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Correspondence of Tajmah Khanum
Correspondence of Tajmah Khanum, daughter of I‘tizad al-Saltanah, including a letter from her father discussing the use of mineral water and his return to Tehran in the near future, July [27?], 1880; a letter to Nasir al-Din Shah regarding a property in Khani Abad; guest lists and letters to her husband ‘Izz al-Dawlah Salur regarding the weddings of their daughters.
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Daughters of Saʻid al-Mulk to Nasir al-Din Shah and Anis al-Dawlah, [late 19th century]
The item consists of two letters enclosed in the same envelope and written by Khanum Shahzadah (Khvurshid Taj) and Amirzadah Khanum (Qamar Taj), daughters of Saʻid al-Mulk, to Anis al-Dawlah and Nasir al-Din Shah. Through the mediation of Anis al-Dawlah, favorite wife of Nasir al-Din Shah, they petition Nasir al-Din Shah to bestow their father's title on Mirza Salih Khan Muʻtamad Divan.
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Delayed salaries of Aminah Gul and ‘Ajab Naz, 1912
Letter from the Ministry of Finance to Monsieur Lalu [?], the Treasury General, regarding the delayed paychecks of Aminah Gul (daughter of Habib Allah Khan) and ‘Ajab Naz (daughter of Nazar ‘Ali Khan), servants of Nasir al-Din Shah; along with their payment invoice
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Delayed salaries of some women from Nasir al-Din Shah's harem, 1915 to 1916
Request by Ghunchah Khanum, Tuhfah Gul Khanum, and Gulistan Khanum (from Nasir al-Din Shah's harem) and the underage children of Khanumi Khanum (Zulfaqar Khan and Mustafa Khan) to the Ministry of Finance regarding their delayed salaries; along with a recommendation from the Ministry of Finance to the Treasury General, Monsieur Lalu, for their payment
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Documents of Mah Sultan Khanum's claim against Amin Darbar, 1908 to 1913
Mah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Husayn Darvazah-ban (Gatekeeper) claims that Amin Darbar (Amin Khalvat) has seized her property, a piece of land in Dushan Tappah. Mirza Ahmad Khan, with the power of attoreny from his father, Amin Darbar, claims that this property was part of a larger property purchased from the late Nasir al-Din Shah. After Mashhadi Husayn's comlaint about his land, Nasir al-Din Shah ordered Amin Darbar to pay him twenty-five tumans and settle. Mah Sultan Khanum believes the mentioned settlement is invalid; documents include court transcripts as well as letters from...
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Kulliyat of Tajmah Khanum
Tajmah Khanum wrote this book, composed of three parts. The first part consists of nearly 120 verses. The first poem is a sonnet written by the poet when she was 16 and the last one was written to praise Riza Shah. The second part is more than 20 letters and notes, which are mostly administrative and legal. Other letters were addressed to women who where contemporaries of Tajmah Khanum. The third part of this book is a selection of poems by Persian poets from Rudaki to the Qajar period.
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Letter about Salam ceremony, 1869
Regarding correspondence with Vazir Mukhtar about the sash made for Nayib al-Saltanah and making an inlaid sash for Mahd-i ‘Ulya
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Letter about a petition from Nusrat al-Dawlah, [late 19th century]
The letter concerns a meeting with Anis al-Dawlah, favorite wife of the harem of Nasir al-Din Shah, in which she is asked to deliver a petition from Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawlah, son of ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma and ‘Izzat al-Dawlah, to her husband and the Crown Prince.
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Letter from Firuz to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1869
Reporting conditions of the military corps, a visit by Mahd-i ‘Ulya and her well-being, and the military musicians' progress; he gave a fifteen tuman bonus to the musicians and a shawl from Kirman to Monsieur Lemaire, their instructor
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Letter from Khan Baba Na’ib Ajudan
The author writes about a quarrel he had with Khanlar Khan over property in Asadabad. The fight continues, even after the death of Khanlar Khan, with his inheritors, including Hasan Khan and Taji Khanum. The writer refers to rulings which were in his favor, but were never executed.
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