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The resting King


The resting King
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Copyright: Akbar Shafiee (Leo71538) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 149 W: 53 N: 126] (354)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-30
Categories: Artwork
Camera: Cannon Powershot S2IS, Kingston SD 1GB
Exposure: f/2.7, 1/25 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-08 5:19
Viewed: 486
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Grave-stone of Nasereddin shah Qajar the king of Persia (1848 - 1896), Karimkhani corner, golestan Palace.
This magnificent marble gravestone used to decorate the grave of the assassinated king in Shah Abdolazim's shrine, in the south of Tehran. After the revoluition of 1979, the Islamic fanatics moved it many times and at last it was located by the ministry of the culture in its current place. On this large piece of marble, the king is carved with his royal costumes with 2 angels above his head. tile-works of the walls and the ceiling is reflexed on the glass shield of the stone.
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سنگ قبر ناصرالدين شاه قاجار، خلوت كريمخاني، كاخ گلستان

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thank you for this post... i always assumed that it was destroyed
now i know where it is... safe and sound.
thanks for educating me...
tata

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