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Encyclopaedia Iranica

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Painting from Isfahan, Iran.
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Painting from Isfahan, Iran.

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Painting from Isfahan, Iran.
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Painting from Isfahan, Iran.

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Persia from A to Z: a comprehensive online encyclopedia of Iranian history, art, literature, and culture.

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Divan-I Hafiz, Iran, 1539, Walters Art Museum

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Students from the St. Rita's School for the Deaf, 1918

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