Showcasing rare pieces from the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires, the collection will be exhibited in Dubai before its ...

The Seljuk rulers (1038-1194) added two iwans to the north, while the Safavid dynasty (1501-1732) contributed the southern and western iwans, along with arcades. The Qajar period (1779-1924) saw ...

writes Tarek Osman For over 250 years and since the days of the Safavid Empire, expansion to the eastern Mediterranean has been an Iranian strategic objective. And the fact that this century Iran ...