content: Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (19th Century King of Persia) and his wives This is Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and educated man and a sybarite: https://veuwer.com/i/2rad.png Qajar loved photography. This is him and Antoin Sevruguin, Qajar's personal photographer. Preparing for a session: https://veuwer.com/i/2raf.png This is Golestan -- Qajar's palace: https://veuwer.com/i/2rag.png Qajar didn't let anyone take photos of his wives. An avid photographer himself, he was the only one who was allowed to enter his harem with a camera. The rumour is that he had around 100 concubines. This is one of them: https://veuwer.com/i/2rah.png His favourite wife is on the right: https://veuwer.com/i/2rai.png This is her again: https://veuwer.com/i/2raj.png And again. He loved taking pictures of her: https://veuwer.com/i/2rak.png Qajar and some of his concubines: https://veuwer.com/i/2ral.png Wives on a picnic: https://veuwer.com/i/2ram.png A young concubine partaking in a hookah session: https://veuwer.com/i/2ran.png Another concubine: https://veuwer.com/i/2rao.png Wearing ballet-skirts: https://veuwer.com/i/2rap.png More ladies: https://veuwer.com/i/2raq.png The legend says that Qajar at some point visited Saint-Petersburg and fell in love with the Russian ballet dancer. Here's two more of his ladies wearing some sort of ballet attire: https://veuwer.com/i/2rar.png