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Qur’an verses
Belonged to Muhammad Tafrishi (the father of Monir Tafreshi) and used in Ramadan ceremonies.
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Religious gathering
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Valiyah Husn Jahan Khanum's endowment, 1903
Copy of a document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nasir al-Mulk, the governor of Kirmanshah, about Jamah Shuran village in Kurdistan, which was endowed by Valiyah Husn Jahan Khanum for performing Taʻziyah and mourning ceremonies for Imam Husayn.
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Invitation letter from Ruh Allah Asif al-Sultan to Mirza Abu Turab Khan
Ruh Allah Asif al-Sultan invites Mirza Abu Turab Khan to the marriage ceremony of his son, Jalal Lashkar; the letter is signed and has Ruh Allah's seal on the envelope.
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Letter
Addressed to "Esteemed sister"; the writer asks why she has not responded to the previous letter sent from Tehran; asks her to remind Yavar to send him a horse by ten days after Nawruz, in order for him to visit them; sends his greetings for Nawruz to her and Sarkar Yavar, and conveys greetings on behalf of Mirza Abu Turab Khan ‘Amid Lashkar, his mother, and other relatives.
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Mirza Ismaʻil and Zivar Sarimi to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, 12 May 1900
Mirza Ismaʻil Shaykh al-Islam and his wife, Zivar Sarimi, send Nawruz and ʻAid-i Ghadir greetings to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam.
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Illustrated pilgrimage scroll
This scroll illustrates the Shi‘i pilgrimage from Mecca to Mashhad. The images are accompanied by verses describing different stages of the journey and the related rites. It was lithographed in six sections and glued to a fabric (probably cotton) backing. The scroll, which was commissioned by Muhammad Ja‘far Kasa’i, a cloth merchant from Karbalaʼ, was acquired in Kirman in ca. 1971 and is now in a private collection in Kailua, Hawaii.
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Group portrait
Aqa Mir Abu al-Fazl, the preacher, and two children
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Ta‘ziyah at Nayib al-Saltanah's Takiyah
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Ta‘ziyah
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