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Collection of tales
This collection consists of different pieces with different styles. Parts of it are written in a history book style. There might be parts of ʻAzudi History or older histories going back to Safavid and Zand eras. There are some tales and proverbs. Another piece is about military education. There is a record of a meeting about Shahi Bank in which Nasir al-Din Shah has been present and then a complimentary explanation about banks in general and how they work. The last part, Latayif and Zarayif, consists of jokes and tales and seems to be from Nasiri era.
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Settlement between Haji Muhammad Husayn ‘Attar and Bibi Zivar Sultan, 1907
Sale settlement between Haji Muhammad Husayn ‘Attar [the herbalist], son of Karbalayi ‘Ali from Shiraz, and Bibi Zivar Sultan, daughter of Ghulam ‘Ali Bazzaz [the draper] from Khuy, over an upstairs room of a house at Shah Square neighborhood of Shiraz for thirty tumans.
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List of house repair expenses
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Letter
Part of a letter requesting payment of a loan by Hajiyah Khanum
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Affidavit
Affidavit from merchants and farmers of Shiraz, requested by Muhammad Karim from Padank to confirm that his house was robbed during ‘Ali Khani chaos, and he spent his remaining money on repairing the building in Padank village with the promise from Mashhadi ‘Ali to pay him back, but Mashhadi ‘Ali passed away and now Muhammad Karim and his family suffer from poverty
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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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Pages of a calendar with predictions based on astrology, 1877 to 1920
Some pages of calendars of the years 1877 to 1920 that include some events and some predictions based on astrology
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