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Family letter
The writer talks about receiving the letter and purchased items, mentions departing for Rasht, and asks the addressee to not depart until breastfeeding Khanum Jan has ended.
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Letter
Regarding ‘Ali Muhammad Isma‘il’s marriage concurrently with two sisters, and the consequential quarrels
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Three letters to Rukhsarah Khanum, 1892
Three letters in same envelope: (1) Unidentified woman to Asiyah Khanum, 1892; (2) Permission to breastfeed infant of Rukhsarah Khanum, 14 February 1892; (3) Condolence letter from Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam to Rukhsarah Khanum over death of Mulki Jahan Khanum Rukni, 1892.
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Letter, 1904
The writer [probably female] is concerned about the addressee, as she had not heard from him since he left for Tehran; she had prepared a telegram to send him, but then his letter arrived and she was overjoyed; she talks about the sufrah ceremony; has sent him some mahi azad [salmon], olives, and smoked fish; sends greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum, Khanumjan (her mother), Nur al-Hajiyah, and the female servants; reports that she has been dreaming about the addressee for the last three nights; discusses the epidemic in Rasht; asks about the well-being of Aqa Muhammad Taqi; reports on...
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Miscellaneous correspondence addressed to Rukhsarah Khanum
Miscellaneous letters addressed to Rukhsarah Khanum (wife of Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam), including: a letter from her father, Mirza Buzurg Shaykh al-Islam; permission for a wetnurse to breastfeed her infant child, dated 14 February 1892; a letter of condolence from Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam over the death of Mulki Jahan Khanum Rukni (1892); a letter from Mirza Abu Turab Shaykh al-Islam; Premier's reply to her request to inherit the stipend of her deceased father; Haj ʻUmma Khanum, wife of Hidayat Allah Hakimbashi, writing to her about going to Razjird; a letter from her maternal uncle...
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, regarding the power of attorney to perform divorce; a father's permission for marriage or temporary marriage of an adult virgin woman; the amount of mahr in case the husband dies before consummating marriage; alimony for an adult woman in a marriage with an underage boy or vice versa; the waiting period for woman in case of the death of her husband before consummation; marrying a sister-in-law after a wife's death in case of the mother-in-law breastfeeding the man's son; alimony in temporary marriage and during pregnancy after...
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- Rukhsarah Khanum(2)
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- Asiyah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
- Zahra Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(1)
- Sadr Aʻzam(1)
- Rubabah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
- Mirza ʻAbd Allah Amjad al-Vizarah(1)
- Mirza Hasan Khan (Buzurg) Hakimbashi(1)
- Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum(1)
- Hidayat Allah Hakim Bashi(1)
- Haj ʻUmma Khanum(1)
- Haj Mirza Abu Turab Shaykh al-Islam(1)
- Ashraf al-Sadat(1)
- Aqa Mirza Mahmud Shaykh al-Islam(1)
- Aqa Mirza Mahdi(1)
- Aqa Mirza Buzurg Shaykh al-Islam(1)