Back in 1848 and for 47 years after, Shah Nasser Karzhar ruled in Iran. He was famous for his eccentricity and strange preferences. There were more than 100 women in his harem, and his most beloved wife was Anis al Dolyah. The Iranian princess was considered one of the most beautiful women countries.
And Nasser himself was very fond of taking pictures, and despite all the laws and prohibitions of that time, he removed the veil from his wives and showed their faces. Shah took quite a few pictures of his harem.
One of the many passions of Shah Qajar was photography. He liked taking pictures as a child, and when he came to power, he decided to create the first official photo studio in his palace. In the 1870s, Russian photographer Anton Sevryugin opened his studio in Tehran, who became the court photographer of the Iranian ruler. Sevryugin created a photographic chronicle of Iran and was awarded an honorary title for his services.
A Russian photographer could shoot the Shah himself, his male relatives, courtiers and servants. And behind him, Qajar, an ardent admirer of photography, left the right to shoot his harem, in which, according to historians, he had about 100 concubines.
Photo of the harem of Shah Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar
Princess Anis al Dolyah: who is it, biography
Anis al Dolyah was one of the most beautiful women in the harem and that is why the Shah photographed her the most. The pictures have come down to our time and are very surprised. In those days, it was believed that a woman should be full. Women were specially fattened to be more attractive. Moreover, the standard of beauty at that time was fused eyebrows and mustaches. It's scary to even imagine if this was the case in our time.Surprisingly, the Iranian princess had more than 100 fans, and the most incredible thing is that 13 of them are due to unrequited love committed suicide.
Anis Al Dolyah wikipedia
Anis al-Dolyah was the beloved wife of the fourth Shah of Iran, Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar, who ruled from 1848 to 1896.It is impossible not to notice the strange skirts of the Shah's wives. As you know, at that time Nasser visited St. Petersburg, where he saw and was delighted with the ballet. Arriving home, he forced the wives to sew such skirts and wear them. So after such details, Princess Jasmine from the cartoon about Aladdin does not seem so attractive.
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Eastern concubines a hundred years ago and now
All the same, whatever you say, but over the century, ideas about beauty, especially oriental beauty, have changed terribly. The same concubines of shahs a hundred and a little more years ago and now are just heaven and earth. However, no one claims that one is beautiful, and the other is not. Everyone definitely has their own tastes. Perhaps, before, a lady’s mustache was really not a rudiment, but a highlight ...ARD invites its readers to just look and feel the difference ... As he said on this occasion famous poet, and one famous blogger Russian LiveJournal quoted him: "Night marshmallow streams ether ..."
Fullness is the main criterion of beauty of that time. It is known that Nasser ed-Din Shah printed photographs himself in the palace laboratory and kept them in satin albums in his Golestan palace, where the museum is currently located.
Looking at the photos of the ladies from the harem, you understand that they look quite modern for their time. Women confidently hold themselves in front of the camera, are calm, do not be shy and do not flirt.
From the photographs, one can judge the tastes of the Iranian monarch - all women are in the body, with fused thick eyebrows and well-marked mustaches. It is clearly seen that women did not suffer from hunger and were not burdened physical work. Experts say that there are even nude photos in the Golestan collection, but they are safely hidden.
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At all times, the earth was filled with all sorts of myths, and with the advent of the Internet in our lives, true and not very stories instantly become known to the general public. Probably, you have already heard about the "incomparable Anis al-Doly", because of which 13 young people took their own lives, and even saw her photo. And what can you say about grandmother Melania Trump: are they similar to the alleged granddaughter or not?
website did a little research and found out what is really behind some popular internet stories.
Myth #16: The Iranian princess Qajar was a symbol of beauty in the early 20th century. 13 young people committed suicide because she did not agree to become their wife
You have probably seen a photo of "Princess Qajar" or "Anis al-Dolyah" with such a caption. This woman does not fit into modern beauty standards even in Iran itself, but some people believe that more than 100 years ago, things were very different.
There is some truth in this, but it is worth asking another question: did such a princess really exist? Yes and no. The woman in a tutu-like outfit was named Taj al-Dola, and she was the wife of Nasser al-Din Shah of the Qajar dynasty.
There is an opinion that the photo does not real wife Shah, and a male actor, but this is probably nothing more than speculation, because Taj was a real historical figure.
Princess Qajar is a symbol of beauty in Persia (Iran) 13 young men killed themselves because she rejected them. pic.twitter.com/DYvOd41LT1
— Creatures Of Earth (@culture_pix) November 2, 2017
And here is another “Princess Qajar” (on the left), whose photo you could also see with the same text about the symbol of beauty and 13 unfortunate young people. This lady was the daughter of Taj al-Dola and her name was Ismat al-Dola.
Of course, both mother and daughter were not at all fatal beauties who broke the hearts of numerous fans. If only because they lived in Muslim country and hardly had the opportunity to communicate with strangers, and even more so to choose a husband.
As for the woman on the right, she was also called Taj and she was the sister of Ismat al-Dol by her father - he, like many eastern rulers, had more than one wife. Taj al-Saltaneh, also known as Zahra Khanum, went down in history as an artist, writer and the first Iranian feminist who was not afraid to take off her hijab, put on European clothes and divorce her husband.
Myth #15: Nikola Tesla worked as a swimming instructor.
— Prof Jeff Cunningham (@cunninghamjeff) August 29, 2017And this is what a real giant hornet looks like. The true size of the "tiger bee" is also impressive, but, fortunately, it is not as huge as its model, which we are incredibly happy about.
Myth #12: The whale that died from eating garbage
A photo that many took for image of the dead a whale with a lot of garbage in its stomach is actually an installation created by Greenpeace in the Philippines in order to draw people's attention to the problem of ocean pollution. But, unfortunately, this happens in reality, and not only whales and not only in the Pacific region suffer, so we have something to think about.
Myth № 11: "Ancient astronaut" on the wall of the New Cathedral in Salamanca (Spain)
Where did the astronaut on the wall of the cathedral, built in the 16th century, come from? It's simple: during the restoration in 1992, the artist Geronimo Garcia (Jeronimo Garcia) decided to depict something unusual and carved a figurine in a spacesuit, and besides it, a faun who holds an ice cream cone in his paw.
Myth #10: The description of a photo of a wolf pack
“A wolf pack: the first 3 are the old or sick, they give the pace to the entire pack. If it was the other way round, they would be left behind, losing contact with the pack. In case of an ambush they would be sacrificed. Then come 5 strong ones, the front line. pic.twitter.com/bh1PtM7nV1
— LoneWanderer ♔🇭🇷 (@MMLoneWanderer) June 16, 2018
This picture also "went to the people" with a description taken from someone's head and not corresponding to reality. Allegedly, the first three wolves in the pack are the oldest and weakest, the five following them are the strongest, in the middle is the rest of the pack, another five strong animals close the group, and behind all comes the leader who controls the situation.
However, the author of the photo, Chadden Hunter, explains that the flock hunts bison in this way, and in front is not the top three of the weakest animals, but the alpha female.
Myth #9: The she-wolf protects the male's throat in a fight.
Probably, you have seen this photo more than once with a touching caption that the she-wolf “hides”, pretending to be frightened, while she herself protects the male’s throat at this time, knowing that she will not be touched in a fight. Alas, this is also nothing more than a beautiful fairy tale.
A rather popular “no photoshop” photo turned out to be the result of a merger of two different shots. The sky was borrowed from Dutch photographer Marieke Mandemaker and superimposed on a photo of the Crimean Bridge in Moscow.
Myth #7: The "Gates of Heaven" captured by the Hubble Telescope
“Unusual photo that amazed scientists” turned out to be a work graphic designer Adam Ferriss, which, however, was based on a real image of the Omega Nebula (aka the Swan Nebula).
This is what the original photo looks like. By the way, this nebula can be observed in an amateur telescope - in shape it resembles a ghostly swan floating across the sky.
Myth No. 6: In China, fake ... cabbage
It seems that we are already accustomed to the idea that in our time absolutely everything can be faked. And in fact, cabbage made from some kind of liquid substance is very much like a real one. Is it being sold to unsuspecting buyers? Not at all.
Such "fake" cabbage, as well as other "products", is just a dummy at catering points in China, Korea, Japan and some other countries.
Myth #5: There was no hotel room for Arnold Schwarzenegger and he had to sleep outside next to his own statue.
No sooner had “Iron Arnie” joked on his Instagram, sharing this photo with the significant caption “How times have changed,” when it was immediately posted on another resource, where they made up a whole story that the actor and the former governor of California were not allowed into the hotel and he had to sleep right on the ground.
Of course, Schwarzenegger did not spend the night on the street. And the photo was not taken near the hotel, but near the city's convention center, opposite the entrance to which there is a statue depicting a young Arnold in his best shape.
IN Lately a lot of photos of Iranian princesses swept through social networks, which are accompanied by explanatory text, which says that this is a symbol of the beauty of Iran of past centuries. In particular, the society continues to discuss photos of the Iranian princess Anis al Dolyah, the wife of Shah Nasser Qajar.
Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar ruled for 47 years - from September 17, 1848 and died at the hands of an assassin at the age of 64. He had a huge harem of women, and the best of them was the Iranian princess Anis al Dolyah.
Anis al-Dolyah was the beloved wife of the fourth Shah of Iran, Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar, who ruled from 1848 to 1896. Nasser had a huge harem of wives, whom he, contrary to the laws of Iran at that time, photographed with open faces. It is thanks to Nasser ad-Din's passion for photography and his easy attitude to strict rules modern world learned about the ideals of beauty in Western Asia in the 19th century.
Anis al-Dolyakh was considered the most beautiful and sexy woman of that era. The fat lady with fused eyebrows, thick mustaches and a tired look from under her brows had almost 150 fans. However, Anis belonged only to the Shah. For admirers unearthly beauty al-Dolyah could only dream of her. Some men, by the way, could not come to terms with evil fate and laid hands on themselves because of unrequited love that tormented their hearts.
In 19th-century Iran, a woman was considered beautiful if she had abundant facial hair and was very fat, the site informs. The girls from the harem were specially fed a lot and were practically not allowed to move so that they would gain weight. Anis al-Dolyakh met all the standards of attractiveness of that time.
Love for photography and theater
The ruler of Iran - Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar since early childhood He was very fond of photography, and when he came to power, a photo studio appeared in his palace. And the court photographer was Anton Sevryugin, by the way, our compatriot. All this happened in the 1870s, and although Sevryugin had an honorary title for his contribution to the art of Iran, he did not have the right to photograph the harem, but could only photograph the Shah himself, courtiers and guests of the head of state. Only the shah himself had the right to photograph the wives from the harem.
Once, Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar, during a visit to St. Petersburg, visited a Russian ballet. The Shah was so impressed with the ballerinas that upon arrival home he ordered all his numerous wives to have skirts resembling tutus sewn on. Since then, the Nasser spouses have walked exclusively in short fluffy skirts, round the clock opening their husband's eyes to mouth-watering folded legs.
The truth about the emergence of shocking photos
Why are women in the photo so different from the concept of beauty of that time, which we could read about and even see in films?
In fact, these are not Iranian princesses, not the wives of the Shah and ... not women at all! These photographs show the actors of the first state theater, created by Shah Nasreddin, who was a great admirer European culture.
This troupe played satirical plays only for courtiers and nobility. The organizer of this theater was Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Naggashbashi, who is considered one of the founders of modern Iranian theater. Only men played in the plays of that time, since until 1917 Iranian women was forbidden to perform on stage. That's the whole secret of the "Iranian princesses": yes, this is the Shah's harem, but in a theatrical production.
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IN social network For more than a month now, the ideals of beauty of past years have been discussed. Many had very wrong ideas about the wives of the sheikh of that time. Everyone thought that the beauties of the past should look like Jasmine, from the cartoon about Aladdin, but this is far from the case.
Iranian princess Anis Al Dolyakh is the real refutation of all legends. Anis Al Dolyah reportedly lived in the 1870s. Shah Nasser ad-Din Qajar ruled at that time. He was incredibly fond of photography and took a lot of photos. But in those days it was possible to shoot anything, but not a harem and women. Nasser nevertheless violated the law and secretly filmed his harem, and hid the pictures. It is known that our compatriot Anton Sevrbgin was his court photographer.
Anis al Dolyakh - biography, photo, who is it: Exposing the Iranian princess
In Nasser's harem, indeed, there was a beloved wife and Iranian princess Anis Al Dolyah. She was the one beautiful girl that time. She had 143 admirers, of which 13 committed suicide because of unrequited love. Nowadays, pictures of the time where you can see Anis Al Dolyakh have appeared on the network. For contemporaries, it was a shock to the standards of beauty of that time. It was reported that the girls were specially fattened to be fuller, and those who grew facial hair were considered the most beautiful.
But not so long ago, an exposure of the story appeared on the network. It turned out that it was not Anis Al Dolyakh herself in the pictures, and not even women. The fact is that in addition to pictures, Nasser loved the theater. But at that time, women were forbidden to play in the theater, only men played there. In these photos, in fact, a harem, only it is not real, but theatrical. So it may well be that the picture is just disguised theater actors.
The Shah of Iran, who ruled the country for 47 years, was the most educated person in Iran, who knew several languages, loved geography, drawing, poetry, and the author of books about his travels. At the age of seventeen, he inherited the throne, but he could only take power with the help of weapons. It was extraordinary person, who managed to carry out small, from the point of view of our time, but significant for his time, reforms in the country.
As a literate person, he understood that only an educated and developed Iran would be able to exist on an equal footing with other countries in this world. He was a fan of European culture, but he realized that the religious fanaticism that raged in the country would not allow him to turn his dreams into reality.
Nevertheless, much was accomplished during his lifetime. The telegraph appeared in Iran, schools began to open, the army was reformed, french school, a prototype of the future university, where they studied medicine, chemistry, geography.
Nasser Qajar Theater
Nasser Qajar knew perfectly well French, was familiar with French culture, in particular with the theater, but he was first of all the Shah of Iran, a Muslim. Therefore, his dream of a full-fledged theater could not come true. But he, together with Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Naggashbashi, creates a state theater, the troupe of which consisted of men. In the photos of the actors, you can see the famous "Iranian princess Anis al Dolyah." Yes, this is a princess, but not a real one, but performed by a male actor.
The Iranian theater did not play productions from the life of the people. His satirical repertoire consisted entirely of plays describing the court and social life. All roles were played by men. This is not an isolated case. Think of Japanese kabuki theater where only men play. True, the Japanese actors played in masks, and it was hardly possible to see their fused eyebrows and mustaches. By the way, thick, fused eyebrows among the inhabitants of Arab and Central Asian countries have always been considered a sign of beauty, both for women and men.
Founder of Iranian theater
Mirza Ali Akbar Khan Naggashbashi, a well-known person in Iran, who is considered the founder of the Iranian theater, was the head of the first state theater. All roles were played by men, only after 1917 were women allowed to be actresses and participate in performances.
Old photos
Nasser ad-Din was fond of photography from his youth. He had his own laboratory, where he personally printed pictures. He photographed himself, he had a French photographer who took pictures of him. In the late sixties of the XIX century, the Sevryugins brothers open their studio in Tehran, one of them - Anton - becomes a court photographer.
He removed everything, Sevryugin helped him in this. He kept photos of his wives, close associates, theater artists, his trips, solemn meetings, military operations in the palace safe. After the Iranian revolution, all his archives were declassified, and the pictures fell into the hands of journalists. Who is depicted in these photographs is now difficult to say. Do not rely on the Internet. Signatures for the same photos on different sites differ dramatically. Their reliability is highly questionable.
On one German site, an interesting commentary came across to an article about Nasser al-Din, which was sent by a resident of Iran. He writes that the khan did not like women, therefore, in order to look like men and thereby please the shah, they painted mustaches on themselves. It is difficult to say how true this is, but it partially explains clearly male faces in women's clothes and the fact that an outside man (photographer) takes pictures of the khan in a circle of masculine women.
Who is Iranian Princess Anis
Anis al Dolyakh is most likely the name of the heroine of a play that was played out with some acting characters By different situations(accidents from life). Something like modern series. Each actor played one role for many years.
Shah Nasser Qajar had official wife Munira Al-Khan, who bore him children, including his heir Mozafereddin Shah. She was from a noble and influential family with considerable power. There is no doubt that the Shah had a harem. But who lived in his harem, it is impossible to say for sure now.
Photos of the Shah's concubines
Photos of the Iranian princess al Dolyah and the Shah's concubines, posted on the Internet, are most likely pictures of theater artists or excerpts from plays. Coming to any theater, we see in its foyer the composition of the troupe in photographs, where you can often see actors made up, that is, excerpts from their roles.
Let's not forget that the shah was a supporter of everything European, but remained a Muslim dictator who did not tolerate any dissent. Deviating from the norms of the Koran (in this case, photographing women with open faces) would alienate thousands of his devoted subjects from him. This would not fail to take advantage of his enemies, of whom he had plenty. He was assassinated more than once.
Shah visited many European countries, including Russia. He was fascinated by Russian ballet. He could not stage something similar in his country, so he creates a play about it, dressed in ballet tutus Iranian princess Anis (photo below) and other alleged women. By the way, the shah wrote books about his travels, which were published in Europe and Russia. Perhaps he also wrote plays for his theatre.
What does the name Anis mean?
Why does an Iranian princess have such strange name Anise? This is no coincidence, it was during the reign of Shah Nasser ad-Din that two religious rebels who dared to recognize the Koran as obsolete were shot. This is the founder new religion, called Babism, Baba Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, as well as his ardent follower and assistant Mirza Muhammad Ali Zunuzi (Anis). There is a legend that during the execution carried out by a detachment of 750 Christians, Baba in a strange way ended up in his cell, but Anis was not touched by the bullets.
It is the name Anis that the satirical Iranian princess bears. Each time it caused laughter and bullying. By dressing your opponent in women's clothing, which in itself is a shame for a Muslim, the Shah took revenge on those who went against the Koran. We do not know the names of other "inhabitants" of the Shah's harem, maybe they can also tell a lot. Of course, these are only assumptions, what really happened, we will never know.
