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A CCORDING to Sir John Malcolm, envoy of the East India Company to the Persian Shah Fath 'Ali in 1801-

... A CCORDING to Sir John Malcolm, envoy of the East India Company to the Persian Shah Fath 'Ali in 1801- 2: 'When the king is seated in public, his sons, ministers, and courtiers, stand erect, with their hands crossed, and in the exact place of their rank ...

Published: Thursday 22 July 2004
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1060 | Page: 68 | Tags: none

o — – X 2 3 : 3 # y X | E P 13A 4 F | It’s time Gypsy music found new audiences. Michael Church joins the ..

... “Gypsy”; but that was only one of many stagingposts in their migration from India. They were first invited to entertain the Persian Shah, Bahram Gur, whence they travelled to Constantinople; from there some went 'south to north Africa before heading up to ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1209 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

GLOUCESTERSHIRE-Newland M 4 (}23) 26 miles, Bristol 30 miles, Monmouth 5 miles, London 123 miles A meticulously ..

... trimmed length space in occupied where the blue A CCORDING to Sir John Malcolm, envoy of the East India Company to the Persian Shah Fath 'Ali in 1801- 2: 'When the king is seated in public, his sons, ministers, and courtiers, stand erect, with their hands ...

Published: Thursday 22 July 2004
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 10344 | Page: 69 | Tags: none

EXCESS Sumptuous works from two of the finest collections of Islamic art have come together in a breathtaking ..

... ng new exhibition. And the timing could not be better, says TIM STANLEY. T HE world of Arab caliphs, Turkish sultans, Persian shahs and Mughal emperors is one of extraordinary glamour. The current exhibition 'Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands' offers ...

Published: Thursday 01 April 2004
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1277 | Page: 94 | Tags: none

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Stow-on-the-Wold Stow-on-the-Wold 0.5 miles, Burford 9 miles, Cheltenham 18 miles, Oxford 29 ..

... ng new exhibition. And the timing could not be better, says TIM STANLEY. T HE world of Arab caliphs, Turkish sultans, Persian shahs and Mughal emperors is one of extraordinary glamour. The current exhibition 'Heaven on Earth: Art from Islamic Lands' offers ...

Published: Thursday 01 April 2004
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 28518 | Page: 99 | Tags: none