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In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting [from right to left]: "Chizari, Sayyid Khanum, Khalah Khanum, Baghiban Bashi. Irani was ill, and the picture was taken while she was resting in bed."
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "group portrait of my [female] servants next to the hall of the andarun of Saltanat Abad, Shirazi Kuchik sitting by the pool, while holding a baby."
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting [from right]: "Rizvan, Baghiban Bashi, Fatimah. Harem group sitting on the marble steps of the new residence at Saltanat Abad. Baghiban Bashi is wearing a Chinese costume."
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "In September, 1879, at Niyavaran; Anis al-Dawlah reading the Qur’an accompanied by Shaykh Kurah [the blind Shaykh]"
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "‘Aziz al-Sultan and a group of women"; the first person from the left, sitting on the step, is Anis al-Dawlah; the second person from the left, sitting on the ground, is Furugh al-Dawlah; the second person from the right, sitting on the step, is Fakhr al-Dawlah; the child, first from right, sitting on the ground is ‘Aziz al-Sultan.
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Group portrait in Nasiri Andarun
Group of women, men, and children; inscription (handwriting and the photograph probably by Nasir al-Din Shah): "Late Qaws [mid December], coming back from [?], Haji Firuz, Aqa Faraj, Aqa Nuri"
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Khanum Shahzadah and her daughter
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "Khanum Shahzadah and her daughter."
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Letter from Nasir al-Din Shah to Amin al-Sultan, 1885
About Majd al-Dawlah's unemployment and Fakhr al-Dawlah's concern and the decision to give him a position in court; he asks Amin al-Sultan to inform ‘Azud al-Mulk that he is satisfied with his service and that his decision is merely because of Fakhr al-Dawlah.
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Letter of ultimatum
The writer explains how at first s/he had requested Nasir al-Mulk's help in solving this problem. After not getting an answer, in the absence of Ziya’ al-Mulk, the writer is giving an ultimatum to the recipient warning that s/he will go to the Premier's house, talk to Mahd ‘Ulya, hold a sit-in, or stop the Premier's carriage in order to get an answer. If none of these worked, s/he will personally go to the Shah's garden and bring her/his appeal to the Shah or the crown prince.
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Letter regarding the petition of Nasir al-Din Shah's wives and daughters
The writer is sending an envelope containing the petition of wives and daughters of the late Nasir al-Din Shah and explains the hardships they are going through and that if the current condition continues they will have to take their appeals to one of the foreign embassies. The author asks the king [Muzaffar al-Din Shah?] for immediate action and a response. The second document is a draft of the same letter in which some parts of it has been rewritten several times.
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