Persian Kossaken Brigade Les cosaques, Persian Kossaken Brigade Les cosaques, Iran. An army on horseback, seen from above. This elite militia unit was established by Nasir al-Din Shah around 1882 (other sources state it was in 1879) and was inspired by the Caucasian Cossack units, which Nasir al-Din Shah visited in Russia in 1878., Antoine Sevruguin, (attributed to), Iran, c. 1880 - c. 1910, paper, albumen print, height 155 mm, width 205 mm

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