Abdullah Mirza Qajar was the son of Jahangir Mirza, a member of the Qajar family - the rulers of Persia. Photography had been introduced to Persia in the 1860s, and the shah, Naser al-Din, was a keen photographer. Abdullah studied photography in Paris and Vienna and was the official photographer at the Dar al-Fonun, the modern school founded by Mirza Taqi Khan Amir Kabir, the reform-minded minister of the shah.
Abdullah Qajar was appointed chief of the imperial printing press during the reign of the succeeding shah, Mozaffar al-Din, and in 1900, accompanied him to Europe. He photographed public personalities, common people, urban and rural scenes, and buildings, and he signed them Special photographer to His Imperial Majesty, and His humble servant, Abdullah Qajar. In 1896, he wrote a short account of the methods he had studied in Europe and about his career. (http://www.answers.com/topic/abdullah-mirza-qajar, 2010-05-17)
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