Rare pictures of Naser Aldin Shah Qajar’s funeral

The Shah was distinguished as the first ruler of his nation to visit Europe. The Tour Diary of HM The Shah of Persia, ostensibly written in his own words, chronicles the Persian monarch’s visit to England in 1873 and paints a detailed miniature of British royal circles. He was celebrated in Vanity Fair with a Spy cartoon depicting the Shah wearing European clothing tailored by Henry Poole from whom he ordered prodigiously while his entourage was billeted at Buckingham Palace.