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Letter
Letter regarding the situation of the peasants in the villages of Sis, Amir Zakariya, and Malik-zadah; states that villagers have sold all their belongings and are short of food and responds to the addressee's assertion about making some soup and giving it to the villagers.
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) and mentions his possible contribution to the Constitutional Commission, which is being pursued by Mushir al-Dawlah; discusses sending him money, the bread shortage crisis, and the circumcision of Mahmud Khan by the same person who performed the procedure for Ahmad Shah. She talks about the ceremony, in which Mujir al-Saltanah, Burhan al-Dawlah, and Muhammad Khan Salar Muhtasham were present. For the women's gathering three days later, they invited female musicians and hired...
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her sister, Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi, asking her to send a photograph of Manizhah and promising to send a photograph of ‘Izzi. ‘Izzat al-Saltanah also advises her sister to send some of her servants to learn to make some dishes and desserts from the new, skilled chef hired by the Hazrat-i Ashraf household. She mentions that she, herself, is learning some recipes from the cooks in addition to the dessert recipes she learned in Hamadan. She finds this particularly helpful in Tehran, as the kitchen would be in the andarun and she does not...
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, mentioning his travel to Finland and moving as the reasons for his delayed letters. He discusses Muhammad Taqi Khan's expected arrival, getting a yogurt culture from the Iranian Embassy to make yogurt at home during the summer, and says he has received the cookbook. He then gives some advice regarding his sister's study of French and playing the piano, telling her that she needs to practice piano every day and read more books to improve her French.
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, discussing his travel plans, punishment of Husayn due to finding ants in the food he had cooked, advising Qamar al-Muluk on keeping Khanum Kuchak with her as company, keeping all doors locked at all times and safekeeping of the keys, about sending cotton, paste, dates, legumes, etc., to ask Mir’at al-Saltanah to punish Firuz, Faridun, and Muqbil if they disobey, and expressing affection for the expected child
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Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...
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- Muhammad Taqi Nizam Mafi (1)
- Muhammad Ja‘far Asif Vaziri(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Khan Mafi (Sa‘d al-Mulk)(1)
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- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(1)
- Mah Talʻat Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
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- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(3)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(2)
- ‘Aliyah Khanum (Bihjat Khanum)(1)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- Zarrin Taj Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Tabandah Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Sadiqah Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Ruqiyah Khanum (wife of Muhammad Taqi Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari ‘Amiri(1)
- Muhammad Taqi Nizam Mafi (1)
- Muhammad Ja‘far Asif Vaziri(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Khan Mafi (Sa‘d al-Mulk)(1)
- Mirza ‘Ali Naqi Khan Asif A‘zam(1)
- Mirza Nasr Allah Khan Misbah al-Mulk (Mushir al-Dawlah)(1)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(1)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(1)
- Mah Talʻat Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Huma Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Huma Farmanfarma'iyan(1)
- Haydar Quli Khan Mafi (Burhan al-Dawlah)(1)
- Hasan Mir‘at Isfandiyari (Mir‘at al-Saltanah)(1)
- Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri (Sardar Mujallal)(1)
- Ahmad Shah Qajar(1)