Search
-
2Images
Telegraph from Shaykh Mahdi Khan, 1919 or 1920
Telegraph that discusses the travel hardships to Shiraz and a woman being injured during the trip
-
1Images
Punishment of English suffragettes, 1909
Three women, who had an encounter with police during the Prime Minister's visit, were sentenced to imprisonment and penal labor
-
1Images
Encounter between suffragettes and police in London, 1910
Mr. Asquith's promise of supporting the suffragettes' initiative; suffragettes attacking Mr. Asquith's automobile and breaking the windows, an encounter with the police and the arrest of about one hundred women; suffragettes attacking the premises of Churchill and Kerry and breaking the windows, and the arrest of one hundred and fifty-eight women; Churchill's comments about the arrest of the women
-
1Images
Arrest of English suffragettes, 1909
Report of women's rights activists disrupting a speech by Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister of England, in Birmingham, their encounter with the police, and the resulting arrests
-
4Images
Letter from Sarah Clock to Miss Boylan, 1910
The writer talks about arriving to Batumi; their concern about carrying medicine in the trunk of their car without having permission, but the customs officers did not find them; getting a plate full of nuts and candied fruit from ‘Abd al-Baha’, saving most of it, and giving some to their host; and a promise to their host to get a letter from the addressee that describes the details about Meshkat el Azkar [Mashriq al-Adhkar].
-
16Images
Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...