It is indispensable for those who want to study the origins and development of the arts of photography in Iran and the entire Islamic world. Persia was the Islamic nation most concerned with the photography industry and the first in this field.
Dr. Zaki Muhammad Hassan begins his book with a necessary historical introduction in which he reviews the history of Iran, then moves on to study the origins of Islamic photography and the development of this art, along with the factors that influenced it. The author succeeded in explaining the different schools and explaining the characteristics of each of them, and the painters who excelled and had excellent talents, all of which were surpassed by the talents of their leader, Behzad.
The book dealt with photographing manuscripts, as it is one of the funniest and most enjoyable aspects of Islamic art, and presented the subject in a clear, accurate presentation. There is no doubt that the author's taste for the art in these images and his extreme admiration made it easy for him to delve deeper into their study.