German photographer photos of Qajar period

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His funeral took place six months after his death. A British diplomat who spoke with some who had been present, Charles Hardinge, commented “… the corpse was conveyed on a very high funeral car and was ‘high’ in more ways than one” (see picture below ‘The Shah’s funeral’).

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