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Letter of ultimatum
The writer explains how at first s/he had requested Nasir al-Mulk's help in solving this problem. After not getting an answer, in the absence of Ziya’ al-Mulk, the writer is giving an ultimatum to the recipient warning that s/he will go to the Premier's house, talk to Mahd ‘Ulya, hold a sit-in, or stop the Premier's carriage in order to get an answer. If none of these worked, s/he will personally go to the Shah's garden and bring her/his appeal to the Shah or the crown prince.
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Letter about visiting the Crown Prince in Tabriz
The writer talks about his mission to Tabriz and visit to the Crown Prince [Muzaffar al-Din Mirza], how this mission had failed and the Crown Prince had refused to see him, saying that he did not need a tutor. He describes the Crown Prince's outrage and adds that Shukuh al-Saltanah knew all along that this mission was doomed to fail. He then gives an account of how he had paid his debts to the butcher, the grocer, and the draper before leaving Tabriz as well as his meeting with Zill al-Sultan. He also mentions Shukuh al-Saltanah's complaint and disappointment about how the Crown Prince did...
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First and last pages of a Qur’an with the stamp of Ziya’ al-Saltanah [II]
First and last pages of a Qur’an with the stamp of Ziya’ al-Saltanah [II], the daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah and wife of Sayyid Zayn al-ʻAbidin Imam Jumʻah. The Qur’an was gift-endowed in the female line in the family, provided that the person would accept reading it every day for the spiritual benefit of Ziya’ al-Saltanah's mother, Nadim al-Saltanah. The date of the endowment is June 1, 1885. Her seal's date is 1857 (perhaps her birth year). After Ziya’ al-Saltanah's death, the Qur‘an was in the possession of her daughter-in-law, Aqdas al-Dawlah (a daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah) and...
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Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 25 November 1895
Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah writes to her brother, ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, about the government of Ardabil, Nazm al-Saltanah, and ʻAyn al-Dawlah. ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma's response is written on the margins. The envelope has the seal of Najm al-Saltanah's husband, Mirza Fazl Allah Khan Vakil al-Mulk.