The Leader Who Had Life-Sized Portraits Made... Of His Beard (What History Remembers)

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There have been many eccentric leaders throughout history. Take Fath-Ali Shah, for example, who loved his beard so much he had life-sized portaits commissioned to show it off.

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The leader who had life-sized portraits made, of his beard

Sources:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PeBBIzZQAbIC&pg=PA105&dq=fath-ali+shah+marble+slide
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QzBaxZOdPpkC&pg=PA49&dq=fath-ali+shah+marble+slide
https://www.bonhams.com/magazine/27610/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/persias-dynastic-portraiture-bejeweled-thrones-and-lavish-decor-message-authority-180968475/
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/how-the-qajar-dynasty-turned-persian-art-on-its-head/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49758613
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2015/sep/21/pigs-prime-minister-black-mirror-ashcroft-allegation-charlie-brooker

Images:
Fath-Ali Shah, Agha Mohammad Shah, Unknown author / Public domain
Poster for Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2322441/
JFK, Cecil Stoughton, White House / Public domain
David Cameron, Unknown author / OGL v1.0 (http://NationalArchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/1/)
Charlie Brooker, Feline_Dacat / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
Donald Trump, Shealah Craighead / Public domain
Orange Face Trump, https://twitter.com/photowhitehouse/status/1225909811851780096

Music:
From https://filmmusic.io
"Two Finger Johnny" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)



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