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Lot 170

An invitation from the Minister of Court to Lieutenant General Husayn Azmudeh and his wife to attend the Coronation of His Majesty Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, to be held in the Gulistan Palace at 8.30 am on Thursday 4th aban 1346/26th October 1967
Iran, AD 1967
(2)

8 October 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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An invitation from the Minister of Court to Lieutenant General Husayn Azmudeh and his wife to attend the Coronation of His Majesty Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi, to be held in the Gulistan Palace at 8.30 am on Thursday 4th aban 1346/26th October 1967
Iran, AD 1967

printed on paper with gold embossing, two sheets, framed together, each page 290 x 210 mm.; framed 430 x 580 mm.; and an invitation by the Minister of Court Asadullah 'Alam to attend a special ceremony held at the tomb of Reza Shah, the Founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty before His Majesty Muhammad Reza Pahlavi Aryamehr, Her Majesty Farah Pahlavi and Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, on the morning of Sunday 1st farvardin 1355/21st March 1967, in a turquoise binding with the Pahlavi crown within a roundel and rococo style motifs embossed in gold, with the inscription panjahomin sal-e shahanshahi-e pahlavi 1355, 'Fiftieth year of the Pahlavi Monarchy [Dynasty?] 1355/1976'
315 x 145 mm.(2)

Footnotes

The second invitation is for the first event of the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

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