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Jahan Ara to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Hakimbashi
Two letters enclosed in same envelope from Jahan Ara (Hajiyah Khanum) Pizishkiyan to her son-in-law, Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, and father, Mirza Hasan Khan Hakimbashi.
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Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi, 23 August 1913
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Letters to Banu-yi Ashraf
Letters to Banu-yi Ashraf from family employees. The first letter is accompanied by two envelopes and is written by Sayyid Hashim.
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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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Sipahsalar Tunikabuni to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Consists of three letters in one envelope: (1) Sipahsalar Tunikabuni to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam; (2) Muhammad Vali to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam; (3) Khayr al-Nisaʼ, daughter of Sipahsalar Tunikabuni, to Sakinah Khanum.
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Letters from Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum to Mirza Buzurg Shaykh al-Islam, Mirza Hasan Khan Hakimbashi, and Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Jahan Ara (Hajiyah Khanum) Pizishkiyan to her husband, Mirza Buzurg Shaykh al-Islam; her father, Mirza Hasan Khan Hakimbashi; and her son-in-law, Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam.
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah about a misunderstanding between them. He expresses his love for Surur and refers to a photograph sent by Surur that he has sent her back without looking at it. He apologizes for his letter that was written before knowing Surur's intention for sending the photograph which apparently has been partly a joke and partly to test him. Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk also tells her about the death of the one-and-half year old son of his sister, ‘Ismat al-Muluk, who was being taken care of by Khanum in Mashhad. He was sad to think of ‘Ismat...
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Questions and answers, 1931
Questions for Ayatollah ‘Abd al-Karim Ha’iri from Yazd regarding various issues, including women menstruation during Hajj, temporary marriage between an underage girl or boy and an adult man or woman, with the permission from the child's father, and their sexual pleasure and intercourse
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi
Letters include the following: Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Hasan Khan Munshi Bashi about a trip to Tunikabun; about the division of a shipment of lettuce among family members; about the government's seizure of the properties of Qamar Khanum, daughter of Sa‘d al-Saltanah; Mirza Hasan instructs Munshi Bashi to give 700 tumans to Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara, wife of his deceased father, Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam, to settle a family inheritance dispute; about the state of affairs since the constitutional revolution, and the efforts of his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, to get him to...
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Letter probably from ‘Ayn al-Saltanah
Letter probably from Qahraman Mirza Salur (‘Ayn al-Saltanah) with a list of daily expenses; writing from Alamut, Qazvin, he talks about his bad health and expresses his disappointment that the recipient had not told him about her/his journey to Mecca, while also asking her/him to sacrifice a sheep on his behalf. ‘Ayn al-Saltanah also talks about his intention to travel to Beirut to visit Hurmuz Mirza [his nephew]. He asks about the well-being of Fakhr al-Mulk [probably his brother-in-law, Fakhr al-Mulk Ardalan] and his wife and expresses his satisfaction that Zari is accompanying the letter...
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