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THE SULTANS JEWELLED THRONES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC GAZE. MADE WITH GOLD SHEETING AND ENCRUSTED WITH THOUSANDS ..

... THRONES NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC GAZE. MADE WITH GOLD SHEETING AND ENCRUSTED WITH THOUSANDS OF PEARLS ; THE THRONE OF THE PERSIAN SHAH ISMAIL, CAPTURED BY SULTAN SELIM OF TURKEY AT ISPAHAN—INDIAN WORK OF THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY. v' THE THRONE OF SHAH ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1927
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 82 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

... —Traces of the game extend beyond history. i.—lt is ot Eastern, probably Persian, origin, as Us name is derived from the Persian shah, king” and means the game of kings. 6.— A cleric of Safra. in Estramadura, Spain, who published a work on chess in li6i ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1927
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Nothing emphasises more strikingly the - hanged conditions in Turkey than the conversion of the Old Seraglio of ..

... and the East. Among these are the four thrones here illustrated, one them the enamelled and pearl-encrusted throne of the Persian Shah Ismail, which was taken by the Turks, with other booty, after the battle of Tchaldiran. Recalling a visit to the Turkish ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1927
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 149 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Seraglio Treasures: Jewelled Thrones from the Turkish Sultans' Palaces Now Collected into a Museum

... THRONE IN THE OLD SERAGLIO _ ________ THE THRONE OF A MILLION PEARLS THE PEARL-STUDDED SEAT OF ISMAIL, A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIAN SHAH. A WONDERFUL RELIC OF OLD INDIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS BROUGHT BACK BY THE CONQUEROR SULTAN, SELIM. IT IS IN THE FORMER IMPERIAL ...

Published: Saturday 04 June 1927
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 314 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

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... it situated. It is thks garden which yield® lII© worldfamous attar loses, that luscious perfume which, in olden t hives, Persian Shah* commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-clay, iu India, offered to wedding guests on ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1927
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

LOCAL NOTES & NEWS

... appeal. There imany citizens competent in business successful in business who would hay* Mr Adams' job for the revenue of a Persian Shah. But it is work that must b done, and this fine cause is fortunate in having one who not only does not mind but seem* ...

Published: Tuesday 24 May 1927
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2233 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

» * Y est Rose Garden in the World :: Perfume from Bulgaria

... situ, ated. , It U this garden which yields tha world-famous attar roses, mat luscious perfume which, in olden times, Persian Shahs commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-day, in India, to offered to wedding guests llttia ...

Published: Thursday 11 August 1927
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 496 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE BALKANS

... situated. It is this garden which yields the world-famous attar of roses, that luscious perfume which, in olden times, Persian Shahs commanded should be used exclusively in their harems. This, even to-day in India, is offered to wed- ding guests on a little ...

Published: Saturday 06 August 1927
Newspaper: Westminster Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 528 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... Is situated. It is this garden which yields the world-famous attar of roses, that luscious perfume which. Olden times. Persian Shahs commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-day. In India, is offered wedding guests on a ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1927
Newspaper: Yarmouth Independent
County: Norfolk, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1823 | Page: 12 | Tags: none