Publication Date
Date 1242 AH / 1826 - 7 AD
Publication Place
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Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الوسام : 8 × 9 سم ، الطوق : 35.6 × 25.4 سم ، النجمة : 15.2 × 12.5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
JLY 1631
Record ID
object;EPM;uk;Mus21;27;ar
Library Location
Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date
Date 1242 AH / 1826 - 7 AD
Notes
In 1807, under European influence, he demonstrated his model in the Legion du Honor (“Legion of Honour”) founded by Fath Ali Shah. The rank of the sun was granted by the Shah to the French Ambassador General, Claude Mathieu Gardin. In 1809, the British envoy Sir Harford Jones refused to grant the same honor due to hostility and fighting with France. As a result, in 1810, Ali Shah modified the rank of the sun and established a new rank, the rank of the lion and the sun, which was presented to John Malcolm, the envoy of the East India Company. The Order of the Khalili of the Lion and the Sun was awarded by Fath Ali Shah to Sir John Kennear Macdonald (1782-1830), the East India Company's envoy to Iran from 1824 to 1830, due to his contribution to the establishment of the peace treaty with Russia. The honor/medal consists of a brooch, a collar, and a star. The painting, decorated with a crouching lion and a sun, is signed by Muhammad Jaafar, an important enameling artist in the Qajar court, and dated 1242 AH (1826-7 AD). The collar consists of a double chain with eight enamel brooches, eight small rosettes and a pendant charm. The star is decorated with a circular enamel plate bearing a lion and a sun and surrounded by a large number of face-cut diamonds, emeralds and spinel stones.
Sample Text
"A medal representing a lion and the sun presented to Sir John Kennear MacDonald, East India Company envoy to Iran (1824-30)" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;27;ar
