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Will of Iskandar Khan Sawlat al-Sultan, 1912
Will of Iskandar Khan Sawlat al-Sultan, who has appointed his brother, Habib Allah Khan Sultan, as the executor of the will, and his wife [Hajiyah Baygum Khanum], the daughter of Aqa Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, as the overseer. One-fifth of his belongings, including animals, household furnishings, clothing, and jewelry, goes to his wife as her mahr and other prerogatives. After deducting his debts, one-third of the remainings should be spent for his burial in Najaf, fasts and prayers, and charity. What remains will be divided among the inheritors.
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Will of Haji Mahdi Aqa, 1904
Haji Mahdi Aqa the merchant from Salmas, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, has assigned his nephew, Haji Mirza Aqa Muhammad Riza the merchant, as the executor of his will and Haji ‘Ali Aqa the merchant as the overseer. They are responsible for paying his debts and determining one-third of his belongings to be spent on the religious expenses of his will. The interest from the rest of his belongings goes to all the inheritors for ten years, after which the land will belong to his older sons and his daughters will be able to reside in the houses within the gardens. The younger sons...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her daughter-in-law, Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya; includes greetings and family news, discusses her own illness, and expresses her happiness about the recovery of Fatimah’s foot and her prayer for Fatimah's recuperation. She asks Azarmidukht to send photographs, requests a winter coat from Paris, and a bag and a pair of shoes from England. She also asks her to pray for her when visiting the shrines.
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; about his trip, news of the family, including Nusrat Allah’s children being sent to a school in Isfahan except Mihran and Mihrdad, who will be staying in Kirman, Niptun’s marriage ceremony in Tehran, her own blurred vision, Mirza Muhammad Khan's collection of pistachios in Abariq, and discusses her pilgrimage
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Booklet of Writing on Babi Religion
This booklet is about the lives of Bab and his followers, as well as his writings.
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‘Abd al-Karim's will, 1895
The will of ‘Abd al-Karim Sahib Dihdashti, the merchant from Shiraz and son of Muhammad Ibrahim Dihdashti the merchant. He has appointed the following four people as the executors of his will and as the guardians for his underage children: Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali (son of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin Shirazi the merchant), his [‘Abd al-Karim's] wife (daughter of Mirza Muhammad Riza Dihdashti the merchant), Haj Sayyid Isma‘il Shabankarah the merchant (son of Sayyid ‘Ali Shabankarah and resident of Bushihr), and Haj Ghulam ‘Ali Bihbahani the merchant (son of Mashhadi Riza the merchant). ‘Abd al-Karim has...
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Will and envelope, 1892
The will of Ahmad ʻImad al-Mamalik, son of Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahhab and Fatimah (daughter of Mirza Tighrud Ismaʻil); addressed to his children. He advises them on several issues, encouraging them to be kind to each other, respect their relatives, and avoid sin. He appoints his eldest son, Ismaʻil [‘Imad al-Mamalik], as the executor of his will under the supervision of his brother, Mirza ʻAil Khan, and asks his children to follow orders from his wives, Sitarah (their mother) and Zahra (daughter of Haj Mirza Zaki), his brother (Mirza ʻAil Khan), his son (Ismaʻil), etc. He asks his children to...
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Miscellaneous correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, including the following: a letter from ʻAlimuhammad Qasimi to ʻAliyah Khanum [Subh-i Azal] inviting her to visit Iran with a prayer on the verso; an envelope addressed to the Dawlatabadi sisters and sent to Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Khan Ansari's home address with a note on the verso: "there is a piece of handwriting by your late father [Mirza Hadi Dawlatabadi];" a letter from a Bengali scholar to Subh-i ʻAzal requesting books on the Babi religion, so that he could decide about its validity; three letters and a prayer, two of them are written by Shaykh Ahmad [Ruhi...
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Letters from various senders to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letters to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about family, business, and financial affairs, including Najm al-Saltanah's consultations with her brother Farmanfarma about her children's marriages
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