{"id":17046,"date":"2012-08-20T01:22:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T05:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/dervishes-of-qajar-era\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T01:22:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T05:22:04","slug":"dervishes-of-qajar-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/dervishes-of-qajar-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Dervishes of Qajar Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dervishes were a common subject for foreign photographers of the late Qajar period. These photographs helped to create and fed the stereotypes of exotic Easterners, but nevertheless  they are useful historical records of the period.<\/p>\n<h4>Antoin Sevruguin<\/h4>\n<p>Photographs of Iranian dervishes by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoin_Sevruguin\" target=\"_new\">Antoin Sevruguin<\/a> are mostly taken around 1900 to 1905.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-01.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6412\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-01-580x767.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-01-580x767.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-01.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6413\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-02-580x794.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-02-580x794.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-02.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6414\" title=\"Dervishes, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-03-580x427.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-03-580x427.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-03.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6415\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-04-580x793.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-04-580x793.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-04.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6416\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-05-580x786.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-05-580x786.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Sevruguin-Dervish-05.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9104\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-06.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-06.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-06-249x350.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9105\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-07.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-07.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Sevruguin-dervish-07-248x350.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sevruguin-dervish-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sevruguin-dervish-08.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Antoin Sevruguin, around 1901\" width=\"580\" height=\"813\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sevruguin-dervish-08.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Sevruguin-dervish-08-250x350.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov<\/h4>\n<p>Photographs of the Russian photographer, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dmitri_Ivanovich_Yermakov\" target=\"_new\">Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov<\/a>, are mostly taken during the early 1870s during his trip to Iran.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-01-580x723.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" width=\"580\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9095\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-02-580x766.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" title=\"Dervishes, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" width=\"580\" height=\"766\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-02-580x766.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-02-265x350.jpg 265w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-02.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Ermakov-Dervish-03-580x448.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" title=\"Dervishes, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" width=\"580\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9097\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9411\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ermakov-Dervish-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ermakov-Dervish-04-580x788.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" title=\"Dervish, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s\" width=\"580\" height=\"788\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ermakov-Dervish-04-580x788.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ermakov-Dervish-04-258x350.jpg 258w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ermakov-Dervish-04.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dervish, Photographer: Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov, around 1870s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Post cards<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-01-580x821.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervishes, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"821\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-01-580x821.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-01-247x350.jpg 247w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-01.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-02.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervishes, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"941\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-02.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-02-216x350.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-03-580x396.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervishes, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9109\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;font-size:small;padding-bottom:12px;\" dir=\"ltr\">Postcard from the collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/aryaphilatelic.com\" title=\"ARYA Philatelic\" target=\"_blank\">ARYA Philatelic<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-04-580x414.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;font-size:small;padding-bottom:12px;\" dir=\"ltr\">Postcard from the collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/aryaphilatelic.com\" title=\"ARYA Philatelic\" target=\"_blank\">ARYA Philatelic<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-05.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-05.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-05-211x350.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;font-size:small;padding-bottom:12px;\" dir=\"ltr\">Postcard from the collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/aryaphilatelic.com\" title=\"ARYA Philatelic\" target=\"_blank\">ARYA Philatelic<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-06.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"907\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-06.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Postcard-dervish-06-224x350.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-07.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Postcard-dervish-07\" width=\"580\" height=\"803\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-07.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-07-253x350.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-08.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"925\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-08.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-08-219x350.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-09.jpg\" alt=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" title=\"Dervish, postcard from early 1900s\" width=\"580\" height=\"930\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-09.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Postcard-dervish-09-218x350.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Other pictures<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9406\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/LOC-dervish-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/LOC-dervish-02-580x446.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, Mollahs and Seyyeds, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, Library of Congress\" title=\"Dervishes, Mollahs and Seyyeds, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, Library of Congress\" width=\"580\" height=\"446\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9406\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dervishes, Mollahs and Seyyeds, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, Library of Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9405\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/LOC-dervish-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/LOC-dervish-01-580x463.jpg\" alt=\"Dervishes, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, Library of Congress\" title=\"Dervishes, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, Library of Congress\" width=\"580\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9405\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dervishes, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, Library of Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Brooklyn-dervish-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Brooklyn-dervish-01.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of a Dervish, late 19th-early 20th century, Brooklyn Museum\" title=\"Portrait of a Dervish, late 19th-early 20th century, Brooklyn Museum\" width=\"580\" height=\"793\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Brooklyn-dervish-01.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Brooklyn-dervish-01-256x350.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9414\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jewish-Dervish-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jewish-Dervish-01-580x792.jpg\" alt=\"Jewish dervishes Agha-Jaan Darvish and his brother, patriarchs of the Darvish family. Tehran, Iran, c.1922.\" title=\"Jewish dervishes Agha-Jaan Darvish and his brother, patriarchs of the Darvish family. Tehran, Iran, c.1922.\" width=\"580\" height=\"792\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jewish-Dervish-01-580x792.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jewish-Dervish-01-256x350.jpg 256w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jewish-Dervish-01.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jewish dervishes Agha-Jaan Darvish and his brother, patriarchs of the Darvish family. Tehran, Iran, c.1922. (Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0827607512\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0827607512&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=thelabyrint02-20\">Esther&#8217;s Children<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thelabyrint02-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0827607512\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, edited by Houman Sarshar.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dervishes were a common subject for foreign photographers of the late Qajar period. These photographs helped to create and fed the stereotypes of exotic Easterners, but nevertheless  they are useful historical records of the period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,435],"tags":[613,630,485,486,492],"class_list":["post-17046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-life-2","category-visual-arts-2","tag-clothing-2","tag-dervishes","tag-portrait-2","tag-postcards-2","tag-qajar-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}