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From Varamin to Honolulu: The Troubled Journeys and Displacements of the Emamzadeh Yahya’s Luster Mihrab, 1863-2024

Keelan Overton and Hossein Nakhaei

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The Emamzadeh Yahya’s luster mihrab in situ in the tomb (left; photograph by Jane Dieulafoy, 1881) and in the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design (right). Collage by Hossein Nakhaei.
The Emamzadeh Yahya’s luster mihrab on display in the 1931 International Exhibition of Persian Art in London. Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London, 10/4764.
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