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Letter, 1903
The letter is about Qaysar Khan, an Afghan with British citizenship, who the writer claims has financial conflicts with some locals, such as Muhammad Husayn. ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas has agreed to give his daughter to Qaysar Khan in marriage. He gave eighty tumans and some clothes to ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas and his daughter, and has lived with [Ustad ʻAli's] daughter in his house for a month. The writer pleads with the receipient of the letter, claiming that action must be taken to punish Ustad ʻAli, who had gone to his house [in order to make the marriage legal], and he had told him that the...
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Nusrat Sharifi to ʻAliyah Mashayikhi
Nusrat Sharifi's letter from Mashhad to ʻAliyah Mashayikhi, along with its envelope. It reads: "Dear sister, I hope you are doing well. We received your letter. We are all good and the only thing that is missing is you, especially when we go to the other yard and see you are not there. Bibi Khanum, Khanum Buzurg, and Khanum Jan send their greetings, as do the wives of Mr. Shah and Mr. Amir Husayn Khan. Turan Khanum, Aqdas Agha, and ʻIsmat al-Muluk say they miss you a lot. We don't know if you also think of us. Aqa Nasr Allah sends you kisses and whenever he goes to the other yard he says,...
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Letter
From Zahir al-Sultan in Sistan to Prince Ibtihaj Sultan in Tehran. Envelope dated 2 November 1914. It concerns the problems raised by a certain Sartip [brigader] who has asked for the hand of a twelve-year old girl. He is already married with children; the girl is against the match and especially does not want to move to Birjand away from her family. The writer offers some alternative resolutions, emphasizing that a forced marriage may result in tribal disputes, and in any case, an unhappy woman does not make a good wife.
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Letters from Zinat Malik and Muhtaram al-Saltanah
These letters are about their travel to India and their meeting with Malakah Jahan, wife of Muhammad ʻAli Shah, and Fakhr al-Taj, daughter of Muʻayyir al-Mamalik in Mumbai. On one of the pages Bahman Bayani gives some explanations about the people in the letters.
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- Qamar al-Saltanah(1)
- Nur Allah Mirza Jahanbani(1)
- Muluk Khanum (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Mulla ʻAli Kani (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Muhammad ʻAli Shah(1)
- Muhammad Mustawfi (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Mirza Muʻtazad al-Saltanah(1)
- Mirza Shafiʻ (Bayani Collection)(1)
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- Malakah Jahan Khanum (Sharik al-Saltanah)(1)
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- ‘Abbas Mirza Nayib al-Saltanah(1)
- ʻAliyah Mashayikhi(1)
- ʻAli (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Zinat Malik (daughter of Muhtaram al-Saltanah)(1)
- Sultan ʻAbd al-Majid Mirza (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Shams al-Muluk (Zubaydah) Jahanbani(1)
- Shahzadah Galin (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Shafiʻ Khan (son of Gawhar Malik Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Mahmud Mustawfi al-Mamalik)(1)
- Rizvan Dukht (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Qamar al-Saltanah(1)
- Nur Allah Mirza Jahanbani(1)
- Muluk Khanum (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Mulla ʻAli Kani (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Muhammad ʻAli Shah(1)
- Muhammad Mustawfi (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Mirza Muʻtazad al-Saltanah(1)
- Mirza Shafiʻ (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Mirza Husayn Khudadust (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Malakah Jahan Khanum (Sharik al-Saltanah)(1)
- Liqaʼ Khanum (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Liqa Jahanbani(1)
- Gawhar Malik Muhtaram al-Saltanah(1)
- Fatimah Khanum Fakhr al-Taj(1)
- Faridun Mirza (son of Ahmad Shah Qajar)(1)
- Bibi Shams al-Muluk (mother of Aqa khan)(1)
- Badr al-Sama’ Jahanbani(1)
- Azar (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Asiyah Khanum (daughter of Malakah Jahan and Muhammad ‘Ali Shah)(1)
- Aqdas (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Aqa Khan (son of Bibi Shams al-Muluk)(1)
- Amir Hisam al-Dawlah (Bayani Collection)(1)
- Amir Dust Muhammad Khan (Mu‘ayyir al-Mamalik)(1)
- Ahmad Shah Qajar(1)
- Ahmad Mirza Mu‘in al-Dawlah(1)
- Abu al-Fazl Mirza (Bayani Collection)(1)