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Iran

Esfahan - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, built 1602 - 1619 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R. Henry

Esfahan - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, built 1602 - 1619 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, built 1602 - 1619 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, built 1602 - 1619 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Imam Mosque (Safavid)- built 1611 - 1629 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Imam Mosque (Safavid)- built 1611 - 1629 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Imam Mosque (Safavid)- built 1611 - 1629 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Imam Mosque, Door Detail

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Esfahan - Imam Mosque (Safavid)- built 1611 - 1629 by Shah Abbas I

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque

Photo: R Henry

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque, cut tile mosaic (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Jameh Mosque - Taj-Al-Mulk North Dome, built 11th C CE (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Jameh Mosque - Taj-Al-Mulk North Dome, built 11th C CE (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Hasht Behesht - Palace of ‘Eight Paradises’. Built 1660’s, Safavid. (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Hasht Behesht - Palace of ‘Eight Paradises’. Built 1660’s, Safavid. (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Hasht Behesht - Palace of ‘Eight Paradises’. Built 1660’s, Safavid. (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Hasht Behesht - Built 1660’s, Safavid. Painted Ceiling (Photo: R. Henry)

Nai’in - Mosque door (Photo: R. Henry)

Nai’in - Mosque door (Photo: R. Henry)

Nai’in - Pirlo House Museum (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Mausoleum (Safavid) - Moareq - cut tile work (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Mausoleum (Safavid) - Moareq - cut tile work (Photo: R. Henry)

Esfahan - Madir-i-Shah - aka ‘Char Bagh Madrassa'. Moareq - cut tile work. (Photo: R. Henry)

Desert Kaluts - Natural clay formations in desert north-east of Kerman (Photo R. Henry)

Isfahan - Khaju Bridge - built circa 1650 by Shah Abbas II (Safavid). (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Ali-Qapu - ‘Gate of Ali’ Palace. Painted wooden ceiling. (Safavid) (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Ali-Qapu - ‘Gate of Ali’ Palace. (Safavid) (Photo: R. Henry)

Isfahan - Ali-Qapu - ‘Gate of Ali’ Palace. (Safavid) (Photo: R. Henry)

Yazd - Bagh-e-Doulat Abad - Built 1750, former residence of Karim Khan Zand (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Ganj-Ali Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Jameh Mosque - built 1349, modernised during Safavid period. Moareq work. (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Jameh Mosque - built 1349, modernised during Safavid period. (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Jameh Mosque - built 1349, modernised during Safavid period. (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Jameh Mosque - built 1349, modernised during Safavid period. Cut tile mosaic. (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Bazar-e Vakil Regent’s bazaar (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Moshtari-ye Moshtaq Ali-Shah - Mausoleum to reknowned Sufi mystic. (Qajar) (Photo: R. Henry)

Kerman - Moshtari-ye Moshtaq Ali-Shah - Mausoleum to reknowned Sufi mystic. (Qajar) (Photo: R. Henry)

Shiraz -Regent's mosque (Vakil) built 1773 by Karim Khan (Photo: R. Henry)

Shiraz -Regent's mosque (Vakil) built 1773 by Karim Khan (Photo: R. Henry)

Yazd - Jameh Mosque - built 15th C CE on site of 12 C CE fire temple. (Photo: R. Henry)

Yazd - Jameh Mosque - built 15th C CE on site of 12 C CE fire temple. Door panel. (Photo: R. Henry)

Yazd - Jameh Mosque - built 15th C CE. Door panel detail. (Photo: R. Henry)

Yazd - Jameh Mosque (Photo: R. Henry)

Kashan - Soltaniye Mosque - Dates back to Seljuk period, but current structure built in 1808 CE by Fath Ali Shah. Now houses madrassa. (Photo: R: Henry)

Kashan - Khan-e Ameriha - Former home of Qajar era governor Agha Ameri (Photo: R: Henry)

Kashan - Khan-e Ameriha - Former home of Qajar era governor Agha Ameri (Photo: R: Henry)

Khan-e Ameriha - Former home of Qajar era governor Agha Ameri (Photo: R: Henry)

Kashan - Khan-e Abbasin (Photo: R: Henry)

Kashan - Bazaar - Vaulted ceiling, 19th C CE (Photo: R. Henry)

Kashan - Bazaar - Vaulted ceiling, 19th C CE (Photo: R. Henry)

Kashan - Bazaar - Vaulted ceiling, 19th C CE (Photo: R. Henry)

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