Rare pictures of Naser Aldin Shah Qajar’s funeral

Stories in the London newspapers concerning the Shah reflect European perceptions that the Persian race was little more than barbarian. It was reported that pressure at a government level was placed on the Shah to reluctantly leave the pleasures of the Paris brothels and that Queen Victoria insisted his suite of rooms at Buckingham Palace be redecorated after the Shah’s departure. The most disturbing rumour concerned servants who displeased the Shah being strangled and buried in the gardens behind Buckingham Palace.