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Group portrait
Standing: Abu al-Qasim (child of one of the house servants); seated from the left: ‘Alinaqi Ghaffari, Badi‘ al-Zaman Ghaffari, and Sayf al-Din Ghaffari; written on verso: "Abu al-Qasim, Sayf al-Din- Badi‘ al-Zaman- ‘Ali Naqi. Dedicating children's photo to you [addressee], so you visit us in Tehran. Sayf al-Din looks better in person. There is a shadow on his face here, making it dark."
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Settlement between Riza Quli Khan and his mother, 1893
The second wife of Mirza Fazl Allah Khan [Agha Baygum Khanum] transfers the ownership of all her belongings (including whatever she owns until her death) to her son, Riza Quli Khan, in exchange for one hundred dinars. The condition is that Riza Quli Khan will be responsible for the food and clothing expenses of his mother as long as she lives. Moreover, after her death, he shall spend fifty tumans of his own money for the funeral expenses. A male slave, named Qanbar, and a female slave, named Tuti, are included in this settlement. Tuti, one of Qanbar’s daughters, worked for Riza Quli Khan’s...