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Nasir al-Din Shah in his inner quarters
Inscription: "Zaʻfaran Baji, Aqa [?] Khvajah"
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1867
Mahd-i ‘Ulya writes about receiving news of the conquests and describes her dream: while she and the late Baha’ al-Dawlah's wife and Bahram Mirza's wife were saying prayers at Imam Riza's shrine, Nasir al-Din Shah enters and starts his prayer. At this time, the Imam comes out of the shrine with a green turban and puts his hands on the Shah's forehead which has fallen on the Imam's feet, commends him for his efforts and promises to fulfill his wishes. He gifts the Shah a sword and asks why he had not brought more lamps to his shrine. On verso is Nasir al-Din Shah's note about receiving this...
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Kulliyat of Tajmah Khanum
Tajmah Khanum wrote this book, composed of three parts. The first part consists of nearly 120 verses. The first poem is a sonnet written by the poet when she was 16 and the last one was written to praise Riza Shah. The second part is more than 20 letters and notes, which are mostly administrative and legal. Other letters were addressed to women who where contemporaries of Tajmah Khanum. The third part of this book is a selection of poems by Persian poets from Rudaki to the Qajar period.
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Notebook regarding the government of Kirmanshah, provinces of Sunqur and Kulyayi
The notebook includes two reports. First one, Sunqur and Kulyayi's governor's reports to Kirmanshahan's government concerning bi-annual record of the year of 1924. The second report is to answer the questions of the ministries of commerce, agriculture and public works about the cattle plague in the area.
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Letters from Nizam al-Saltanah to Riza Quli Khan Mafi
Letters from Husayn Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi to his nephew Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi regarding the political situation of the country; his marital life; requesting food from Tehran; sending a horse to Sardar Arfa‘; sending Qavam al-Dawlah's documents; the cook's complaints and the price of goods; management and selling of his property to pay for his debts; the animosity of ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak Amin al-Sultan; his intention to travel to England; his son, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan and his travel to Belgium; insecurity in the borders of Azarbayjan; his relations with the...
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