Khan of Khiva

Isfandiyar, Khan of the Russian protectorate of Khorezm (Khiva), in uniform, seated on chair, outdoors — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1910.

Subjects: clothing & dress, medals, rulers, isfandiyar.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.