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Ma‘ayib al-rijal [Vices of men]
Ma‘ayib al-rijal [Vices of Men], written by Bibi Khanum Astarabadi (1858 or 59-1921) in 1894, first published in 1992. Vices of Men was Bibi Khanum’s response to Ta’dib al-niswan [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisa’, a male-centered, often misogynous text in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters. This text begins autobiographically with Bibi Khanum explaining her social and educational background. The text is composed of two sections; the first is a direct wittily angry response to Disciplining Women. The...
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Suha Shirazi's collection of poems
Collection of poems by Muhammad Taqi Khan Shirazi known as Suha, including the poem "Lover and Beloved" on same-sex love and its spiritual end
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Navadir al-amsal [with Types of food by Nadir Mirza], late 19th century
This collection consists of two books on food and food science. The first is written in Arabic and divided into several chapters. The second text is a cookbook written in Persian, begun on 7 February 1875 [1 Muharram 1292] and completed on 2 November 1883 [1 Muharram 1301]. The first page includes the author's extended genealogy and a table of contents. According to this note, the author Nadir Mirza was born in April 1827 [Ramadan 1242] in Astarabad and is the son of Badi’ al Zaman Qajar (Sahib Ikhtiyar) and Jahan Sultan, daughter of Muhammad Taqi (Hisam al Saltanah), son of Muhammad Quli...
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Khayrat-i hisan
Khayrat-i hisan, 3 volumes, Tehran: no publisher, 1887, 1888, and 1889. Compiled by by Muhammad Hasan Khan Iʿtimad al-Saltanah, a biographical dictionary of famous women of Islam, provides information on some forty learned women from courtly circles in Qajar period.
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Jami's Yusuf and Zulaykha, [1853]
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Qur’an with birth records of Ansari family, 1854 or 5
First and last pages of a Qur’an inscribed with birth records and genealogy. Opening two pages have following birth dates recorded: Sadiqah Khanum Mahin Banu, 12 Shavval 1334 [11 August 1916]; Sultan Ahmad Khan, 29 Sha‘ban 1336 [9 June 1918]; Nush Afarin, 7 Sha‘ban 1358/22 September 1939/30 Shahrivar 1318 in India; Parviz, 1 August 1928 [10 Murdad 1307]; ‘Alimurad, 3 Bahman 1327 [23 January 1949], Isfahan; Amir Khusraw 5 Aban 1333/28 October 1955/11 Rabi al-Avval [1375], Tehran. A following page indicates the Qur’an originally belonged to Muhammad Mahdi ibn Farrukh Ghaffari. On the last...
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Hajj travelogue, February or March 1882
According to Dr. Rasul Ja‘farian, publisher of the travelogue, the author is Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah (d. 3 August 1888), daughter of Farhad Mirza Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah and Jahan Ara Khanum. Jahan Ara is the daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza Dawlatshahi, son of Fath ‘Ali Shah. Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah married three times: first to Mirza Muhammad Qavam al-Dawlah Ashtiyani (d. 1873); then to Mirza Musa (d. 1881), son of Mirza Hadi Ashtiyani Vazir Lashgar; then to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Vahab Khan Asif al-Dawlah (d. 1887). Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah...
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Travel journal
ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani's travel journal. ʻAlaviyah Khanum, ʻAli Khan and a few others went on Hajj and made pilgrimages to the shrines in Iraq. On the way back to Iran, she visited a number of cities including Tehran and the Nasiri Court. This travel journal was written by ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani. On the first page of the book (this page was written by ʻAli Khan at the request of ʻAlaviyah Khanum), ʻAlaviyah Khanum noted that she wrote this book because she missed her husband and also to record these events in history. The author's actual name is not known and "ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani"...
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Pages of the Qur’an
Pages of a volume of thirty parts of the Qur’an, which Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier], along with twenty-nine other volumes, endowed to the people of Bam, so it could be recited in ta‘ziyah ceremonies
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Pages of the Qur’an
Pages of a volume of thirty parts of the Qur’an, which Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier] endowed to the people of Bam, so it could be recited in ta‘ziyah ceremonies
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