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Kamran Dowlatshahi's Interview
Kamran Dowlatshahi's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar in Davood Mirza Muzaffari Qajar's house on 30 October 2009. He shares his memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people, especially women, in the Qajar era.
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Khadijah Sultan to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Khadijah Sultan writes to her daughter, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, and complains that she has not heard from her. She then reports that Aqa [Riza Khan Nizam al-Saltanah] has become the governor of Kirmanshah and describes his preparations for travel and who will accompany him. She also mentions that Nizam al-Saltanah has not left them with enough money and did not even give her back the thousand and two hundred tumans he owed them.
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Letters from Nizam al-Saltanah to Riza Quli Khan Mafi
Letters from Husayn Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi to his nephew Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi regarding the political situation of the country; his marital life; requesting food from Tehran; sending a horse to Sardar Arfa‘; sending Qavam al-Dawlah's documents; the cook's complaints and the price of goods; management and selling of his property to pay for his debts; the animosity of ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak Amin al-Sultan; his intention to travel to England; his son, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan and his travel to Belgium; insecurity in the borders of Azarbayjan; his relations with the...
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Letters from various senders to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letters to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about family, business, and financial affairs, including Najm al-Saltanah's consultations with her brother Farmanfarma about her children's marriages
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Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century
Letters include the following: a report on earnings from Farmanfarma's properties, a letter about a meeting with Farmanfarma, a letter concerning an order for bullets, a report on crop sales, a letter about Sayf Allah Mirza and financial matters, a letter about a meeting with Nizam al-‘Ulamaʼ, a telegraph sent by Bahaʼ al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a letter from the mother of Nasir al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a unidentified party's letter about death of a spouse, a letter from an unidentified party to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan Mustawfi, a letter from an unidentified woman about...
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Muhammad Nabi to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author includes a report of their situation after their loot was plundered, and the hardships he and his family went through.
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Nasr Allah Mushir al-Dawlah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Regarding the division of Haj ʻAbd al-Rahim's inheritance, taking into account all of his belongings, including those sold to Umm al-Khaqan
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Telegram from Atabak A‘zam to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Regarding the debt of Taji Khanum, daughter of Sahib Ikhtiyar, owed to Ahmad Mirza Sarhang (colonel); the good reputation of Ahmad Mirza Sarhang; and the author's request from the addressee to investigate this debt
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Telegram from Kangavar peasants to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Complaining about the verdict issued by the recipient regarding Taji Khanum's debt to them, and requesting a review
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Telegram from Mushir al-Dawlah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Includes some matters related to a sale agreement by Umm al-Khaqan, owing money to Nasir al-Saltanah, and proceeds from a property of Maryam Khanum's inheritors