Mehdi Rusi Khan Ivanov (; 15 October 1875 â 15 March 1968) was a court photographer in Qajar Iran. Born in Tehran, he had connections to Russia through his family background and social affiliations. He had mixed Russian Tatar and British roots, but historians disagree on which parent came from which background. In 1911, he permanently settled in Paris to work under the wife of the previous shah, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.