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Sind in 1800. A further portrait, of the Shah enthroned, was sent to Napoleon. Mihr Ali's finest portrait is an 1813–4 work, regarded by some as the finest Persian oil painting in existence. It shows a full-length portrait of the King wearing a gold brocade robe and a royal crown, holding a jewelled staff.
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Mihr 'Ali's chief skill was his ability to capture the portrait-sitter's grandeur and power, and as such he became a favourite painter of the Shah. Mihr 'Ali produced at least ten full-size oil paintings of Fat'h Ali Shah, one of the earliest of which was probably sent as a present to the amirs of
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Fat'h Ali Shah commissioned great numbers of lifesize portraits of himself and his sons, works which formed the backdrop to court ceremonies. The works, painted by Mihr 'Ali and his predecessor as court painter,
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Other important works by Mehr 'Ali include a series of portraits of Persian rulers and figures from the
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Another of Mihr 'Ali's paintings of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar, now in the collection of the
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Mihr 'Ali was also a capable teacher, his pupils including the noted painter
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This article is about the Persian painter. For other uses, see
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Painting of Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar by Mihr 'Ali (1813–14),
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Description de l'Arménie, la Perse et la Mesopotamie
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A Journey through Persia in the years 1808 and 1809
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Mihr Ali
Mir Ali

Fath Ali Shah Qajar
Brooklyn Museum

Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg

Golestan Palace
Persian
Persian
Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar
Qajar art
Mirza Baba
Shahnameh
Isfahan
James Morier
William Ouseley
Charles Texier
Afrasiyab
Genghis Khan
Kay Khusraw
Abul-Hasan Ghaffari


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