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Letter, 1943
After the greetings, the writer talks about several things, including a pilgrimage and the cost of some grocery items
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Settlement between Gawhar Taj Khanum and her grandson, 1926
Settlement between the daughter of Ibrahim Khan Sa‘d al-Dawlah [Gawhar Taj Khanum] and her grandson, Ibrahim Khan (with guardianship of his father ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘adi) over half of the Jahan Abad farm in Rigan for one hundred dinars and some wheat, the Bibi Zava’i garden in Mahdab and its water usage for one hundred dinars, and some crystal candies. After Gawhar Taj Khanum’s death, the income from these properties should be used for renumeration of prayers and fasts for fifty years, Qur’an recitations, offerings of food, and expenses for sending forty people to pilgrimage.
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The Memories of Sakinah Ashrafi (Banu-yi Ashraf)
Sakinah Ashrafi (Banu-yi Ashraf), as recorded in a family gathering on 3 Feb 1971 in Tehran, one year before her death. She talks about weddings in the family and narrates related anecdotes. Banu-yi Ashraf (1890-1972) was the daughter of Zibandah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan Ashrafi, and the wife of Musa Ashraf al-Mulk (Ashrafi). Other people in this gathering are: ʻAbd Allah Ashrafi (Banu-yi Ashraf's brother), who recorded the audio, Bihjat al-Muluk Muʻizzi (ʻAbd Allah Ashrafi's wife, and the daughter of Ruqayyah Muʻizzi (Amir Muʻizzi) and Basir Khaqan Muʻizzi whose wedding is described...
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Regarding the affair of Khanum Taj and Sayyid Karim, 1925
In a letter to Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Aqa, the writer describes how Sayyid Karim has faked the divorce of Khanum Taj, daughter of Riza Khan Shuja‘ Lashkar and wife of Mirza Habib Allah Muntakhib Daftar, and they have fled from Amirabad village to Tabriz. After Mirza Habib Allah's complaint, Sayyid Karim bribed two Mullas and forced Mirza Habib Allah to divorce his wife in exchange for two villages, owned by Khanum Taj. Subsequently, it becomes clear that the two villages had already been sold to someone else and that Khanum Taj was four months pregnant prior to the divorce. Mirza Habib...
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Will of Mamanah Khanum and Mirza Ghulam‘ali Nazim al-Iyalah, 1930
Will of Mamanah Khanum Mushir Vaziri and her husband, Mirza Ghulam‘ali Nazim al-Iyalah Mushir Vaziri, regarding the transfer of belongings of whichever one of them dies first to the other, along with the responsibility to execute the deceased's will, and management of expenses including payment of installments, compensation for Hajj pilgrimage, and costs of funeral and burial, with the condition that should the surviving partner decide to remarry, they have to transfer their share of inheritance to the couple's children, three days before the marriage
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From Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
‘Izzat al-Saltanah gives a report of their travel: first, on the way from Tehran to Qum, Mahmud Khan was thrown from the carriage, but only sustained minor injuries on his hands, for which Khanum [their mother, Khadijah Sultan] sacrificed a few sheep. They stayed for one night and made pilgrimages to the shrine. The road from Qum to Burujird was bumpy. Near ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the servants' carriage was overturned but nobody was injured. She then describes who accompanied them, how they were welcomed in ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the places they visited, and that they stayed in houses provided...
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