Another example of Shah Mohammed Reza's curious propaganda illuminations.  Here, a barely recognisable Churchill, Stalin and FDR rout Hitler, Tojo and (already dismounted) a barely recognisable Mussolini.  Mughal-style, of course.  Best regards, JR.

Three Horsemen (2)

Between 1941 and the war's end - when he was placed in power by the British and the Soviets in substitution for his pro-German father - the government of Shah Mohammed Reza of Iran took to commissioning paintings/illuminations in the traditional Persian style, promoting the Allied cause over the Axis.  It is difficult to see how exactly these were employed for propaganda purposes - if at all.  Nonetheless, they were commissioned.  In this example, the three Allied supreme leaders - Churchill (with cigar), Stalin (with pipe) and FDR (with cigarette), equipped as medieval Persian warriors, trouble the dreams of Shah Hitler.  The monkey-like Nazi attendant in the foreground is, presumably, intended to represent Goebbels.  Best regards, JR.