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Letter
Letter of greetings and family related news, including the illness of a servant and mentioning the insulting letter from Navvab Aqa Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali.
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Akhtar al-Dawlah and her maids
Akhtar al-Dawlah (Nasir al-Din Shah's daughter) is pictured seated at the center
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Najm al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
From Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to her brother, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma; she discusses Vakil al-Mulk's decision not to go to the countryside in Shimiran and travel to Tabriz instead, notes that he has rented their property in Shimiran to Sidq al-Saltanah, and mentions the issues with Muvaqqar al-Saltanah.
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Letter, 1904
After sending greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum (grandmother) and Khanumjan (the mother), the writer [probably female] talks about Nur al-Hajiyah's illness, noting that she has been coughing non-stop for the past two months; inquires about Muhammad Taqi's well-being; mentions a rumor among the female servants that Aqa plans to fire them and that one of them secretly took out all of her belongings in Ramadan and then claimed that her property was stolen, though the writer believes that the servant is lying and will investigate this. She mentions Aqa Buzurg's remark about marrying off...
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Marriage contract of Mirza Shafiʻ Khan and Fatimah Khanum
Marriage contract between Mirza Shafiʻ Khan, son of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan, and Fatimah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza Khan Saraydar Bashi. The mahr includes a share in the village of Karkan Arak, 600 tumans (of which 100 tumans is the purchase price of a female domestic), a Qur’an written in the hand of Mirza Shafiʻ Tabrizi, pearl prayer beads [tasbih], and other gifts given to the bride by the father of the groom. Bride's father also gifted another share of the same village to the groom.
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ʻAziz al-Dawlah and others
Left to right: (the upper row), Nahid Ashraf (ʻAziz al-Dawlah's daughter), ʻAziz al-Dawlah (daughter of Asiyah Khanum and Kiyumars Mirza), and two servants; (second row): Talʻat al-Dawlah (daughter of Khavar Kahnum and Kiyumars Mirza ʻAmid al-Dawlah), Malakah Gilan (ʻAziz al-Dawlah's daughter); (seated), the first and second people are servants, Badr al-Dawlah (ʻAziz al-Dawlah's daughter), Turkan al-Muluk Jamil al-Dawlah (Qahraman Mirza's daughter). The photo was probably taken in ʻAziz al-Dawlah's courtyard.
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Letter
Letter regarding a dispute involving the writer, the daughter of Aqa Husayn (the servant), and Aqa Navvab. The writer talks about his difficulties, including taxes and peasants and mentions that he did not have a chance to visit Aqa Navvab. At the end he denies the claims that he had beaten the daughter of Aqa Husayn.
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Bibi and children's list of expenses
Estimated expenses of Bibi and children, including costs of food, tobacco, gas, charcoal, clothing, shoes, and the monthly wages of the servant and the nanny
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, expressing concern about ‘Ishrat (their daughter)'s health, advising her not to take the child outdoors; he requests some sweets, jams, and pickles; he also mentions selling their female slave, Susan, as keeping her is no longer appropriate
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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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