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Letters from Sakinah Khanum to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Sakinah Khanum to her husband Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam about family and household matters.
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Maryam Khanum to a daughter of Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam
Maryam Khanum asks after the girls in the family and mentions she sent eight boxes of sweet bread (shir mal).
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Letters of Farah al-Saltanah
Letters of Farah al-Saltanah, daughter of Yumn al-Dawlah Dawlatshahi, including a letter to her husband, Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, and to her stepdaughter, ʻAziz al-Muluk.
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Yumn al-Dawlah Dawlatshahi to Munshi Bashi, 15 January 1914
From Rasht, Yumn al-Dawlah Dawlatshahi writes to Munshi Bashi in Qazvin to pay a financial draft (barat) to Haj Muhammad Qasim Tajir Hiravi.
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Letter to Mirza Muhammad Taqi Shaykh al-Islam from his sister, [ca. 1785]
The sister of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Shaykh al-Islam writes to him about her marital problems and desire for a divorce.
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Unidentified woman to Ashraf al-Sadat
The recipient of the letter is Ashraf al-Sadat, daughter of Mirza Mansur Shaykh al-Islam.
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Letters from Yahya Khan Asif al-Dawlah to Amjad al-Vizarah
Letters from Yahya Khan Asif al-Dawlah Qajar, husband of Rubabah Khanum, to Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami (Amjad al-Vizarah).
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Letters from Khan Baba Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Khan Baba Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, including letters concerning the death of his mother, Balqays Khanum, daughter of Muʻizz al-Dawlah.
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Letters from Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam to his son, Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, and his father, Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam.
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Letters from ʻAbbasquli Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from ʻAbbasquli Khan Buhlul, husband of Balqays Khanum, to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam. On the back of one of these letters, Balqays Khanum writes in her own hand to Shaykh al-Islam.
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