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Letter from Muhammad Riza Ashtiyani Banan al-Dawlah
A letter of request from Muhammad Riza Ashtiyani Banan al-Dawlah to an unidentified person regarding a document handwritten by Nasir al-Din Shah about the enforcement of his royal command for the payment of a stipend to the late Nur Muhammad Khan's children. The letter mentions that after the murder of Nasir al-Din Shah, the author sent a letter to Muzaffar al-Din Shah, but never received a reply, which caused them great concern. The writer also indicates that Anis al-Dawlah and Mirza Hamd Allah Khan have recommended the payment of this salary but their recommendations have not proven useful.
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Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Izzat al-Dawlah) to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Izzat al-Dawlah) writes to her husband, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, and discusses sending the children to him and points out that she cannot join them now.
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Writing, 1908
It begins with quotations from Baha’ Allah and ‘Abd al-Baha’, and includes the importance of the meeting between Tayirah Khanum, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, and Mr. Sydney on uniting west and east under the Baha'i faith; at the end of their talk, they told Tayirah Khanum about American women, and Tayirah Khanum took off her pearl necklace and handed it to Mr. Remey to give it to the American women. This pearl necklace was given to Tayirah Khanum by Malakah Iran, sister of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. It also includes a list of Baha’i women who hold meetings in different cities in Iran.
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Letter about visiting the Crown Prince in Tabriz
The writer talks about his mission to Tabriz and visit to the Crown Prince [Muzaffar al-Din Mirza], how this mission had failed and the Crown Prince had refused to see him, saying that he did not need a tutor. He describes the Crown Prince's outrage and adds that Shukuh al-Saltanah knew all along that this mission was doomed to fail. He then gives an account of how he had paid his debts to the butcher, the grocer, and the draper before leaving Tabriz as well as his meeting with Zill al-Sultan. He also mentions Shukuh al-Saltanah's complaint and disappointment about how the Crown Prince did...
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Najm al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
From Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to her brother, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma; she talks about the property at Palayin, mentioning that Farmanfarma had expressed interest in selling or exchanging it for a property owned by Hazrat-i ʻUlya [Surur al-Saltanah] in Tabriz; discusses the relationship between the brother and sisters; mentions her daughter, Daftari [Daftar al-Muluk], and notes that her situation [the marriage to Farmanfarma's son] awaits Farmanfarma's decision. At the end, she talks about the illness of her husband, Vakil al-Mulk.
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Najm al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
From Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to her brother, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma; letter and envelope; she talks about the illness of her husband, Vakil al-Mulk, and the debate over whether he should go to Europe for treatment; mentions ‘Izzat al-Saltanah's trip; the wedding of Nasir al-Dawlah's daughter; and the funeral ceremony for Imam Jum‘ah's 14-year-old granddaughter.
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Letters from Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Najm al-Saltanah's letters to her brother ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including the following: one about a disease outbreak in Tehran and the health of various women at the court; one requesting her brother's advice on several properties, including Ismaʻil Abad and the qanat of Rustam Abad; some about the appointment of her husband Vakil al-Mulk to the Ardabil government; one about her decision to cancel her pilgrimage at Farmanfarma's request; one about her desire that Muzaffar al-Din Mirza (then the crown prince) permit his daughter (Ashraf Fakhr al-Dawlah, daughter of Surur...
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