Search
-
41Images
Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrin, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to Haydarlu village, includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his...
-
5Images
Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899
Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...
-
3Images
Ibrahim to Nasir al-Mulk
Letter from Ibrahim to Nasir al-Mulk, the governor of Kurdistan, in which he talks about the health of his children, Aqa Muhsin and Khanum Kuchulu, after their erysipelas disease and Aqa Mirza Hasan Hakim Bashi's mistake in using the right dosage of sodium bromide to treat them. He finds it surprising that Hakim Bashi would have made that mistake, since, even though he did not know French, he had a book containing an inventory of the old and new medicines. Ibrahim also tells Nasir al-Mulk about Haydar Mirza, known as Shahzadah Hakim, and, if he is still living in Kurdistan, that his...
-
1Images
Letter from Molitor to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Letter from the head of the Kurdistan and Kirmanshahan Customs, Molitor, regarding Mas‘ud Khan, the Custom officer of Mahi Dasht, who took a woman with a bad reputation to Mahi Dasht and was laid off work as a consequence; Mas‘ud Khan has a gun and bullets but he has not yet returned them. Molitor asks Shahzadah Sa‘id al-Sultan to take the guns and ammunition from Mas‘ud Khan and hand them over to the Custom Office, but nothing was done; the author asks the recipient to order Mas‘ud Khan to hand over the gun and bullets.
-
1Images
Letter from Muhammad Ja‘far to Mushir Divan, 1911
The writer mentions that Aqa Shukr Allah and his wife were rude and disrespectful to him in front of his house. Their behavior brought dishonor to him, and the people of Qurvah can confirm his words.
-
1Images
Letter from Muhammad to Taliʻah Khanum, 1912
Conveys greetings for Nawruz from Qurvah
-
11Images
Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Part of a long letter; includes ‘Izzat al-Saltanah's request to take a different road other than Hamadan for her trip, Dadah Khanum and Aqa Naqi Khan staying in Tehran, and the writer's estimation of the expenses of their stay in Tehran; some of the pages are missing.
-
33Images
Letters from Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Najm al-Saltanah's letters to her brother ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including the following: one about a disease outbreak in Tehran and the health of various women at the court; one requesting her brother's advice on several properties, including Ismaʻil Abad and the qanat of Rustam Abad; some about the appointment of her husband Vakil al-Mulk to the Ardabil government; one about her decision to cancel her pilgrimage at Farmanfarma's request; one about her desire that Muzaffar al-Din Mirza (then the crown prince) permit his daughter (Ashraf Fakhr al-Dawlah, daughter of Surur...
-
35Images
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...
-
1Images
Musa to the daughter of Khvajah Yusuf, 1911
Promises the addressee he will return with Khvajah Yusuf to address the issue of Yahuda
Filter
- D Reset
Genres
Subjects
- Dletter writing
Collections
People
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(5)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(3)
- Mirza ‘Ali Naqi Khan Asif A‘zam(2)
- ‘Aliyah Khanum (Bihjat Khanum)(1)
- ‘Abd al-Majid Mirza ‘Ayn al-Dawlah(1)
- ‘Abbas Mirza Nayib al-Saltanah(1)
- ʻIshrat al-Dawlah(1)
- Zarrin Taj Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Zahra Imami (Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah [III])(1)
- Tabandah Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Shukuh al-Saltanah [I](1)
- Shawkat al-Dawlah(1)
- Sadiqah Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Nazm al-Saltanah(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Muhammad Musaddiq(1)
- Muhammad Ja‘far Asif Vaziri(1)
- Mirza Yahya Khan Mu‘tamad al-Mulk (Mushir al-Dawlah)(1)
- Mirza Hasan‘ali Khan Garusi (Amir Nizam)(1)
- Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah(1)
- more
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(5)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(3)
- Mirza ‘Ali Naqi Khan Asif A‘zam(2)
- ‘Aliyah Khanum (Bihjat Khanum)(1)
- ‘Abd al-Majid Mirza ‘Ayn al-Dawlah(1)
- ‘Abbas Mirza Nayib al-Saltanah(1)
- ʻIshrat al-Dawlah(1)
- Zarrin Taj Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Zahra Imami (Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah [III])(1)
- Tabandah Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Shukuh al-Saltanah [I](1)
- Shawkat al-Dawlah(1)
- Sadiqah Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Nazm al-Saltanah(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Muhammad Musaddiq(1)
- Muhammad Ja‘far Asif Vaziri(1)
- Mirza Yahya Khan Mu‘tamad al-Mulk (Mushir al-Dawlah)(1)
- Mirza Hasan‘ali Khan Garusi (Amir Nizam)(1)
- Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah(1)
- Mah Talʻat Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Huma Khanum (Saʻid al-Sultan Collection)(1)
- Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawlah Farmanfarma [II](1)
- Fazl Allah Khan Tabatabaʼi Vakil al-Mulk Tabrizi Diba(1)
- Fatimah Sultan Anis al-Dawlah(1)
- Ashraf al-Muluk Amini (Fakhr al-Dawlah)(1)
- Ashraf Khanum Surur al-Saltanah (Hazrat-i ʻUlya)(1)
- Aminah Daftar al-Muluk(1)
- Amin al-Mamalik(1)
- Abu al-Qasim Nasir al-Mulk (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- Abu al-Hasan Diba Siqat al-Dawlah(1)
People
Places
- DKurdistan