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‘Ismat al-Dawlah to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1935
‘Ismat al-Dawlah writes to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to express her condolences, probably for the death of ‘Izzat al-Saltanah's husband, ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar.
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Family picnic
The family of Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah and ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar, Rustam Abad, Shimiran.
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah and Bahman Mirza Farmanfarma’iyan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, the wife of ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar, holding her son, Bahman Mirza Farmanfarma’iyan
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Part of a letter
The writer shares some news about the purchase of a slave (Khvajah) for the crown prince from Somalia for two thousand tumans and mentions that Aqa brought four Kaniz (female slaves) for Khalah Jan, Mahmud Khan, Mademoiselle, and the writer. Three of them are Baluchis and one is Bambasi. Aqa also brought a male slave as a souvenir for the writer; his name is Qanbar. S/he then describes three things that s/he wanted during the three years that Aqa was governing the ports and has them all now: a good gun, a mare called ‘Abid, and now Qanbar. S/he then describes the mares and the horses that...
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, telling her that he has been busy with exams and done well, that he follows the news of Iran through the Istiqlal-i Iran newspaper, advises her to take care of her health and do some exercise, and requests that some money be sent to him by Mughis al-Saltanah. He then mentions one of his classmates' suicide over a girl. He states that the absence of the veil in Europe causes many problems, as many young men kill themselves over women and women poison themselves over men. He concludes that getting...
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‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar's power of attorney to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1935
‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar gives power of attorney to his wife, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, for any sale and settlement contract regarding his properties, which are worth approximately one hundred thousand tumans.
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, telling her that she will not receive the postcards he was going to send with Saham Nizam, her previous tutor, as he has canceled his trip to Iran. Muhammad ‘Ali Khan mentions a photograph of him that he is sending with the letter.
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Khadijah Sultan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her mother, Khadijah Sultan Khanum and expresses her concern about not receiving letters from her; talks about the moderate winter weather in Hamadan, the nice people there, and her new social life; she describes how women dress in Hamadan, that the old fashions in Tehran are now becoming fashionable in Hamadan: women wear chaqchur [a kind of leggings] when leaving the house as there is no carriage road in the city and people either walk or ride a donkey. She discusses the way they make jams and sweets and mentions that the prices of some goods are...
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), giving him some family news and discusses spending ʻAid-i Qurban at Baha’ al-Mulk's garden. She talks about her photography and the problem of not having a proper dark room. Then, she tells him about her progress in learning French.
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‘Izzat al-Saltanah and her relatives at Rustam Abad garden
Pictured, from the left, are: Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Abbas Mirza's wife), Safiyah Firuz (Namazi, the wife of Muhammad Husayn Firuz), Muhammad Vali Mirza Farmanfarma’iyan, and ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar; the two figures on the right (family friends).
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