Exile of Mahd Ulya Queen Dowager

Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East
© Siamak Filizadeh
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Exile of Mahd Ulya Queen Dowager

Series: Underground
Edition: 1/5

2014
Photographs
Inkjet print
64 15/16 × 51 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (164.94 × 130.02 × 3.18 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Kitzia and Richard Goodman through the 2016 Collectors Committee (M.2016.138.4)
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Mahd Ulya, Nasir al-Din Shah’s meddlesome and politically influential mother, briefly ruled as regent of Persia until her son came of age....
Mahd Ulya, Nasir al-Din Shah’s meddlesome and politically influential mother, briefly ruled as regent of Persia until her son came of age. Even after Nasir al-Din ascended the throne, she continued to interfere and scheme, until she was briefly banished from the court. Here the imagined queen is portrayed as destitute, riding out on a bull without her royal retinue, accompanied only by two servants with refreshments.
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