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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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Fragment of Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining women]
The first few pages of Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining Women] (also known as Ta’dib al-nisaʼ), a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters.