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The Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persian: نشان سلطنتی شیر و خورشید) was instituted by Fat’h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1808 to honour foreign officials (later extended to Iranians) who had rendered distinguished services to Iran. In 1925, under the Pahlavi dynasty the Order continued as the Order of Homayoun with new insignia, though based on the Lion and Sun motif. This motif ...
Scope of Project Attempting to gain knowledge and fill out -- as much as possible -- information about my extended family tree which has roots in India but spreads its branches all over the world including the United States of America, Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada. If you or a member of your tree have any lineage going back to these families, please visit the project and/or get in tou...
Persian King Ahasuerus' Jewish Queen Esther the Jewish Queen of Persia אֶסְתֵּ ר , Ester Tiberian ʼEstēr, born Hadassah, is the heroine of the Biblical Scroll of Esther. According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus.While Ahasuerus was traditionally identified with Xerxes I during the time of the Achaemenid empire, many historians now believe that Esther was the...