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Correspondence related to Siqat al-Saltanah Saduqi and Mirza Isma‘il Khan Saduqi, 1924-1925
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Probably from ‘Amid Lashkar's mother; addressed "Esteemed sister"; sends her condolences for Haji Khan's death, reassures her that ‘Amid Lashkar will be at her service, asks her to consider Zahra Sultan, Ruqiyah Sultan, Habib Allah Khan, and ‘Abd Allah Khan as her own children, and sends greetings on behalf of Ma‘sumah Sultan Khanum.
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About Shafi‘ Aqa's recovery; rain after the hot weather; clarifying that the people of the andarun had requested roots of Baba Adam [Burdock] and not Badam [almond] and asking the addressee to write to Mirza Ahmad in Tehran and let him know; the well-being of Mir Muhammad Riza, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa, Nur al-Hajiyah, and others.
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About meeting Mirza Sadiq Mustawfi about the grain and stipends, the sixty-tuman salary, some political and financial issues, the news of Mirza Hasan Khan Mustawfi and ‘Amuqizi [paternal cousin] Khanum's arrival, and paying fifty tumans to Mah Rukhsar Khanum to get her divorced.
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The writer, Mahmud (according to the seal on the back), complains that the addressee has not written to him since leaving for Tehran and wonders if it might be due to the cost of pen and ink, given the addressee's austerity; mentions that Shah Baji Khanum, Haji Khan ‘Amu's wife, and her son, Haydar Quli Khan, are traveling to Mashhad via Tehran, that Karbalayi Jalil and Mashhadi Ahmad Qarajah Qali are staying at the house of Mu’taman al-Sultan Aqa Riza Khan the colonel, son of Qasim Khan Sartip Qarah Baghi; and asks the addressee to bring Haydar Quli Khan to their house. He has enclosed...
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Includes greetings and discusses transactions with Farrukh Khan regarding ‘Abbas Abad and informing Nizam al-Dawlah that he will not agree to less than six thousand tumans; mentions Mu‘in al-Ra‘aya's travel to the ‘Atabat and his illness, Khanum's intention to go to Fath Abad, and that the carriage should be returned by the summer; and suggests the addressee return sooner.
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Letter and envelope, 1904
Envelope addressed to Mirza Mahmud Khan with Muntasir Lashkar's seal; a letter from a woman, conveying greetings from Hajiyah Khanum, herself, and all the children including Aqa Isma‘il; she complains that the addressee is far from them in Tehran and suggests that either he returns or she will go there to join him. Hajiyah Khanum has recovered from her illness. Nur al-Hajiyah and Khanumjan send their greetings. The writer asks about the well-being of Muhammad Taqi.
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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...
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to Mother
Complains about not receiving letters from the addressee; mentions his recent trip to Shimiran and the hot weather in Tehran; advises sleeping in the courtyard rather than on the roof when it gets hot in Tabriz; discusses taking a leave in 4 months and visiting them; expresses concern over the well-being of Ma‘sumah Sultan and Ruqiyah Sultan since the addressee has not been writing about them over the past two years; inquires whether they have received the promissory note for fifty tumans that he sent earlier and mentions getting the fifty tumans and giving it to Fatimah Khanum; expresses...
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to his sister-in-law and ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar, in two parts: the first is addressed to his sister-in-law; it discusses the warm weather in Tehran; responds to her suggestion about purchasing a house, says he cannot afford seven hundred tumans and suggests that they could reach a decision together when he is back, and asks her to look for a rental house or a low-priced house to buy; points out that when they receive Baba Jan's salary, part of it will go to the mother and part of it to ‘Amid Lashkar; expresses concern about ‘Amid's education and his handwriting, which has not improved, in light of which he...
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