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English: In this photo taken and captioned by the king himself, a group of his wives and eunuchs are shown inside the harem garden in one of the royal complexes in north Tehran, Shahrestanak. The five African slaves include two adults, probably Ethiopian, and three adolescents: Haji Bilal (the first adult African slave from the right), Maqrur Khan (the fourth adult African slave from the right), Ismail Khan (the first adolescent white slave from the right), Haji Rahim (the second white slave from the right, head of the harem slaves), 1883. Photograph: Nasser al-Din Shah/Photo Archive, Golestan Palace Museum, Tehran, Iran
فارسی: این عکس توسط شاه گرفته شده و یادداشت‌نویسی شده است. گروهی از زنان شاه و خواجگان داخل باغ حرمسرا در عکس نمایش داده می‌شوند، داخل مجموعهٔ کاخ‌های شمال تهران، شهرستانک. پنج بردهٔ آفریقایی در این عکس قرار دارند که دو نفر از آن‌ها بزرگسال هستند و احتمالاً از اتیوپی آمده‌اند و سه نفر دیگر نوجوان هستند: حاجی بلال (سمت راست)، اسماعیل‌خان (بردهٔ سفیدپوست نفر اول از سمت راست)، مغرورخان (بردهٔ آفریقایی نفر چهارم از سمت راست)، حاجی رحیم (بردهٔ سفیدپوست نفر دوم از سمت راست، رئیس بردگان حرمسرا) ۱۸۸۳. عکاس: ناصرالدین شاه - آرشیو عکس، کاخ موزهٔ گلستان، تهران، ایران.
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Source https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2016/jan/14/african-slavery-in-qajar-iran-in-photos
Author African slaves in Iran during the Qajar era were often eunuchs. Their dress suggests that they belonged to the king or high-ranking members of his court.

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