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Correspondence of Shahzadah Baygum
Shahzadah Baygum's correspondence, including letters to Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum, Asiyah Khanum, Rukhsarah Khanum, and Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, as well as letters from Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam to Shahzadah Baygum.
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Letter
Includes greetings and family and work related news, encourages the addressee to hold a Rawzah-khvani ceremony, which the writer will also do upon returning.
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Letter
The writer talks about getting money from Basir Nizam, purchasing a property, the death and funeral of Abd Allah Khan, Mirza Muhammad (the younger son of Muntasir) becoming a Rawzah Khvan (preacher), and sending dried or sour apricots, sour grapes, socks, outfits, and underpants
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Letter about a Rawzah gathering of Anis al-Dawlah
The document reads: "My dear, the rawzah gathering of Anis al-Dawlah starts tonight in the royal Kishikkhanah and, according to the ritual, the recitation of the trials [of Imams] also should begin tonight at the harem. His highness was also informed and he has given us the money for the expenses as it was agreed on. As for the lamps: tip the treasurer with money, which should be taken from Muʻin al-Dawlah so that he himself comes and provides the lamps. At most, up to three lamps will be lit." [on margin:] "My master, if you have the permission, the treasurer should collaborate. However,...
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Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum
Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum about the hardships he and his children went through despite his hard work reciting Rawzah and writing prayers in Yazd for ten months to make money. Then, he talks about his decision to go back to his hometown as he was not able to provide for his family in the harsh cold weather, and how he has lost his wife on the way and his two sons have become ill. He asks for Navvabah Safa’ Khanum’s generosity to get support for the expenses of their trip.
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar; reporting: Mirza Abu Turab Khan's study of the Gulistan; taking 25 tumans from Shahzadah Dara and giving it to Mirza Abu Turab Khan's mother, who gave 5 tumans to the writer and spent the rest for a Rawzah Khvani ceremony, etc; Sitvat al-Saltanah sending a lamb for Mirza Abu Turab Khan; Muhammad ‘Ali's stipend; Mirza Abu Turab Khan's mother asking the addressee to write to Mashhadi Muhammad Aqa asking to give them 15 tumans as a monthly allowance for household expenses, the allowances of Mahdi Khan and Hasan Khan, the servants' stipends,...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; urges ‘Amid Lashkar to write more about himself and the family; discusses meeting Satvat al-Saltanah, his concern about the city's situation, delays with salary, taxes from Ardabil; the allowance for the late Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali's inheritors, including Muntasir Lashkar, ‘Amid Lashkar, Zayn al-‘Abidin, Hasan, and Baygum, and also the allowance for Kalb Husayn Khan's inheritors. At the end, he sends greetings to the family and asks ‘Amid Lashkar to forbid everyone in the writer's household and his own from leaving the house to attend Muharram's Rawzah Khvani and...
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Questions and answers
Questions regarding prayer, ablution, and fasting, as well as transactions with people who have haram (unlawful) income. Also addresses the sale, listening, and recording of the Qur’an or other religious verses on a sound box, in addition to playing the drum, trumpet, and cymbals in religious ceremonies.
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Regarding disturbance caused by Salar al-Dawlah's mother-in-law, 1900 or 1901
A report addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding Salar al-Dawlah's mother-in-law, who, along with some other women, caused a disturbance at the Rawzah ceremony held at the house of Nur Muhammad Khan, the Afghan Sardar, scolding Haji Aqa Mujtahid and Muhtasham al-Dawlah
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Shahzadah Baygum to Rukhsarah Khanum
Shahzadah Baygum writes to her niece Rukhsarah Khanum, wife of Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam.
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- ‘Abd al-Husayn Taymurtash (Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk)(4)
- Sughra Sultan Khanum Surur al-Saltanah(4)
- Zahra Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(2)
- Sadiqah Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(2)
- Rukhsarah Khanum(2)
- Rubabah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
- Muchul Khanum(2)
- Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami (Raʼis al-Mujahidin)(2)
- Gul Andam(2)
- ‘Iffat al-Muluk Taymurtash(1)
- Ziba Chihrah Mir Findiriski(1)
- Taj al-Saltanah(1)
- Shahzadah Baygum Mas‘ud Ansari(1)
- Sattar Khan Qarahdaghi (Sardar-i Milli)(1)
- Mihr Afruz Khanum Shams al-Saltanah(1)
- Khadijah Sultan Khanum (Hazrat Qudsiyah)(1)
- Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum(1)
- Haj Mirza Abu Turab Shaykh al-Islam(1)
- Haj Khanum Agha(1)
- Fatimah Sultan Khanum (Navvab al-Hajiyah)(1)
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- ‘Abd al-Husayn Taymurtash (Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk)(4)
- Sughra Sultan Khanum Surur al-Saltanah(4)
- Zahra Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(2)
- Sadiqah Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(2)
- Rukhsarah Khanum(2)
- Rubabah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
- Muchul Khanum(2)
- Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami (Raʼis al-Mujahidin)(2)
- Gul Andam(2)
- ‘Iffat al-Muluk Taymurtash(1)
- Ziba Chihrah Mir Findiriski(1)
- Taj al-Saltanah(1)
- Shahzadah Baygum Mas‘ud Ansari(1)
- Sattar Khan Qarahdaghi (Sardar-i Milli)(1)
- Mihr Afruz Khanum Shams al-Saltanah(1)
- Khadijah Sultan Khanum (Hazrat Qudsiyah)(1)
- Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum(1)
- Haj Mirza Abu Turab Shaykh al-Islam(1)
- Haj Khanum Agha(1)
- Fatimah Sultan Khanum (Navvab al-Hajiyah)(1)
- Asiyah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
- Aqa Muhammad Hasan(1)
- Aqa Mirza Mufid Shaykh al-Islam(1)
- Aqa Mirza Mahmud Shaykh al-Islam(1)