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Letter from ‘Izzat al-Dawlah
Two pages: a poem on one and a half pages, and on the second half, a letter by Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Dawlah, in which she refers to an envelope she had sent two years ago thinking that [her son] would take care of her affairs after her, but little did she know that she would survive her son. She asks the addressee to send her that envelope.
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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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Part of a letter
The writer shares some news about the purchase of a slave (Khvajah) for the crown prince from Somalia for two thousand tumans and mentions that Aqa brought four Kaniz (female slaves) for Khalah Jan, Mahmud Khan, Mademoiselle, and the writer. Three of them are Baluchis and one is Bambasi. Aqa also brought a male slave as a souvenir for the writer; his name is Qanbar. S/he then describes three things that s/he wanted during the three years that Aqa was governing the ports and has them all now: a good gun, a mare called ‘Abid, and now Qanbar. S/he then describes the mares and the horses that...
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- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(2)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(2)
- Sattar Khan Qarahdaghi (Sardar-i Milli)(1)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(1)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(1)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(1)
- Abu al-Qasim Nasir al-Mulk (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)