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Class photo
Inscription on recto: "Photo by the humble Mawlud, daughter of Ta’irah, 1910"
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Group Portrait
Girls and their teachers at the Sar Qabr-i Aqa school, a branch of Tarbiyat school (managed by Dr. Moody); photo taken by Mawlud, daughter of Tayirah Khanum
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Group Portrait
Tayirah Khanum, Khanum Shazdah (Tayirah's daughter), and Susan Moody among a group of Baha’i women of Tehran. Susan Moody has written their names on the back.
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Letter from Tayirah to Iran-i naw, 1909
Regarding the necessity of women's education
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The letter discusses being proud of the addressee and other western Baha’i sisters for practicing their faith in the west, as well as the difficulties Tayirah faces practicing her faith in Persia because of the excess of calamities, persecutions, and lack of freedom, etc, and how faithful she has remained since she has been twelve years old
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The writer expresses her happiness in receiving the addressee's letter, and discusses the many problems for Baha’i followers in Iran due to lack of freedom; her belief in the Baha’i faith since she was twelve years old, and the mental and physical pressure imposed on her by her family for ten years because of her belief; and mentions that several of her family members, including her husband, converted to the Baha'i faith when they heard her words.
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Tayirah Khanum
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Tayirah Khanum and others
Tayirah Khanum, Susan Moody, Mirza Mustafa from Nur (probably Tayirah Khanum's son-in-law), and others at the home of Ahmad ‘Ali Khan (Chief of Police). Tayirah Khanum has dedicated this photo to Henrietta Clark Wagner.
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Tayirah Khanum and others
Tayirah Khanum (center, seated); Mirza Mustafa Khan, probably Tayirah Khanum's son-in-law (standing behind her); Sydney Sprague and C. M. Remey (seated next to her); the rest is likely Tayirah Khanum's family
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