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Infantry soldier from Persia.

Column capital from Persepolis. Coin from Cilicia, showing a bull.

Map of the Caspian Sea.

Samakhi in modern-day Azerbaijan.

Persian officials take the most beautiful women of the city away to the harem of the shah of Persia.

Husband flays his adulterous wife alive and puts her skin on display as an example to others.

The Palace of the Shah of Persia in Isfahan.

Ruins of Persepolis.

View of Shiraz in Persia.

View of Bandar-Abass in Persia.

Plants and fruits of bushes from the Isfahan region, in Iran.

Persian mausoleum in Çehel-minar, close to Şiraz (Iran).

Water fountain in the open sea, a natural phenomenon common around the tropics. Thevenot claims to have witnessed this natural phenomenon, which he actually describes as a typhoon, while traveling in India.

Map of Syria, Mesopotamia and part of Persia.

Portrait of Nadir-Schah of Persia (1698 -1747).

Portait of Karim Han, of Persia.

Portrait of Shah Mohammad Ali Han of Persia (1760-1779).

Reliefs from the monument of Taq-e Bostan on the ouskirts of Kermanshah in Persia. Im. 1, 2: The king hunting deer and boars. 3: The coronation of shah Khosrau II, with the gigantic figure of the king mounted on his horse at the centre of the composition. 4: The coronation of Shapur III, with the king and his father, Shapur II.

Im. 1: Capital found near Mount Behistun in Persia, possibly representing king Khosrau. 2: Reliefs of Mithridates II of Parthia and Gotarzes II from Behistun. 3: Reliefs framing the inscription of Darius I the Great (Behistun inscription) at Mount Behistun.