(1) In 1833 he was one of a party of British officers sent to help reorganize the shah of Persia's army.(2) The large punch bowl in the Rose Medallion pattern shown in Plate IX was made about 1865 for Nasir al-Din Shah, a shah of Persia's Qajar dynasty.(3) Unrest was a fact of student life under the dictatorship of the shah , though Parsa stresses he was not an activist.(4) Since the shah and his queen kept separate bedrooms, this is a revealing detail.(5) Daydreams of living like a prince are one thing, but living in a house that has played host to kings, queens, shahs and high-ranking dignitaries is quite another.
