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Postcard, Mahdiquli Mirza to Mahin al-Saltanah, 15 July 1927
From Berlin, Mahdiquli Mirza writes to his grandmother, Mahin al-Saltanah, in Tehran about the health of Nusrat al-Saltanah.
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Place-mats and a bag
The bag and place-mats were made by ʻAlamtaj Mukri (when she was a child) with beads brought to her from Germany by her uncle or his friends.
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Passport
This passport belonged to ʻAlamtaj Mukri, daughter of Muhammad Taqi. ʻAlamtaj was born in 1917 or 1918 in Tehran.
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Postcard from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1957
Includes greetings, describes the service in the airplane, and mentions their upcoming meeting in London
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Letters from Nusrat al-Saltanah to Marziyah Khanum
Nusrat al-Saltanah writes to his daughter, Marziyah, about how to improve her writing. In another letter from Paris, he writes to her about her studies and writing exercises.
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Farkhundah Arvand to Muhammad Husayn Arvand, 1951
Farkhundah Arvand writes to her husband, Muhammad Husayn Arvand from London on October 10, 1951. She thanks him for his letters and expresses puzzlement as to why they and her brother have not received her letters, complains about her children (except Nasrin) not writing to her, asks her husband to supervise the children's schoolwork and to give especial care and attention to Furuzandah's stuttering and constipation problems. Then she writes about her situation by describing the hospital, her room, the nurses, etc., discussing her fear about the removal of her other breast, the doctor's...
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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), telling him: family news, that the summer is very hot and Mahmud Khan and Ma‘sumah Khanum only study in the morning and are free in the afternoon; that the letter from Hazrat-i Ashraf Aqa from Shiraz is attached; that Sa‘d al-Mulk, in trouble for his debts, has mortgaged his house for eighteen thousand tumans, sold all his silverware, and still cannot afford the interest on his debts, so he and his family are going to their properties in Qazvin. She then talks about the late Mirza...
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Correspondence among Nusrat al-Saltanah's children
Several letters between Marziyah Khanum and her brothers, Mu‘in al-Din Mirza and Mahdiquli Mirza, as well as a letter from Mahdiquli Mirza to his grandmother Mahin al-Saltanah on family affairs and daily activities.
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Parvin and Nasrin Rostami's interview
An interview with Parvin and Nasrin Rostami, conducted on June 24, 2013 by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, in which they share memories of their family members including their mother, Aqdas Gharbi, their grandmother, Batul Sharqi, and their grandfather, Nasr Allah Gharbi.
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Badr al-Sadat Afqahi's interview- part I
Conducted on November 17, 2012 by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Mahbobe Ghods, and Maryam Momeni. She shares memories of her childhood and youth and talks about life in the late Qajar and Pahlavi eras.
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