File:'Alikhan Davallu Qajar, titled Zahir al-Dawla, a son-in-law of Naser al-Din Shah, Qajar Iran, late 19th century.jpg

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English: PORTRAIT OF ZAHIR AL-DAWLA

Qajar Iran, late 19th century Ink on paper, mounted, framed and glazed 22¾ x 17½in. (57.8 x 44.5cm.)

'Alikhan Davallu Qajar, titled Zahir al-Dawla, was a son-in-law of Nasir al-Din Shah. He was appointed the Master of Cermonies at the court in 1304/1886-7 and governor of Hamadan and Kirmanshah. In 1326/1908-9 his house and khanqah were bombed and ransacked on the orders of Muhammad 'Ali Shah because they were known as a centre of Freemasonry. (Bamdad, M.: Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, Vol. II, Tehran, 1966, pp. 367-70).
Date late 19th century
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