The bloody chair which Qajar king Naser al-Din Shah died on. After his assassination in 1896 by gunshot, royal companions brought him to Golestan Palace and placed him on this chair, where his blood remains clearly visible to this day. [1285×600]

Naser al-Din Shah, the fourth king of Qajar Empire, ruled from 1848 to 1896 (almost half a century), which made him the third longest-reigned monarch in Iranian history:

1- Shapur II of the Sasanian Empire (309–379 AD)

2- Tahmasp I of the Safavid Empire (1514–1576)

3- Naser al-Din Shah of the Qajar Empire (1848–1896)

On May 1, 1896, while on pilgrimage to the Shah Abdol-Azim shrine near Tehran, he was shot at close range by Mirza Reza Kermani, a political dissident influenced by reformist ideas. The body was quickly transported back to Golestan Palace, where, before death, he was briefly sat on that chair.

Mirza Reza Kermani was captured, interrogated, and executed a month later. Naser’s assassination set the stage for the Iranian Constitutional Revolution a decade later. The chair on which he was placed after being shot is preserved today at Golestan Palace behind glass.

Lazy servants. After 119 years they still have not cleaned the stains from his majestys chair. No wonder the kingdom did not prevail.