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๐ A deck inspired by the many layers of Iranian history and culture, created for the Persian market and designed by V. Romanowski de Boncza.
Commissioned by the Royal Iranian Government Playing Card Monopoly under the Ministry of Finance and printed by De La Rue & Co., Ltd. around 1937, the deck features court figures inspired by different periods of Iranian and regional history.
๐ฎ๐ท๐น๐ท๐ฒ๐ณ The figures collectively reflect four broad historical traditions: old Persian/Iranian dynasties, the Seljuk-Ottoman world, the Mongol-Timurid era, and later Iranian dynasties such as the Safavids and Qajars.
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๐ฏ๐ต๐น๐ท Yamada Torajirล a Japanese businessman considered to have laid the foundation of Japanese-Turkish relations.
He was one of the first Japanese people to convert to Islam and make the Hajj to Mecca, changing his name to Abdรผlhalil, later changing it to Yamada Sลyลซ after 1923.
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