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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1869 or 1870
On expecting Nasir al-Din Shah's return from Anzali, and the well-being of herself, Nayib Saltanah, the people of harem, and Aqa Sulayman
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), telling him that they have received his letter from Qazvin with his nice poems, souvenir, and knives, and that further, everybody has eaten the sweets and Mahmud Khan and Ma‘sumah Khanum loved the knives, but they both cut their hands the first day; she also mentions that Ma‘sumah Khanum tells everyone that Salar has called her Ma‘sumah Qatir-chi (the mule rider). She further informs her brother of Nasir al-Mulk's appointment as the new Nayib al-Saltanah and notes that he spoke...
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Petition by Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, 1912 to 1917
Correspondence including petitions from ‘Aziz al-Saltanah [probably Nasir al-Din Shah's sister] and Mahbub al-Saltanah, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, and Farangis Khanum, Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, regarding their delinquent salaries, which were supposed to be issued in Gilan; they complain about Mukarram al-Dawlah's negligence. There are also letters from Mukarram al-Dawlah, the Ministries of Finance and Interior, and the Treasury Department.
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Muʼayyid al-Muluk to Khanum Jan, 1907-1918
Collection of letters from Muʼayyid al-Muluk to Khanum Jan: a letter about visiting Hazrat ʻIlliyah before the trip, a description of the trip, a request to deal with the receipt of 80 tumans, sending Shakur Bayg's message, greeting Shakur Bayg's wife and Shahzadah ʻAmid, and complaining about Nanah's not accompanying the writer on the trip, (October 12, 1907); a letter about sending money for a dowry and talking about dowry issues, a request not to sell the items, asking for the care of the nanny, probably inviting her for the spring, and greeting her, complaining of Shakur's wife, and...
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Kulliyat of Tajmah Khanum
Tajmah Khanum wrote this book, composed of three parts. The first part consists of nearly 120 verses. The first poem is a sonnet written by the poet when she was 16 and the last one was written to praise Riza Shah. The second part is more than 20 letters and notes, which are mostly administrative and legal. Other letters were addressed to women who where contemporaries of Tajmah Khanum. The third part of this book is a selection of poems by Persian poets from Rudaki to the Qajar period.
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Cyprus travelogue of Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi with a tablet collection inventory, 1950
This notebook describes Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi's travel to Cyprus in February/March 1950 to see Subh-i Azal's family. Qamar Taj was accompanied on this trip by her sister, Fakhr Taj Dawatabadi. There are three inventories at the end of the travelogue: a tablet inventory in the original handwriting; a tablet inventory in Sayyid Husayn Katib's handwriting; and books in the original handwriting and others in iron suitcase.
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- Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar(3)
- ʻAziz al-Saltanah(1)
- ʻAziz Khanum (Muʼayyad al-Muluk)(1)
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(1)
- Tajmah (Afaq al-Dawlah)(1)
- Sattar Khan Qarahdaghi (Sardar-i Milli)(1)
- Rafʻat al-Muluk(1)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(1)
- Mir Sayyid Hasan Amin al-Shariʻah Sabzivari(1)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(1)
- Malik Jahan Khanum Mahd-i ‘Ulya(1)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(1)
- Mahbub al-Saltanah(1)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Kamran Mirza (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- Fatimah Sultan Khanum (wife of Nasir al-Din Shah)(1)
- Fath Allah Khan Arfaʻ al-Saltanah(1)
- Farangis Khanum (Nasir al-Din Shah's wife)(1)
- Asad Allah Khan (Muʼayyad Huzur)(1)
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