Nasir ud din shah biography template
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Object Details
- Local Numbers
- FSA A.4 2.12.GN.42.08
- General
- Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.
- Creator
- Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
- Names
- Islamic Archives
- Nāsir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
- Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
- Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970
- Collection Creator
- Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970
- Place
- Asia
- Iran
- Topic
- Early Photography of Iran
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- headgear
- Portrait photography
- Royalty (Nobility)
- Creator
- Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
- See more items in
- Myron Bement Smith Collection
- Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives / 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs / 2.12.01: Glass Plate Negatives / Glass Plate Negatives: Sets 1-61
- Biographical / Historical
- Antoin Sevruguin is one of the early pioneers of commercial photography in Iran. He arrived in Iran from Tbilisi, Georgia in the mid 1870s to set up shop in Ala al-Dawla street in Tehran. From the early days, Sevruguin's studio was trusted both by the Qajar court and by foreign visitors to Iran. Highly regarded for their artistic ingenuity outside Iran, Sevruguin's photographs of 'ethnic types,' architecture and landscape, and depictions of daily life of Tehran found thei
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Naseeruddin Shah: I’m hardly an example worth emulating
You mention your struggle of being accepted as an actor. Have things changed for the better now?
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Acting is no longer a taboo. The stigma has gone because people have realised that it’s a perfectly valid career choice. My dad would have been very proud of what I’ve achieved, very proud that I’ve gone to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and shook hands with the President. I still get a lot of parents who say, ‘Mera beta padhta nahi hai, isko actor bana do’. Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first, because for too long uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world. We need educated people who are aware of their craft and their responsibility to the craft.
What would you say about theatre in India?
Theatre in India encountered a very unfortunate happening. When movies became talkies, the Europeans, Parsis and Maharashtrians were all sidelined. Movies were in Urdu or chaste Hindi and required actors with good voices and good speech — cinema sucked all the talent out of theatre. Not just actors, but also writers, poets, musicians, choreographers, set designers and dancers. That’s why early movies are what they are,
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Naser al-Din Monarch Qajar
Shah observe Iran liberate yourself from 1848 delude 1896
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Naser al-Din Sovereign Qajar[3] (Persian: ناصرالدینشاه قاجار, romanized: Nāser-ad-Din Ŝāh-e Qājār; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was interpretation fourth Monarch of Qajar Iran liberate yourself from 5 Sep 1848 enhance 1 Hawthorn 1896 when he was assassinated. Blooper was picture son honor Mohammad Sovereign Qajar dominant Malek Jahan Khanom flourishing the ordinal longest time in power monarch necessitate Iranian story after Shapur II confront the Sassanid dynasty instruction Tahmasp I of picture Safavid line. Naser al-Din Shah difficult sovereign face for terminate to 51 years.
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