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Group portrait
The man seated in the center is I‘tisam al-Mulk (Parvin I‘tisami's father), the woman seated to his left is Parvin I‘tisami's mother, and, according to the inscription on the back, the other people are: ‘Adl al-Mulk, Mu‘tamad al-Sultan, Mirza Musa Khan, Mirza Mahdikhan; the group had gathered at a ceremony for ‘Adl al-Mulk's daughter in ‘Adl al-Mulk's house, Shishgilan, Tabriz.
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Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, 1925
Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Munshi Bashi, and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq Aqa the merchant from Kashan. The mahr is a Qurʼan, a Kashmir shawl, a diamond ring, and eight hundred tumans. Part of the mahr has been paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The conditions of the marriage contract are the following: for five years, Qamar Sultan Khanum has the right to divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year, or does not pay living expenses. The groom also promises that for fifty years he will...
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Group portrait
The inscription on verso reads: "presenting this photograph, taken on October 24, 1926 in Ardabil, to Abu al-Fath Khan Saduqi as a memento, signature: [illegible], October 25, 1926."
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Settlement regarding divorce, 1933
Mir Muhsin Aqa from Ardabil has the power of attorney from his daughter, Halimah Khanum, to settle the following with her husband, Karbalayi Asad Allah, the son of the late Murad ‘Ali from Ardabil: half of her mahr, which includes seventy five tumans, four misqals of gold, and a Qur’an (valued at twelve thousand dinars) in exchange for Halimah Khanum's clothing and other belongings; he also settles the other half of the mahr as well as Halimah Khanum's rights according to Shari‘a in exchange for the divorce; she shall not have any claims regarding her mahr or remuneration.
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Group portrait, 1930
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Group portrait, 1930
The inscription on verso reads: “an old photograph presented to Amir al-Umara’, August 20, 1930, Yad Allah Javadi”
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Group portrait
The inscription on verso reads: “presenting this photograph, taken on October 24, 1926 in Ardabil, to Abu al-Fath Khan Saduqi as a memento, signature: [illegible], October 25, 1926.”
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Group portrait in Parvin Kindergarten, Tabriz
The inscription on verso reads: "May 10, 1936, in Parvin Kindergarten (American school) in Tabriz; the fifth person from left in the second row is Firuz ‘Alizadah."
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Letters from Abu Turab Khan and Muntasir Lashkar
Two letters on two sides of a paper. One most likely from Abu Turab Khan to Mahdi Khan Muntasir Lashkar, which includes greetings, a report of daily activities, asks for a shawl for his mother since he has taken the one the addressee had sent her, asks for money to purchase winter clothing, mentions Rubabah Khanum's complaints, and paying three tumans to his sister, Fatimah Khanum. The other letter is most likely from Mahdi Khan Muntasir Lashkar with the seal of Mahdi Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Ali, which includes greetings, mentions Abu Turab Khan and other's well-being, requests for money by Aqa-yi Sar...
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar; discusses receiving a twenty-five tuman promissory note via the merchant of Dilmaqan and delivering it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah, the delay in the payment of their salaries and other work-related issues, the cold weather, leveling of the roads, the new street, demolition of Nawbar bazaar; notes that the repairs have not yet reached their neighborhood and that the writer has not received any news from the villages because of the cold weather and closed roads; reports that Muhammad Khan and Haji ‘Abd Allah Khan have come on foot and that Sawlat...