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Pair of earrings

Medium: enameled gold, seed pearls, rubies, and emeralds.
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Head scarf pin

Belonged to Navvab al-Hajiyah, daughter of Ziba Chihr Mirfindiriski and Mirza Husayn Shaykh al-Islam (Majd al-Islam), wife of Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam. Passed down to her daughter, Nimtaj (Taj al-Sadat) Shaykh al-Islami, and then to her daughter, Afsar al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami.
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Marriage contract of Shams al-Saltanah and Muʻtamad al-Sultan, 1884

The marriage contract between Shams al-Saltanah and Muhammad ʻAli Khazin al-Mulk, son of Muhammad Rahim Khan Khazin al-Mulk, on 3 Jan 1884. The mahr includes 5000 tumans, 2000 tumans' worth of jewelry, a mansion worth 3000 tuman, and a Qurʼan worth 100 tumans. On the margin of this marriage contract there is a note stating that instead of the mansion, the wife can receive 3000 tumans in cash.
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Taj al-Dawlah

Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's second permanent wife. Inscription on the photograph: "Khanum Taj al-Dawlah, the first permanent wife of Nasir al-Din Shah, daughter of Sayf Allah Mirza son of Fathʻali Shah, mother of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah"
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Letter about Salam ceremony, 1869

Regarding correspondence with Vazir Mukhtar about the sash made for Nayib al-Saltanah and making an inlaid sash for Mahd-i ‘Ulya
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Khayr al-Nisa’'s testimony regarding her father's properties

Testimony of Khayr al-Nisa’, daughter of Aqa Muhammad Rahim, regarding taking some of her father's property to Bashir's (Malik al-Tujjar's servant) house, his claim of owning those properties, and her emphasis on her father's ownership of the property. This testimony has been verified by five people.
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Taj al-Dawlah and her granddaughetrs

Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife, with her two granddaughters, ʻIsmat al-Muluk and Fakhr al-Taj, and another woman
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Anis al-Dawlah

Nasir al-Din Shah's wife
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Marriage Contract of Sultan Khanum and Mirza Bahaʼ al-Din Lashkar Nivis, 1890

Marriage Contract of Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Mustawfi, and Mirza Bahaʼ al-Din Lashkar Nivis, son of Mirza Muhammad. The mahr is 500 tumans, a gold ring with diamond worth 40 tumans, and a Qurʼan worth 10 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’ and Ahmad, 1889

Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’, the daughter of Karbalayi Aqa, and Ahmad, the son of Asad. The mahr is twenty one tumans, of which six and a half tumans and a pair of gold earrings, worth twenty five thousand dinars [two and a half tumans], have been paid and the outstanding twelve tumans and a half remains on the groom's charge.

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