken during a garden party for the Shah at Hatfield House in July 1889. The photograph includes Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark.