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An interview with Sheida, Bita, and Ghulamhusayn Ameri
Interview with Sheida (Yasaman), Bita, and Ghulamhusayn, conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on April 19, 2017. They share memories about Qamar al-Muluk, ‘Ishrat al-Muluk, Furugh Nusrat, and other members of the family.
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Group portrait
From left: Nibtun [Niptun] Kalantari, Nasir ‘Amiri, and Uranus Kalantari; on verso, ‘Ishrat Kalantari has written a note to her brother
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Letter from Muhammad and Ghulamhusayn ‘Amiri to Azarmidukht, 1963
Includes greetings, mentions sending Fatimah's passport along with one thousand dollars to Tehran, attaches the doctor's note for Fatimah, and news of visiting family; at the end, Ghulamhusayn's letter of greeting addressed to his mother
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1945
Includes greetings and talks about his travel plans, sending letters, citrus fruit, and rice, sending scions for the English consulate, and inquires about the state of the house in Tehran; along with the envelope
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1949
Includes greetings and asks her to supervise the renovation and work of the gardeners, deposit the checks, and to send him newspapers and magazines
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1957
Includes greetings and talks about Ghulamhusayn's successful hand surgery, his precarious air travel and consequent landing in Isfahan, visiting his brother in Shimiran, Azar's passport, purchasing items needed by Azar, and other financial and property-related issues
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1960
Includes greetings and talks about his travel and work plans, Fatimah's withdrawal from school and her return to Iran, the family's travel arrangements, advice to his son, and expresses his affection for his wife
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1967
Includes greetings, describes his London visit, then his trip to the US, seeing Ghulamhusayn and Kayhan in Cincinnati, visiting Fatimah and her husband and son in Texas, his medical tests, their travel to California, and registering Ghulamhusayn at the new college; at the end, Ghulamhusayn writes to his mother and expresses his sympathy regarding the news he has heard from his father.
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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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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; includes greetings and family news such as his aunt’s funeral ceremony. She also mentions waiting for the addressee to come back before doing her eye surgery.
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