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Rawzah
Inscription: "Rawzah in Muharram of 1334"; the person on the pulpit is Aqa Shaykh ‘Imad, the grandson of Haj Mulla Hadi Sabzivari.
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Class photo
Inscription on recto: "Photo by the humble Mawlud, daughter of Ta’irah, 1910"
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Sakinah's petition to the Prime Minister
Petition of Sakinah, the mother of Husayn ‘Ali, the publisher of the Badr newspaper, to the Prime Minister. She complains about her son's arrest and describes the hardship the family has suffered in the forty days since his arrest, namely her fall that injured her leg on her way to submit one of her petitions, and the miscarriage her daughter has suffered. She asks for an investigation and demands that if her son is found guilty, the family be offered some kind of assistance.
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Correspondence related to Muzaffar al-Din Shah's heirs
Petition on the letterhead of the Majlis signed by some of Muzaffar al-Din Shah's inheritors: Aqdas al-Dawlah, Qamar al-Saltanah, ‘Izzat al-Dawlah, Fakhr al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Dawlah, Aqdas al-Saltanah, Anvar al-Dawlah, A‘zam al-Dawlah, and Nur al-Saltanah. They complain about the confiscation of some property by the government. According to the signatories, these properties were partly the personal belongings of Muzaffar al-Din Shah that he had purchased when he was the Crown Prince in Azerbaijan and partly the properties he inherited from his mother, Shukuh al-Dawlah, and her maternal...
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Letter about Major Imbrie's injury
Letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister reporting the murder of the U.S Vice Consul in Iran, Major Imbrie. According to the report, after the news of a miracle at the Saqqa Khanah on Shaykh Hadi avenue arrived and people start gathering in front of the Saqqa Khanah, Major Imbrie, along with another American friend, went to the scene and started photographing the crowd. Some people who were offended by the fact that their women were being photographed attacked him. He was injured and was taken to the police hospital and, despite the attempts of European and Iranian doctors, died after...
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Police department to Nasir al-Mulk, 1910
A letter from the police department to Nasir al-Mulk asking him to cooperate with census clerks and give them the names and ages of the women of his household. Nasir al-Mulk had refused to give this information to them, saying that this contradicts his Islamic faith.
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Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan
Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan, daughter of Filban Bashi [the elephant-keeper]: 1-a complaint letter in which she talks about how she was barred from entering the office of Ministers by the servants who receive orders from Ittila‘ al-Saltanah (head of the office) and Mirza Khalil (office secretary), both adversaries of her husband, saying that this is the order of the Prime Minister. She has also gone to the Russian Embassy to meet the ambassador, but was also barred from entering it. She complains that while everyone else can go to the Embassy and plead for justice, Zahra...
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Correspondence related to Taj al-Dawlah
Correspondence regarding the pension of Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife: 1- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister addressed to the Ministry of Finance, stating that despite the approval of the cabinet, Taj al-Dawlah's pension has not been paid to her. The writer is requesting the payment of all her delayed funds; 2- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister, stating that upon the approval of the cabinet on 15 July, 1913, Taj al-Dawlah's pension (from 21 March, 1913) will be fully paid to her on a monthly basis; 3- a letter from Taj al-Dawlah complaining about not...
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Petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, 1922 or 1923
Copy of a petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, wife of the late Mulk Ara’, requesting her mahr and her daughter's property
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Petition by families of Amir Nusrat and Fars Humayun, 1923
Copy of a petition by the relatives of Amir Nusrat and Fars Humayun addressed to the Majlis, regarding their request from the Ministry of War for the return of their properties as well as grains, which had been seized, as well as the release of Shukr Allah Khan
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