Gateway entering Qazvin from the west, Qazvīn, Iran, 1891
Item Overview
- Title
- Gateway entering Qazvin from the west, Qazvīn, Iran, 1891
- Photographer
- Sachtleben, William Lewis
- Date Created
- August 9, 1891
- Date
- 1891-08-09
- Collection
- Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
Notes
- Description
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Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
View of the gateway entering Qazvin from the west.
During the 9th century A.D. seven gates made entrance to the city possible. In Qajar period there existed nine gates surrounding the city which were connected to each other through a wall around the city. These gates (darvāzeh in Persian) were: Panbeh Riseh, Sheikh Abad, Rasht, Maghlävak, Khandaghbar, Shahzadeh Hossein, Mossala, Tehran, Räh e Koushk. Due to 20th century urban expansion, unfortunately only the last two gates remain standing. - Caption
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Handwritten on negative: 4498 / 55
Text from negative sleeve: No. 54. August 9, 1891. Gateway entering Kasveen from the west. Elaborate mosaic work.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Location
- Iran--Qazvin
- Longitude
- 36.271888
- Latitude
- 49.98908
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Bicycle touring -- Asia
Gates--Iranian -- Qazvin
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1841_0134
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hfk4d
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.