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Marriage contract of Shams al-Saltanah and Muʻtamad al-Sultan, 1884
The marriage contract between Shams al-Saltanah and Muhammad ʻAli Khazin al-Mulk, son of Muhammad Rahim Khan Khazin al-Mulk, on 3 Jan 1884. The mahr includes 5000 tumans, 2000 tumans' worth of jewelry, a mansion worth 3000 tuman, and a Qurʼan worth 100 tumans. On the margin of this marriage contract there is a note stating that instead of the mansion, the wife can receive 3000 tumans in cash.
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Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk love letters, 1909 to 1910
Love letters of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash), son of Karim Dad Khan, to Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Zarrin Kulah Khanum and Khazin al-Mulk, accompanied by some envelopes and part of a letter, probably from Surur al-Saltanah to Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk. These letters were most likely written during the time between their ‘Aqd (formal contract of marriage) and ‘Arusi (marriage celebration and consummation), while Surur al-Saltanah was living in Tehran and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk was traveling between Tehran and Khurasan; the letters have also been separately included in this collection;...
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Family Photo Album
Belonged to Khanum Hajib (Nayyir ‘Uzma), daughter of Fasl Bahar Khanum (Iran al-Dawlah) and Hajib al-Dawlah; identification of people in this album is according to Afsaneh Amir Teymour McLaughlin and are from left to right: pages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5: Khanum Hajib; page 6: bottom row, left: Asghar Khan (Khanum Hajib’s brother), bottom row, right: Khanum Hajib; page 7: top row, left: Shams al-Saltanah [I] (daughter of Mu‘tamad al-Dawlah Farhad Mirza and Fasl Bahar Khanum’s mother), right: Mustafa Quli Khan Hajib al-Dawlah (Khanum Hajib’s father), bottom row, left: Khanum Hajib, right: Khanum...