The blood-stained chair which Naser al-Din Shah died on (1 May 1896). The fourth Qajar king, who ruled for half a century, was assassinated while visiting the Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine near Tehran, and died on this chair at the Golestan Palace when royal companions brought him there. [940×400]

Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, who reigned from 1848 until 1896 (the third longest-reigned monarch in Iranian history) was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani. There is also a blood-soaked handkerchief belonging to Nasser al-Din, with an statement on the handkerchief undersigned by Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Khan Ehya-ul-Malek, who was present at the site of the king’s assassination:

“This handkerchief belongs to the martyred king, who, on May 1, 1896, took it out of his pocket to stop bleeding from a pistol wound under his chest on the left side of his body. He tore off the corner of the handkerchief and shoved it inside the wound, so that it wouldn’t be oozing blood when his body was moved. I kept the other blood-soaked piece as a keepsake. Friday afternoon, May 1, 1896; Dr. Sheikh Mohammad.”

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