Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran
Video archive
Exhibition dates: 19 February – 14 June 2009
This major exhibition explored seventeenth-century Iran through
the reign and legacy
of one of its most influential rulers, Shah 'Abbas I (reigned AD
1587–1629).
The exhibition will demonstrated Shah 'Abbas’s social, religious
and artistic influence
on Iran through the gifts he endowed to major shrines in Mashhad,
Ardabil and Qum,
and his magnificent new capital at Isfahan.
Two portraits, two
views
(2 min 24 sec)
The English
ambassador
(3 min 12 sec)
View video in Persian
Coins of faith and
power
(4 min 16 sec)
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Shah 'Abbas
introductory video
(1 min 11 sec)
View video in Persian