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Collection of essays (Khaqaniyah)
A collection of essays with a list of contents in the beginning. It includes a part in which Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa’i answers Fathʻali Shah's questions. Two of them are about marriage in heaven and the number of wives a man can have in heaven. Sayyid Abd al-Baqi Husayni Kashani is the scribe.
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Kulsum nanah
The book of "Five ʻUlamaʼ" or "Kulsum nanah," attributed to Aqa Jamal Khansari, created originally in Safavid era. The author provides an account of women's beliefs and rituals and attributes them to five women, one of them named Kulsum nanah. The book is written in fifteen chapters, including: on ablution, on women's prayers, on fasting, on marriage, on the wedding night, on childbirth, on first bath after giving birth, on musical instruments and when they should be played, on wives and husbands relations, on foods for vows, to prevent evil eye, on mahrams, on acceptance of women's...
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Taʼdib al-nisaʼ [Disciplining women]
Ta’dib al-nisa’ [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisvan, is a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters. According to Ruhangiz Karachi, the author of this text is most probably Khanlar Mirza Ihtisham al-Dawlah (d. 1861, a son of Fath 'Ali Shah). See "Who is the original author of Ta’dib al-nisvan?", Tarikh-i adabiyat, 65, 3 (summer 2010): 199-208.
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Collection of essays by Muhammad Sadiq Vaqayiʻ Nigar
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Siyagh al-nikah
The manuscript is a collection of different essays by Muhammad bin Haj Muhammad Zaman Kashani, some of which are related to marriage. Muhammad Husayn bin Muhammad Ali Khuraskani is the scribe.
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Basat-i nishat
A sarcastic and male-centered essay in which noble women are "ugly" or old, and female slaves are pretty, kind and well-behaved.There are parts on men's desire for men and women's desire for women, vows of sisterhood, preparation of the bride and groom for the wedding night, wives and husbands relationships, etc. Parts of the document refer to Kulsum Nanah. At the end, there is a review of different types of pleasure according to their length.
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Three Essays: Zaynab Baygum's response to supporters of unveiling, Sanad al-saʻadat, Prayers
The first essay is Zaynab Baygum's response to supporters of unveiling. It seems that this was first published in Istakhr periodical in 1926. At the beginning of the manuscript, there are some verses and poems about marriage and marriage contracts. Parts of this article are written in form of debate between a Naturalist (Tabiʻi) and Divinist (Ilahi) and between Isfahani and Mahjurah. After Zaynab Baygum's piece, the scribe brings some poems from Iraj Mirza. The second essay is Sanad al-saʻadat. The author is Ghulamʻali, known as Azad al-Husayni and the scribe is Muhammad ʻAli Kamrah...
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Anthology of food, [ca. 1873 or 1874]
A satirical anthology of poetry that uses Iranian foods to make fun of government elites, both men and women, including: Nasir al-Din Shah, Muzaffar al-Din Shah (Vali ʻAhd), Aqa Vajih, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Amin al-Saltanah, Turan Aqa, Tuman Aqa, Anis al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Saltanah, Taj al-Dawlah, Shams al-Dawlah, Akhtar al-Saltanah, Badr al-Saltanah, Zaynab al-Saltanah, ʻIffat al-Saltanah, ʻAʼishah Khanum, Hajiyah Khanum, Amin Aqdas, Imam Jumʻah, Atabak Aʻzam, Iʻtimad al-Saltanah, Shaykh al-Islam, Nazim al-Bikaʼ. The writer, Mayil Afshar, received the titles...
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Biographies of Sufi women, 1817 or 1818
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Muhammad Shahi biographical dictionary
In this biographical dictionary, names and poems of about two hundred poets are mentioned. There are some poems about women as well. Bahman Mirza, the son of ʻAbbas Mirza, the son and the Crown Prince of Fathʻali Shah is the producer and Muhammad Hasan Tabrizi is the scribe.
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