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A free gallery talk on Wednesday 13 May at the British Museum. Related to the exhibition Shah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran.
Enter a competition and win a trip to Iran to visit some of the sites featured in the exhibition Shah 'Abbas.
An exhibition of coins and other objects from the city of Isfahan in Iran, some reflecting the Safavid dynasty's adoption of Shiism as Iran's state religion. This exhibition is now closed.
A free gallery talk on Friday 22 May at the British Museum. Related to the exhibition Shah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran.
A free evening lecture by Dr Elena Kuzmina at the British Museum on Tuesday 28 July.
This portrait shows Shah 'Abbas I (1571–1618) at the peak of his powers, having ruled Iran for 31 years. It is one of only two complete contemporary portraits of Shah 'Abbas and is a study made in 1618 by Bishn Das, the leading court artist of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (reigned 1605–27), for a work commemorating the meeting of Shah 'Abbas and Khan 'Alam, the ambassador of Mughal India.
Dishes like this one were made by Iranian potters inspired by Chinese porcelain. They were painted with white slip or cut through to the stone-paste body to produce a white design that contrasts with the monochrome background. Potters who travelled to the shrine of Ardabil in northwest Iran as pilgrims and saw or even used Chinese porcelains may have introduced this style.
An 11 week course at the British Museum exploring film-making in Iran, Egypt and Turkey. Part of the exhibition events programme for Shah Abbas: the remaking of Iran.
A free gallery talk on Thursday 9 April at the British Museum. Related to the exhibition Shah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran.
A free gallery talk on Wednesday 3 June at the British Museum. Related to the exhibition Shah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran.