Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi

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Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi
Portrait of Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi
BornAugust 1874
Died1915
Known forFirst Iranian cinematographer
Parent
  • Mirza Ahmad Sani-al-saltana (father)

Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi (Persian: میرزا ابراهیم‌خان عکاس‌باشی; August 1874 – 1915) was an Iranian photographer and cinematographer. He became the first cinematographer of the country on 15 August 1900, when he recorded Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1896–1907) strolling on the beach of the town of Ostend in Belgium.[1][2]

Akkas Bashi was born on August 1874. He was the son of Mirza Ahmad Sani-al-saltana, a Baháʼí convert and chief photographer of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–1896). Akkas Bashi died in 1915 in the Gilan province.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Eslami 2009.
  2. ^ Gaffary 1984, p. 719.

Sources

  • Eslami, Kambiz (2009). "ʿAkkāsbāshī, Ibrāhīm". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online.
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  • Gaffary, F. (1984). "ʿAkkās-bāšī". In .