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About Shafi‘ Aqa's recovery; rain after the hot weather; clarifying that the people of the andarun had requested roots of Baba Adam [Burdock] and not Badam [almond] and asking the addressee to write to Mirza Ahmad in Tehran and let him know; the well-being of Mir Muhammad Riza, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa, Nur al-Hajiyah, and others.
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About meeting Mirza Sadiq Mustawfi about the grain and stipends, the sixty-tuman salary, some political and financial issues, the news of Mirza Hasan Khan Mustawfi and ‘Amuqizi [paternal cousin] Khanum's arrival, and paying fifty tumans to Mah Rukhsar Khanum to get her divorced.
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The writer, Mahmud (according to the seal on the back), complains that the addressee has not written to him since leaving for Tehran and wonders if it might be due to the cost of pen and ink, given the addressee's austerity; mentions that Shah Baji Khanum, Haji Khan ‘Amu's wife, and her son, Haydar Quli Khan, are traveling to Mashhad via Tehran, that Karbalayi Jalil and Mashhadi Ahmad Qarajah Qali are staying at the house of Mu’taman al-Sultan Aqa Riza Khan the colonel, son of Qasim Khan Sartip Qarah Baghi; and asks the addressee to bring Haydar Quli Khan to their house. He has enclosed...
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Includes greetings and discusses transactions with Farrukh Khan regarding ‘Abbas Abad and informing Nizam al-Dawlah that he will not agree to less than six thousand tumans; mentions Mu‘in al-Ra‘aya's travel to the ‘Atabat and his illness, Khanum's intention to go to Fath Abad, and that the carriage should be returned by the summer; and suggests the addressee return sooner.
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Letter and envelope, 1904
Envelope addressed to Mirza Mahmud Khan with Muntasir Lashkar's seal; a letter from a woman, conveying greetings from Hajiyah Khanum, herself, and all the children including Aqa Isma‘il; she complains that the addressee is far from them in Tehran and suggests that either he returns or she will go there to join him. Hajiyah Khanum has recovered from her illness. Nur al-Hajiyah and Khanumjan send their greetings. The writer asks about the well-being of Muhammad Taqi.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to Mother
Complains about not receiving letters from the addressee; mentions his recent trip to Shimiran and the hot weather in Tehran; advises sleeping in the courtyard rather than on the roof when it gets hot in Tabriz; discusses taking a leave in 4 months and visiting them; expresses concern over the well-being of Ma‘sumah Sultan and Ruqiyah Sultan since the addressee has not been writing about them over the past two years; inquires whether they have received the promissory note for fifty tumans that he sent earlier and mentions getting the fifty tumans and giving it to Fatimah Khanum; expresses...
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to his sister-in-law and ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar, in two parts: the first is addressed to his sister-in-law; it discusses the warm weather in Tehran; responds to her suggestion about purchasing a house, says he cannot afford seven hundred tumans and suggests that they could reach a decision together when he is back, and asks her to look for a rental house or a low-priced house to buy; points out that when they receive Baba Jan's salary, part of it will go to the mother and part of it to ‘Amid Lashkar; expresses concern about ‘Amid's education and his handwriting, which has not improved, in light of which he...
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Letter from ‘Adl al-Mulk
Writing the letter while riding a horse on the way to Fath Abad, the writer discusses the cold weather, Haji Muhammad Husayn Aqa's assignment of Siqqat al-Islam as the executor of his will, and other news and sends greetings to Khanum and sisters.
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Letter of Mahdi Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Ali
Letter by Mahdi Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Ali [probably Muntasir Lashkar] in two parts, announcing that all the legal and military titles and positions belonging to the deceased ‘Amid Lashkar have been granted to his son, Mirza Abu Turab Khan, and the writer has been granted the title and position of Sar Rishtah Dar [the pay master]. The second part of the letter is addressed to the writer's sister, expressing sorrow and condolensces about 'Amid Lashkar's death.
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Letter to Mirza Abu Turab Khan
The writer discusses: Mirza Abu Turab Khan's studies; news of the writer's arrival to Tehran on 23rd of Rajab and staying at Amir's house; the will of the late Aqa, according to which the andaruni and biruni of the house in Tabriz belongs to Mirza Abu Turab Khan and its household furnishings belong to his mother; the share of the late Aqa's wife in Tehran, which has been given to her -- she is five months pregnant. Sultan al-Hukama’ and Hazhir al-Mulk have decided on a 10-tuman monthly allowance for her until the child's delivery, which would end her ‘iddah. He also discusses the inventory...
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