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Khan Baba Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, [ca. 1886]
Khan Baba Khan Buhlul writes to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam about the decision to bury his mother, Bilqays Khanum (daughter of Bahram Mirza Muʻizz al-Dawlah), in Karbala.
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Khan Baba Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah), 1907
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his father, Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah and reports the death of Muzaffar al-Din Shah four days earlier (there were two days of morning ceremonies and the cornoation occurred on the day this letter was written), saying that his corpse is at Takiyah Dawlat and despite his own wish to be buried in Karbala’, clerics disagree. In other news, he describes how a German citizen and his wife were robbed and [sexually] assaulted in Kahrizak and that the members of the Shah's cavalry responsible for this have been arrested and are...
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Letters from Khan Baba Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Khan Baba Khan Buhlul to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, including letters concerning the death of his mother, Balqays Khanum, daughter of Muʻizz al-Dawlah.
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Letters from Galin Khanum to Qahraman Mirza ‘Ayn al-Saltanah
Three Letters from Galin Khanum to her husband, Qahraman Mirza ‘Ayn al-Saltanah, in which she talks about how she misses her husband, describes the mournings of Muharram, and discusses the quarrels between Sharif al-Dawlah and his wife. In one of the letters, she complains about not receiving her living expenses and that she is being neglected by her husband.
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her daughter-in-law, Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya; includes greetings and family news, discusses her own illness, and expresses her happiness about the recovery of Fatimah’s foot and her prayer for Fatimah's recuperation. She asks Azarmidukht to send photographs, requests a winter coat from Paris, and a bag and a pair of shoes from England. She also asks her to pray for her when visiting the shrines.
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; about his trip, news of the family, including Nusrat Allah’s children being sent to a school in Isfahan except Mihran and Mihrdad, who will be staying in Kirman, Niptun’s marriage ceremony in Tehran, her own blurred vision, Mirza Muhammad Khan's collection of pistachios in Abariq, and discusses her pilgrimage
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Letters from various senders to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letters to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about family, business, and financial affairs, including Najm al-Saltanah's consultations with her brother Farmanfarma about her children's marriages
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Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam concerning family and financial matters.
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