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Prayers
Two prayers: one is said to effect various results, ranging from curing blindness to making people fall madly in love to protecting persons from harm, depending on which part of a hoopoe its recitation is directed at; the other can be used to treat diseases, including making a child born without speech gain speaking ability and a blind gain eye-sight.
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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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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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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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Jila Khajehnoori and Davood Ghajar Mozaffari's Interview
Jila Khajehnoori and Davood Ghajar Mozaffari's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar on 30 October 2009. They share their memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people, especially women, in the Qajar era.
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Letters from Sadiqah Dawlatabadi to Fakhr Taj and Qamar Taj
Letters from Sadiqah Dawlatabadi to her half-sisters, Fakhr Taj and Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi, the daughters of Haj Mirza Hadi Dawlatabadi and his second wife, Munis Aqa. The collection, spanning from 1923 to 1961, includes letters sent during her time in Europe, letters sent back in Iran, and letters sent during Qamar Taj's stay in London. The subjects include a reception for the Ambassador of Afghanistan, a party hosted by the Alliance School, and the Congress of the International Alliance of Women in Paris.
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