Letters from Munshi Bashi to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam.
Letters of Farah al-Saltanah, daughter of Yumn al-Dawlah Dawlatshahi, including a letter to her husband, Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, and to her stepdaughter, ʻAziz al-Muluk.
Marriage contract of Nimtaj Khanum, daughter of Ruqiyah Khanum and ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza ʻAlaʼ al-Sultan, and Yahya Mirza Yumn al-Sultan Dawlatshahi, son of Nigar Khanum and Sultan Ahmad Mirza Yumn al-Dawlah.
Munshi Bashi writes about the visit of Yumn al-Dawlah Dawlatshahi, father of the wife of Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, Farah al-Saltanah.
The notebook includes two reports. First one, Sunqur and Kulyayi's governor's reports to Kirmanshahan's government concerning bi-annual record of the year of 1924. The second report is to answer the questions of the ministries of commerce, agriculture and public works about the cattle plague in the area.
The author writes that the women of the household approve the house rental but need more charcoal.
On verso: "[This picture] is sent to Navvab Vala, Aqa Yahya Mirza Dawlatshahi in Shahrud" on 28 September 1931, signed by Ahmad Mirza Yumn al-Dawlah. The photographer is Aqa Rahim Shirazi. Yumn al-Dawlah requests an oil painting version of this photo.
From Rasht, Yumn al-Dawlah Dawlatshahi writes to Munshi Bashi in Qazvin to pay a financial draft (barat) to Haj Muhammad Qasim Tajir Hiravi.
Left to right: Yumn al-Dawlah (father of Farah al-Saltanah), Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam (husband of Farah al-Saltanah), and Yahya Dawlatshahi.
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