Old Persian (GB) galloping at Santa Anita Park for the Breeders’ Cup Turf, 10.29.19 Zoe Metz Jockey James Doyle guides Old Persian to victory in the 2019 Northern Dancer Stakes for owner Godolphin ...
EVERY man in Persia is a poet,” they say in Tabriz. Only they call it Iran today, a name which has in it none of the glint of turquoise and gold, of camels and riches, of mountains and salty inland ...
Naser al-Din, the longest reigning shah of the Qajar Dynasty, was known to be one of the great patrons of photography in Persia. After bringing one of the first cameras to Iran, he proceeded to ...
In Nashtifan, Iran, vertical-axis windmills made of clay, straw, and wood have milled grain for nearly 1,000 years. Dating back to between 700 and 900 CE, these structures represent the earliest ...