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Telegram from Muhammad to Muzaffar al-Din Mirza, 1892
To the Crown Prince Muzaffar al-Din Mirza regarding granting the title of Mutaman Nizami to Haji Mirza Yusuf Khan Sartip (brigadier), Shaykh al-Islam's stipend with regards to two girls, and a payment of the deceased Shukr Allah Khan (from Maraghah)’s stipend to his children
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Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Izzat al-Dawlah) to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Izzat al-Dawlah) writes to her husband, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, telling him that the Shah sent Amin al-Haram to her to tell her that he telegraphed Farmanfarma to buy one third of Alanjiq village from him. ‘Izzat al-Saltanah responded that Alanjiq belongs to her, not Farmanfarma, and that she has it in the Shah's handwriting that he bestowed it to her. She then suggested that she would have paid him ten times more to get Alanjiq and points out that Farmanfarma spent some money for the qanat there and that the place generates no income for the...
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Related to Anis al-Dawlah's properties in Varamin, 1900 and 1914
Complaint by Sayyid Muhsin, the tenant farmer of ‘Ali Abad village, located in Bihnam Sukhtah in Varamin, that despite paying taxes the water irrigation to the property has been stopped and his cotton farms are drying out, so he asks for compensation; a copy of a decree, dated 1900 or 1901, received by the Ministry of Finance on November 15, 1914, probably by Muzaffar al-Din Shah to Ghulam Riza Khan Asif al-Dawlah, ordering the uninterrupted irrigation of ‘Ali Abad village from Jajrud river
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List of promisory notes, 1837 or 1838
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Includes explanations about ʻIzzat al-Saltanah's interest in having al-Najq; sending a petition with two thousand tumans, on behalf of ʻIzzat al-Saltanah, to the andaruni, where it can be delivered to the Shah, and the Shah talking on the phone with Mushir al-Saltanah about this matter; ʻIzzat al-Saltanah's order to give a gift to Khazan-i Aqdas and Amin-i Haram; and the author referring to the addressee's request about ʻIzzat al-Saltanah's travel from Tehran to Kirmanshah, asking him to postpone this trip due to her health condition until the addressee is certain about staying in Kirmanshah.
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The Memories of Sakinah Ashrafi (Banu-yi Ashraf)
Sakinah Ashrafi (Banu-yi Ashraf), as recorded in a family gathering on 3 Feb 1971 in Tehran, one year before her death. She talks about weddings in the family and narrates related anecdotes. Banu-yi Ashraf (1890-1972) was the daughter of Zibandah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan Ashrafi, and the wife of Musa Ashraf al-Mulk (Ashrafi). Other people in this gathering are: ʻAbd Allah Ashrafi (Banu-yi Ashraf's brother), who recorded the audio, Bihjat al-Muluk Muʻizzi (ʻAbd Allah Ashrafi's wife, and the daughter of Ruqayyah Muʻizzi (Amir Muʻizzi) and Basir Khaqan Muʻizzi whose wedding is described...