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Addressed to: Yazd, Haji Bibi
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Letter
Greeting letter
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Letter
Letter regarding a dispute involving the writer, the daughter of Aqa Husayn (the servant), and Aqa Navvab. The writer talks about his difficulties, including taxes and peasants and mentions that he did not have a chance to visit Aqa Navvab. At the end he denies the claims that he had beaten the daughter of Aqa Husayn.
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Letter from Sadr-i Sharif
Letter from Sadr-i Sharif, including greetings and discussing some financial issues.
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Letter from Pulad, 1903
Letter from Pulad, reporting a list of purchases of household items and the problems in finding the requested items as well as some political news related to the government of Yazd.
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Letter
Greeting letter, addressed to the writer's sister, expressing sympathy about the hardship that she has been through and discussing a document related to a stipend (she instructs the addressee how to find it). She also has some news from Karbala’.
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Letter
Greeting letter that also talks about some political issues in Tehran.
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, about sending money and some rice, requesting some pickled peppers and other pickled vegetables, complaining about not hearing from the addressee and and inquiring about their daughter ‘Ishrat's well-being
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Letters about property management in Karbala’
Two letters to Haji ‘Abd Allah, the merchant from Yazd: in the first letter (1905), Karbalayi writes about the destruction of the religious tombs in Karbala’ and notes that because of the current situation, there are less pilgrims and no demand for Haji ‘Abd Allah's houses except by the widows. He is asking for permission to rent the houses to these wealthy women for three lira per year; in the second letter (1919) from Najaf, the writer complains about the difficulties in managing the properties of Haji ‘Abd Allah in Karbala’.
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Letter from Muhammad
Letter of greetings from Muhammad about some family news, including his child's typhoid fever. Also, reporting on the purchase of some medicine in Mashhad for the addressee, that some medicines are hard to find due to the difficulty of trade with Russia, and that he is sending some different samples. He also talks about purchasing of some textiles and women clothing.
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- property and property management(2)
- politics and government(2)
- clothing(2)
- widows(1)
- taxes(1)
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- servants(1)
- rent(1)
- remuneration(1)
- receipts(1)
- quarreling(1)
- prayer(1)
- postal service(1)
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- letter writing(7)
- pilgrimages and shrines(3)
- money(3)
- travel(2)
- property and property management(2)
- politics and government(2)
- clothing(2)
- widows(1)
- taxes(1)
- shoes(1)
- servants(1)
- rent(1)
- remuneration(1)
- receipts(1)
- quarreling(1)
- prayer(1)
- postal service(1)
- peasants(1)
- medicine(1)
- mediation(1)
- lamps(1)
- illness(1)
- husband and wife(1)
- grains(1)
- financial matters(1)
- fabrics(1)
- divorce(1)
- commerce(1)
- boxes (containers)(1)
- bazaars(1)
- Ottomans(1)
- Hajj(1)
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People
- Navvab Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Sharifi(2)
- ‘Ishrat al-Muluk ‘Amiri(1)
- ‘Aliriza (Sadr al-‘Ulama’)(1)
- ‘Ali Khan Zahir al-Dawlah(1)
- Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari ‘Amiri(1)
- Nawrastah Khanum (daughter of Sadr al-‘Ulama’)(1)
- Navvab Sharaf al-Mamalik(1)
- Mirza Muhammad Sadr-i Sharif(1)
- Hasan Mir‘at Isfandiyari (Mir‘at al-Saltanah)(1)
- Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri (Sardar Mujallal)(1)
- Bibi Sakinah (known as ‘Arus)(1)
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