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Daughters of Saʻid al-Mulk to Nasir al-Din Shah and Anis al-Dawlah, [late 19th century]
The item consists of two letters enclosed in the same envelope and written by Khanum Shahzadah (Khvurshid Taj) and Amirzadah Khanum (Qamar Taj), daughters of Saʻid al-Mulk, to Anis al-Dawlah and Nasir al-Din Shah. Through the mediation of Anis al-Dawlah, favorite wife of Nasir al-Din Shah, they petition Nasir al-Din Shah to bestow their father's title on Mirza Salih Khan Muʻtamad Divan.
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Letter from Mu‘tamad al-Mulk to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1870 or 1871
Includes reports about Qavam al-Dawlah, Mushir al-Dawlah, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, and Asif al-Dawlah
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Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah to Mahmud Khan Nizam Mafi, 1911
Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah writes to his son, Mahmud Khan Nizam Mafi and discusses sending him his allowance and the rumor that Farmanfarma wants Zahra Sultan for his son, ‘Abbas Mirza.
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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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Khadijah Sultan to her son Muhammad ‘Ali Khan
Letters from Khadijah Sultan to her son, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan: a letter in which she informs Muhammad ‘Ali Khan of her own wellbeing and of that of her younger son (Mahmud) and asks her husband not to send their son (Muhammad ‘Ali Khan) to Beirut (because of an epidemic); a letter describing Khadijah Sultan's happiness about the news of her son (Muhammad ‘Ali)'s arrival in Saint Petersburg and also her other son (Taqi)'s decision to join him there; a letter of gratitude for her son's gifts (a mirror and a comb); a letter about the well-being of the members of her family, travel to...
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- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(2)
- Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah)(2)
- Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar(2)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(2)
- Qamar Taj Khanum (Amirzadah Khanum)(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Khan Mafi (Sa‘d al-Mulk)(1)
- Mirza Taqi Khan Farahani (Amir Kabir)(1)
- Mirza Shafiʻ Khan Mu’taman Nizam(1)
- Mirza Salih Khan Muʻtamad Divan (Asif al-Dawlah)(1)
- Mirza Hasan‘ali Khan Garusi (Amir Nizam)(1)
- Mirza Ahmad Khan Saʻid al-Mulk (Amirzadah)(1)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(1)
- Malik Jahan Khanum Mahd-i ‘Ulya(1)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(1)
- Khvurshid Taj Khanum (Nuzhat al-Dawlah)(1)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Ijlal Nizam(1)
- Fatimah Sultan Anis al-Dawlah(1)
- Abu al-Fath Mirza Salar al-Dawlah(1)
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