Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980) and Stanko Todorov Georgiev (1920-1996)

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£ 1 500
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28.04.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 116 | Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980) and Stanko Todorov Georgiev (1920-1996)
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980) and Stanko Todorov Georgiev (1920-1996)
Large photo album recording the visit of the Bulgarian State delegation to Iran and Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi [Iran, 1972].
A diplomat’s memento: the photographic record of the visit made in 1972 by the then Prime Minister of Bulgaria Stanko Todorov Georgiev (1920-1996, President of Bulgaria in 1990) to Iran. This rich visual dossier documents Todorov’s encounters with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, known as Mohammad Reza Shah, the last Shah of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Iranian Revolution on 11 February 1979.

Oblong folio (304 x 390mm). 95 printed black and white and 12 colour photographs (240 x 295mm), some bearing the seal of the Iranian state. Original pale blue buckram, front cover lettered in white, metal clasp and catch (surface a little dusted).
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