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Basat-i nishat
A sarcastic and male-centered essay in which noble women are "ugly" or old, and female slaves are pretty, kind and well-behaved.There are parts on men's desire for men and women's desire for women, vows of sisterhood, preparation of the bride and groom for the wedding night, wives and husbands relationships, etc. Parts of the document refer to Kulsum Nanah. At the end, there is a review of different types of pleasure according to their length.
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Copy of settlement between Rubabah and Fatimah Sultan, 1900
Copy of a settlement between Rubabah, daughter of Muhammad Khalil, son of Haj Muhammad from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, and her aunt, Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the merchant Muhammad Mahdi from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, who is Rubabah's mother-in-law, exchanging everything that Rubabah owns, including property, money, gold jewelry, copperware, books, furniture, clothes, and dishes for seventy-five grams of sugar candy.
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Group portrait
From left: sisters of Mah Taban (Sultan Khanum, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, and Malik Khanum), a male slave, and a female slave holding Mah Taban (mother of Sima Amir Ebrahimi)
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Letter
Letter of greeting addressed to my dear Khanum
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Letter
Letter of greeting addressed to my dear Khanum
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Letter
Letter of greeting addressed to my dear Khanum
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Letter
Letter of greeting addressed to my dear Khanum
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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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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, in which he talks about his travel plans to Narmashir and Bam, Husayn Khan’s mother insisting on holding her son’s wedding in the new lunar month, Haji Shawkat al-Mamalik and Haji Bibi’s travel to Narmashir, Bibi Gawhar’s illness, his contentment about the punishment of Faridan and Muqbil, looking for one or two female slaves, and writing to Vali Khan in Baluchistan about it, death of Tamanna’s child, purchasing chickens in Rubat, asking about the bath business, and receiving narcissuses from Qamar al-Muluk
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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 his happiness for the well-being of Qamar al-Muluk and their daughter, ‘Ishrat, news of the earthquake, sending the gazelle they had caught to Sardar, and sending some fabrics for the bedding of the female slave servants
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- Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari ‘Amiri(4)
- Ibrahim Khan Sa‘d al-Dawlah(4)
- Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri (Sardar Mujallal)(4)
- Bibi Sahib Sultan(3)
- ‘Ishrat al-Muluk ‘Amiri(2)
- ‘Ali Quli Mirza I‘tizad al-Saltanah(1)
- ‘Abd Allah Isfandiyari (‘Adl al-Saltanah)(1)
- ʻAbd Allah Mirza (Dara)(1)
- Shawkat Nizam ‘Amiri(1)
- Muhammad Husayn Mirza Muʼayyid al-Dawlah(1)
- Malik Mansur Mirza Shu‘a‘ al-Saltanah(1)
- Khazin al-Dawlah (wife of Nasir al-Din Shah)(1)
- Hasan Mir‘at Isfandiyari (Mir‘at al-Saltanah)(1)
- Bahram Mirza Mu‘izz al-Dawlah(1)
- Ahmad Khan ʻAlaʼ al-Dawlah(1)
- Agha Bashir Khan(1)
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