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Aminah Khanum and Ruqiyah Khanum
Left to right: Aminah Khanum known as Bibi Jun and her daughter, Ruqiyah Khanum (mother of Poori Soltani); there is a handwritten date beneath the photograph: "March 1953" and and inscription on verso: "Poori jan, Me and Bibi Jan, came to Tehran to visit you, yours, your mother, March 20, 1953"
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Quds Iran and her classmates
Quds Iran Juz’ Khvajah-nuri (middle) along with her classmates at Teachers College; she was the daughter of Fatimah Khanum [Ha’iri] and Mirza ‘Abbas Khvajah-nuri; inscription on verso: "reminiscent of college"
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Will of ‘Abbas Khvajah-nuri
‘Abbas Khvajah-nuri's will and certificate of guardianship for his son; Mirza ‘Abbas Khan, son of Mirza Nabi Khan, at the age of fifty declares his inheritors as his wife, Fatimah Khanum (daughter of Shaykh ‘Abd Allah), his eighteen-year-old daughter, Quds Iran, and his deranged son, Mahdi Khan known as Jahan Shah and currently called Javad Khan. He designates Fatimah Khanum as the executor of his will and guardian of Javad Khan. ‘Abbas Khan transfers the ownership of his household goods to his wife to compensate for the wear and tear of her dowry in his house. His properties include the...
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