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Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi | |
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 Portrait of Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi | |
| Born | August 1874 |
| Died | 1915 |
| Known for | First Iranian cinematographer |
| Father | Mirza Ahmad Sani-al-saltana |
Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi (Persian: میرزا ابراهیمخان عکاسباشی; August 1874 – 1915) was an Iranian photographer and cinematographer. He became the first cinematographer of the country on 15 August 1900, when he recorded Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1896–1907) strolling on the beach of the town of Ostend in Belgium.[1][2]
Akkas Bashi was born in August 1874. He was the son of Mirza Ahmad Sani-al-saltana, a Baháʼí convert and chief photographer of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–1896). Akkas Bashi died in 1915 in the Gilan province.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Eslami 2009.
- ↑ Gaffary 1984, p. 719.
Sources
[edit]- Eslami, Kambiz (2009). "ʿAkkāsbāshī, Ibrāhīm". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
- Gaffary, F. (1984). "ʿAkkās-bāšī". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. I/7: Ahriman–Alafrank. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 719. ISBN 978-0-71009-096-6.
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