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Rustam and Almas, October or November 1907
A play critical of the social and political situation in Iran at the end of Qajar era.
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Alfiyah va shalfiyah
This manuscript is one of the class of works that goes by the generic title of 'Lizzat al-nisa’' or 'Women's pleasure.' It covers the use of medicinal drugs for personal beauty and as aphrodisiacs, and a manual explaining and illustrating various positions during sexual intercourse. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The manuscript is of Indian provenance, as is clear from the thirty-four illustrations executed in a popular nineteenth-century style. There is a personal seal, illegible, on the last page.
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Essays in medicine
A collection of essays in medicine. Titles include: reasons of death attributed to Hippocrates, prayers for cholera and plague, translation of Tibb al-Riza, essay on reproduction, a selection of Tuhfat al-Muʼminin, essay on maintaining health, facilitating the cure, essay on cholera, difference between typhoid and cholera.
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Contracts
A number of agreements between Iran (mostly Qajar) and other countries. Some include notes on the slave trade.
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Siyagh al-nikah
It is a marriage sermon written in a literary style.
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The Heir of Haj Ghafur (A play)
The name of the play writer and the date are not indicated. The play is sarcastic and critical of family relations, inheritance, and marriage.
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Correspondence, including a letter from ʻAbbas Mirza to Khanlar Mirza's mother
A collection of decrees, correspondence and documents includes writings from ʻAbbas Mirza, Qaʼim Maqam, Muhammad Shah, Farhad Mirza, Nasir al-Din Shah and Muzaffar al-Din Shah. One document is a letter from ʻAbbas Mirza to Khanlar Mirza's mother.
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Essay on inheritance
Two essays by Muhammad Taqi ibn Husayn‘ali Hiravi: first, "Rules of Inheritance and Their Tables," dated 1850 and 1852, and second, "On the Meaning of 'Al'," dated 1833.
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Divan of Shuhrah
According to a note on the first page, This book consists of poems by Prince ʻAliriza Mirza, the son of Fathʻali Shah, whose pen name was Shuhrah. He lived in malayir in his last years. He was married to Dildar Khan, the former wife of Shaykh al- Muluk. According to Firaydun Mirza, most poems in this book are hand-written by Dildar Khan who was from Luristan.
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Collection of essays
The manuscript includes different essays: An essay by Muhammad Taqi Burghani (1758- 1845) and another by Shaykh Muhammad Razi Gilani. The collection also includes these three: Explanation and receipt for doing prayers on behalf of the deceased Sayyidah Kulsum, the daughter of Haji Sayyid ʻAli (Dod. 1898) and the will of Muhammad Razi, the son of Mirza Kuchak (including instructions for paying the mahr of two wives). The will is dated 6 November 1900. At the end of the manuscript there is a short part on the etiquette of marriage.
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