About Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov
Lived 1875 – 1968 (aged 92–93). Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov was a photographer and cinematographer.
Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov (; 15 October 1875 – 15 March 1968) was a court photographer in Qajar Iran. Born in Tehran, he had connections to Russia through his family background and social affiliations. He had mixed Russian Tatar and British roots, but historians disagree on which parent came from which background. In 1911, he permanently settled in Paris to work under the wife of the previous shah, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.
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Who was Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov?
Russian photographer
When was Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov born?
Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov was born in 1875 in Tehran.
When did Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov die?
Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov died in 1968 in Paris.
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Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov was a photographer and cinematographer.
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