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Greetings letter
The writer mentions the breaking of one of the three rose water bottles and talks about financial matters.
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Letter from Hisam al-Mulk regarding inheritance of Nimtaj Khanum's daughter
Letter by Mirpanjah Zayn al-‘Abidin Khan Hisam al-Mulk to Haji Mirza ‘Abbasquli regarding Hamshirah (the writer's sister), the daughter of Nimtaj Khanum. The writer has kept some of her share of inheritance from her late father, Amir Tuman, with Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim, who has agreed to pay the interest for the girl's expenses. Also, one-fourth of the writer's possessions, kept by Haji Mirza ‘Abbasquli in a chest, belongs to the girl and should be paid to her guardian, Qamar al-Saltanah, and the rest should be divided among the siblings. In addition, Hisam al-Mulk has settled with some of the...
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Khadijah Sultan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her mother, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, in Tehran, from Hamadan, and tells her that she is still waiting for her boxes from Tehran, that she does not have enough appropriate clothing to wear and that this is embarrassing when she has visitors, especially European guests. She asks her mother to buy new fashionable clothing for her and gives her a list of items she needs, including a pair of shoes, a black chador, some textiles from which to tailor a dress to wear in front of her European guests on Nawruz, some other textiles for her chaqchur [a kind of...