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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash)'s love letter to Surur al-Saltanah, telling her how he has kissed the flowers touched and sent by Surur. He explains why he could not write last night because of some guests that had to stay overnight due to the rain. He talks about his meeting with Nayyir Qudsiyah and their discussion about the date [probably wedding date] and that they have about eight days left from today, the eighteenth, to the the settled date which is the twenty sixth. He expresses happiness that their separation will come to an end and that Surur will belong to Mu‘azzaz....
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah telling her about meeting with Fakham al-Saltanah and some other representatives of Khurasan; the letter is accompanied by an envelope with Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk's seal and some poems written on it.
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash)'s letter to Surur al-Saltanah telling her about his sadness on leaving her. He mentions Surur al-Saltanah's remark about the photograph on his mantle shelf, that even though she has been joking but he wants to emphasize his loyalty to his wife and explains that the photograph was there just to fill the empty space and as soon as he learned that it upset Surur, he put it in his desk drawer and decided to hand it to Surur when he meets her.
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash)'s love letter to Surur al-Saltanah discussing Surur al-Saltanah's concern about his love and loyalty and talks about the problem of finding a house. He urges Surur not to listen to what other people say. Then, he talks about Mubashshir al-Dawlah's assignment to governorship of Shahrud and how he is following up on possibly renting Mubashshir al-Dawlah's house for themselves. He continues by daydreaming about their wedding night, how they will go to their house,and imagines how he will initiate lovemaking. He also informs her that he has found a...
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah of how troubled he has been from the tone of Surur al-Saltanah's letter, talks about the problem of finding a house in Tehran, and that his delay is due to his intention to find the best place for Surur al-Saltanah. He mentions a possibility of renting the house of Mubashshir al-Dawlah. He also talks about the belief that some have about the Rabi‘ al-Avval ritual.
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah about expecting her letter and finally receiving it, about her eye pain, how he misses her, and how he cannot continue without her. He then talks about a dispute between Salar and the family of a Mujahid [fighter], and also the possible governance of Turbat by Salar. He asks Surur not to mention these to anyone as these are governmental secrets.
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash)'s letter to his wife, Surur al-Saltanah, telling her that he was writing this letter in the middle of the night while she is either asleep or in mourning [for Tasu‘a] and is not thinking of him, yet Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk is only thinking of her even though it is Tasu‘a [the 9th day of Muharram] instead of mourning for Imam Husayn. He apologizes for not being able to come to the Rawzah and tells her that he will bring this letter himself tomorrow since he is going to see Fakham al-Saltanah, so that they would go to Sardar Hishmat together. He states...
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash)'s writes to Surur al-Saltanah and expresses his longing for her. He tells her that this is one of the worst nights of his life filled with sadness as he has received the last letter from his father from Khurasan telling him about his illness. Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk talks about how he has not been able to see Surur in Tehran and now he has to go back to Khurasan heartbroken and mournful. He urges Surur to write more often and not to wait for his letter before writing to him, as it would take a long time for his letters to get to her; this letter is...
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah complaining that she is sensitive and unfair and that in the past she had had the same assumptions but she was convinced after listening to what he had told her. Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk reassures her of his love and tells her that he was not faking sickness to avoid seeing her, rather not learning about her message soon enough as well as being sick with the flue were the reasons that he could not come to see her. He also complains that Surur is unkind to him and asks her to change her mind about not seeing each other in the...
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah and mentions that are both orphaned (one, Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk, is a paternal orphan and the other, Surur al-Saltanah, is a maternal orphan) and lonely, but he is grateful to have Sururr. He writes that recently his statements and requests may have upset Surur and says that he is willing to die longing for her but does not want to upset her. On the accompanying envelope, he has written two verses of a poem.
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