Miniatures of the Middle East & Arab World
Gentlemen,
Further to discussion on another thread concerning miniatures of the Egyptian Order of Ismail I was asked about other Arabic miniatures. Accordingly I detail below an article I wrote some years ago and which was published in the then Broadsheet of the Miniature Medals Branch of the OMRS. Please feel free to add to add, amend and of course correct as necessary.
Kind regards,
Owain
Miniatures of the Middle East & Arab World
Owain Raw-Rees,
Miniat
I was recently looking up images of the Iranian Order of Homayoun medal in relation to a photograph of an Egyptian Royal Guard wearing the Order of Ismail and other medals. 922f was kind enough to identify some of the other medals I was unfamiliar with that the Guardsman was wearing, among them the Iranian Order of Homayoun. I found a few illustrations of miniatures of the Order of Homayoun that I am including below, as well as comparative full-sized medals because these don't seem to be well-il