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Theatre in Iran (Persian: نمایش در ایران; 1965) is Bahram Beyzai's seminal research on theater in the Persian world from the ancient times to the twentieth century. It has been described as "the definitive work on the history of Persian theatre." [1]
Consequently, his film theatre and photography studios were destroyed by the public. Soon after, other cinema theatres in Tehran closed down. Movie theatres sprang up again in 1912 with the help of Ardeshir Khan, an Armenian-Iranian. [9] In 1904, Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi opened the first movie theater in Tehran. [12]
In modern times, Bahram Beyzai has made the most significant contribution in the historiography of Persian theatre with his seminal book, A Study on Iranian Theatre (1965). [25] Other works include Willem Floor's book, The History of Theater in Iran (2005), [26] and William O. Beeman's book, Iranian Performance Traditions (2011). [27]
The movie that really boost the economy of Iranian cinema and initiated a new genre was Ganj-e Qarun (Croesus Treasure), made in 1965 by Siamak Yasemi. Three years later Davoud Mollapour directed Shohare Ahoo Khanoom ( Madam Ahou's Husband ), which revolutionized Iranian Cinema by portraying women's role in the Iranian society at that time.
Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi (Persian: میرزا ابراهیم خان صحافباشی; c. 1855–1922), sometimes written as Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi-e Tehrani, was a pioneering Iranian photographer, cinematographer, and the first commercial film exhibitor in Iran. [1]
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Hiralal Sen, performing the Flower of Persia at the Star Theatre, Kolkata. Hiralal Sen (Bengali: হীরালাল সেন, Hiralal Shen; 2 August 1868 – 26 October 1917 [1]) is generally considered one of India's first filmmakers. In 1903, he filmed the popular Alibaba and Forty Thieves, the first full-length Indian film.
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Facing the possibility of a Russian conquest of Tehran and with Tabriz already occupied, Persia signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay; decisive and final cession of the last Caucasian territories of Iran comprising modern-day Armenia, the remainder of the Azerbaijan Republic that was still in Iranian hands, and Igdir ...