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Ballad
Three pages of tasnifs (ballads) with satirical content
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar
Hamid al-Sultan, probably to ‘Amid Lashkar, writing this letter after his mid-day nap, talks about the brigadier sending Bayram Kadkhuda [the village chief] to work on the financial accounts and other news, including Muqtadir Nizam's sheep; not receiving one month's salary; the children's medicine; ‘Ali Muhammad delivering seventeen tumans from Varaqah to the addressee's mother; expressing happiness with the choice of Sattar as the head of ‘Amidiyah kitchen and the decent food; discusses Haji Mirza ‘Ali Aqa's interest in purchasing the villages of Varaqah and Zaviyah; reports the...
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1914
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, the pay master for the Qahramaniyah regiment of Tabriz, with Hamid al-Sultan's seal; the letter discusses: the purchase of a gold embroidered outfit for his sister and a promise to send one for Sarkar ‘Illiyah if she likes it; his decision to come to the city for Ahya’ [vigil] nights and stay until ‘Ayd-i Fitr and, and if that is not possible, to return at the beginning of the fall and not go back; repair of the kitchen wall; Safiyah and Sadiqah, and urging their mother not to get angry during Ramadan since it would void her fast; sending, via Haji Abu...
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Health benefits of ledris
Translation of a text about health benefits of ledris (ephedra)
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Letter
Concerning Ziba Khanum and reassurance that the writer does not prefer her offspring to Ziba Khanum, as they are both her children; promising to protect Ziba Khanum from harrassment and requesting that the addressee send her to come to live with her mother; and saying that Ziba Khanum could recover from her illness by having access to a good doctor, nice weather, and motherly care.
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Letter
After greetings, the writer informs the addressee about their arrival and mentions giving up the garden since there was no one to plow and take care of it, that the girls, Sayyidah Tahirah, and Sayyid Abu Turab are doing well; requests some pills for Sayyid Abu Turab; discusses getting two tumans from Karbalayi Aqa Riza and praying for Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali; sends greetings on behalf of Sayyid Abu Turab and the mother and sisters of the addressee; mentions the sister's request for a set of spoons and a face veil; and asks to send rice for the house.
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Letter
About Shafi‘ Aqa's recovery; rain after the hot weather; clarifying that the people of the andarun had requested roots of Baba Adam [Burdock] and not Badam [almond] and asking the addressee to write to Mirza Ahmad in Tehran and let him know; the well-being of Mir Muhammad Riza, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa, Nur al-Hajiyah, and others.
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Letter
The writer [probably female] sends greetings on behalf of Aqa Sayyid Ibrahim; mentions Aqa Isma‘il Aqa's stomach pain and planning to call for a doctor; claims that the female servants have become unruly, want husbands, and, in the abscence of the addressee, wear their chador and leave the house; notes that they could have married them off to the male servants, had they not been dismissed; reports that they have sent Ahmad, who has grown up, to live outside the house, but he has now befriended Kulsum, and, according to a rumor, is planing to rent a house and take Kulsum with him; because of...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar; topics include: the addressees' letter to Mashhadi Muhammad Aqa; the uniform that was sent on 25th of Rajab; ‘Alinaqi Khan the colonel and his new title, brigadier; collecting what was owed to them and informing Sitvat al-Saltanah of it; Shahzadah Dara's twenty tumans, the arrest of Bayram‘ali Kadkhuda in the village of Varaqah by Asad Allah Khan Yavar; Zahra Sultan's arrival in Tabriz; overseeing Mirza Abu Turab Khan's studies and learning of the Qur’an; requesting money to purchase clothing for Zahra Sultan, ‘Azimat Khanum, and others;...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably to ‘Amid Lashkar; regarding: household and local news -- receiving the payment of a debt from Abu al-Fath Mirza and spending all of it on charcoal, etc.; the purchase of sheep; responding to Jalal Lashkar; Haji Mirza ‘Ali Aqa is interested to buy Zaviyah and Varaqah; not having received the two tumans that addressee had sent for [his] sister, Fatimah Khanum; the Department of Health's ban on abortion and summoning doctors and midwives, including Fatimah Khanum, to the Department to inform them about the mandate; asking the addressee not to write with pencil; the writer can send pen...