Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi

Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi
Portrait of Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi
BornAugust 1874
Died1915
Known forFirst Iranian cinematographer
FatherMirza Ahmad Sani-al-saltana

Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi (Persian: میرزا ابراهیم‌خان عکاس‌باشی; August 1874 – 1915) was an Iranian photographer and cinematographer. He became the first cinematographer of the country on 15 August 1900, when he recorded Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (r.1896–1907) strolling on the beach of the town of Ostend in Belgium.

Akkas Bashi was born in August 1874. He was the son of Mirza Ahmad Sani-al-saltana, a Baháʼí convert and chief photographer of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r.1848–1896). Akkas Bashi died in 1915 in the Gilan province.