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Letter about visiting the Crown Prince in Tabriz
The writer talks about his mission to Tabriz and visit to the Crown Prince [Muzaffar al-Din Mirza], how this mission had failed and the Crown Prince had refused to see him, saying that he did not need a tutor. He describes the Crown Prince's outrage and adds that Shukuh al-Saltanah knew all along that this mission was doomed to fail. He then gives an account of how he had paid his debts to the butcher, the grocer, and the draper before leaving Tabriz as well as his meeting with Zill al-Sultan. He also mentions Shukuh al-Saltanah's complaint and disappointment about how the Crown Prince did...
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Same date, Shukuh al-Saltanah
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "the same date, Shukuh al-Saltanah"
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Women of Nasiri harem
According to the inscription, which was probably written by Nasir al-Din Shah, from left to right, seated: "Shukuh al-Saltanah, mother of Nayib al-Saltanah, Shams al-Dawlah, Surur al-Saltanah, and Galin Khanum;" standing: "Taj al-Dawlah and Huma Khanum"